Tips for applying to Demand Studios
Irohner, I couldn't help myself and just applied for DS last night before you had a chance to respond here! I wish I had put a hobbies section at the bottom of my resume but I did not. However, in my resume I went on a bit about how I used to be a travel agent and am now a medical laboratory technologist and how these things alone provide me with enough of a background to write about quite a few topics, blah blah blah.
At the start of my resume under Writing Experience, the only thing I have listed is Hubpages because it is honestly the truth and did not feel right about padding it. I did put that I have experience editing resumes and papers of friends and co-workers at their request. Not sure if that will help me any!
I did not write a brand new article to apply - just used one of my HP articles about tips for making your fine hair look thicker but I did completely revamp it and try to take out all essence of opinion.
I really hope that I can get accepted but realize that my chances are slim.
Thanks for offering to review my writing sample! Wish I had waited for your response before I applied.
Yup. Forge ahead with the app. There are no minimum number of articles to write. Just use some of your medical hubs in your app if you want to write in the Health channel. You can c/p, as they don't publish them or anything -- it's just for the app. It first goes to the head office, but I think they just check for whether you can actually write in English!
Then it goes off to my ME.
Whatever channel you apply for in Health, let them know that you're willing to write in other Health channels. Really important as some of them are pretty full with writers right now.
BH only pays once a month, so no worries if you can't write for another week or two. You just may not find a lot of titles then. But you can pitch articles if you want and if you can't find titles -- just make sure BH hasn't already written that title and that you've done a little bit of keyword research. That's it! Look forward to seeing you join up!
BTW -- Once you've written a couple of articles, there are a gazillion other channels you can request to get into as well. I think I write in all of the Health channels as well as some home decorating-type channels.I don't think it makes a difference. If they ask for links, give the links. If not, c/p the text. And just submit one. They won't look at more than that. I think any health-related content is fine, but if you already have arthritis-related hubs, you might as well use those. (BTW, I've already alerted the ME and told her you are AWESOME!)
Oh, and it could be up to two weeks before you hear anything, but it's usually less. So don't worry if you don't get a response right away.
Before you do anything, you have to write three articles to be reviewed by one of the senior editors. Those three articles are your last "test," so to speak. Do well and you're in. Flub up and you're out.
(Don't worry too much... You'd have to flub up pretty badly.)
Realistically, if you can get a good handle on ALL of the guidelines, blacklist and templates to where they are second nature to you, you could easily do 8 to 10 articles per day. I know some folks who do more, but I suspect your brain would turn to mush after 10.
It's just very important to adhere to the guidelines, otherwise you risk getting rewrites and rejections that can very, very quickly bring your productivity and income to a screeching halt.
If you're only in this for the four months, just get through it as best you can. If you want to write with them beyond that point, pay attention to your scorecard. Once you have several hundred articles under your belt AND you keep your scores up, you can qualify for other publishers where you make a significant amount more per article.
Hope that helps! I'm also lrohner on DS, so just PM me if you have any questions.
Oh -- Get your bio done really quickly. That could hold you up over there as well.Irohner, oh dear, I just took a look at the title selection and I don't think there is a single thing that I could write about.
Mostly everything seems to be about home repairs, how to build this, how to fix that, etc. I can't find a single realistic article in the health category to write about. This is initially very frustrating but maybe I am not searching properly?It's a rite of passage for new DS writers.
Seriously though, my daughter is having the same problem. If you have a medical background, I would suggest you apply to the Health channel on BrightHub (let me know when you apply and under what name).
With DS, just find whatever it is that you can write to get some titles under your belt. Then ask to be put on the LiveSTRONG project. Most of my articles are for LS. They pay more than the titles you're writing, and there are sections for health, diet and nutrition and fitness.
For now, filter your search by Health & Fitness and you should find some things there. You can also try using keywords. Save your searches and click the email updates box. Good luck!
Edited to add: Feel free to PM me on DS if you have more questions instead of taking up all this forum space. I'm lrohner there.
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