Associated Content in the Wall St. Journal

You've heard us talk about how AC is a great way to supplement your income because we're paying out our CPs every week, even as the economy stays tough.

Today, the Wall Street Journal included Associated Content in an article entitled, "Selling Expertise On the Internet For Extra Cash." Along with Amazon's Mechanical Turk and LivePerson, they highlighted us as a place to create content in a topic that you're an expert in and earn money on it!

They even interviewed 2008's CP of the Year, Sabah Karimi for the article. She has some good advice to offer in there, so follow the link above or click here to read the article.

Associated Content Writer Earns Ten Million Page Views

An amazing new milestone was reached on Associated Content at the beginning of February.

R.S. became our first Content Producer to reach (and surpass) ten million page views.

10,000,000!

10,010,165, to be exact. It's a huge accomplishment, and one that we hope many more CPs will have the opportunity to experience.

R.S. started contributing to Associated Content in May 2005, just months after we launched the site. Since then, she has published an astounding 4,073 pieces of content covering a diverse array of topics. Her experience provides an excellent example of how good content continues to perform for you over time. She produced an enormous volume of search-optimized, search-friendly content in her early years on AC, and it is that solid foundation that has driven her astounding page view numbers. By creating "evergreen" content that continues to attract visitors, R.S. has established a solid body of income-generating work that earns considerable Performance Pay month after month.

There are several other Content Producers who have reached impressive page view milestones recently. Visit their profiles to see what they're doing to drive such incredible numbers and ensure continual earnings from AC.

Hot on R.S.'s heels is Crystal Ray with over eight million page views.

Kassidy Emerson sailed passed six million and is well on her way to seven.

Emma S. is rapidly closing in on six million page views.

Multiple-PMA winner Pam Gaulin recently passed five million page views and will undoubtedly have many more by the end of 2009.

We're honored to have such successful Content Producers on our site and we're proud that we've been able to provide a platform with such huge earning and exposure potential for them—and anyone—with talent and determination.

Ease the Pain of the Current Financial Crisis

Things are bad. Probably even worse than I can wrap my head around since nothing but bad news has been coming from Wall Street this week. The economy is in a slump, gas prices are high, the job market is shrinking...the list goes on.

But not everything is terrible! Things are still moving right along at Associated Content. Our CPs are working hard to supplement their incomes on AC. By answering calls for content and frequently submitting new video, text, and audio recordings, our busiest CPs are easing the strain on their bank accounts. If you're looking to up your earning, now is the time to join the ranks of our especially savvy CPs by taking extra steps to ensure that your content is optimized for search (SEO) so that your articles gather a lot of page views. Promote your content! Put links to your AC profile on your Facebook, Squidoo, Myspace, Twitter and other social network sites.

We have lots of lessons on how to optimize your earning potential in the Tutorials section of the Forum. If you have specific questions please post them in there, your fellow CPs are full of great advice and are always happy to help out. Hang tough through the bad news this week and keep working hard.