5 Reasons To Write For Free
Posted on April 5, 2008
I’ve published 1,215 articles without being paid a dime.
It’s not a record. At one of the Ezine sites where my work appears, there is another writer who is by far the leader, with more than 11,000 submissions to his credit.
Why do I do it?
Aren’t I investing a lot of time, and foregoing substantial money, while enriching publishers who sell Google advertising based on my effort?
Isn’t it also true that many of my direct competitors are advertising next to my articles and near my byline?
By “giving away” some of my most contemporary ideas I’m giving-up potential book
The essence of professionalism is being paid real money for your efforts. So, if you’re giving them away, your skills, your talent, and your time, they must be worthless, right?
At various points in my life these questions would have driven me to distraction.
But my view has changed.
There are five benefits for writers in not being officially compensated.
(1) You can say what you want, within some limitations.
(2) You can publish in new areas, without a prior track record.
(3) You can refine your skills in a low-risk arena.
(4) You are making “deposits” into your creative portfolio, which you can cash-in later through various forums.
(5) You can remove your articles at any time, without penalty.
Add up these benefits, plus the tangible ones that accrue to you when you do have more than a thousand quality pieces in circulation, and I suppose you might say, there are compensations, after all.
It reminds me of that famous line, “There’s much joy in useless knowledge.”
In a similar vein, you can write for nothing, and still come out a winner.
Dr. Gary S. Goodman is the best-selling author of 12 books and more than a thousand articles. A frequent expert commentator on radio and TV, he is quoted in prominent publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Business Week. President of Clientrelations.com and Customersatisfaction.com, his seminars and training programs are sponsored internationally and he is a top-rated faculty member at more than 40 universities, including UC Berkeley and UCLA. Gary brings over two decades of management and consulting experience to the table, with the best academic credentials in the speaking and training industry. A Ph.D. from the Annenberg School For Communication at USC, an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management, and a J.D. degree from Loyola, his clients include several Fortune 1000 companies and successful family owned and operated firms.
He can be seen on CNBC at: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=417455932# and reached at: gary@customersatisfaction.com
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