GET PAID MORE! For a limited time, we are raising our minimum payment to $15!
We are accepting a limited number of new article submissions. Please read our Guidelines below as they have recently been updated. IMPORTANT! Only submit if you are willing and able to promote your articles on websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, your personal website, your blog, etc. Be sure to put links to your account/profile page on all social sites that you actively use in your submission email. Thanks and best wishes!
Do you upload videos on YouTube? We are also buying reviews of YouTube videos. If you have a YouTube channel with at least 500 subscribers and you upload videos at least once a month, write for us! We pay 10 and up, for articles that review 4 videos. Email Bill at billATbkservDOTcom for more information, and please include a link to your YouTube channel.
GuidelinesLookingForClues is a website that publishes articles that provide "Bite size nuggets of insight and entertainment". We buy articles from new and established freelance writers. We pay between $10 and $20 per article. The article must be at least 6 paragraphs and contain 800 words minimum. It should generally be no more than 12 paragraphs and 1600 words in length.
We are currently seeking articles from writers who are proud of their work and who want everyone to read their writing! If you have a website, blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube account or other social networking presence on the net - and are willing to link to your articles - then we want you to write for us. Send us lots of traffic from your links and we'll reward you by paying you more for future articles!
We can also send you traffic. You can include a short author information paragraph with your article, 2 sentences in length. You may include one or two links. Our top articles get hundreds of views each week, so your articles may generate traffic to your websites!
Please note that we make all payments via PayPal. You'll need to have a Premier or Business PayPal account. You can open one here. We do NOT pay to Personal PayPal accounts, only Business or Premier.
We Do NOT buy articles that have already appeared on the internet on any site in any form. If you accept payment from us for an article, it will indicate that you agree to certain things described below. One aspect of the agreement is that you will not sell, give away, or self-publish an article that we have paid for, if it would result in the article appearing on the internet.
What kind of articles are you looking for?We are looking for articles on a variety of subjects. The subject matter should be something that the author is passionate about, and the passion should show in their writing. The topic can be almost anything that we think web surfers might find of interest. The articles presently on our site can be used as a general indication of what we look for. Links to our newest articles are on the right. ---> You can also check our categories page for a complete list of all articles, or search using the box on the right at the top.
Specifically, we're looking for articles that are of one of the following types:Practical articles that provide specific useful knowledge to our readers. Give the reader insightful and entertaining "how to" information on a topic that has widespread interest. We pay $10 to $20 for these articles; we may pay more to writers who have linked to their articles and sent us readers.
Commentary articles that give the writer's point of view on a social issue of widespread interest. We pay $10 for this type of article.
Trendy articles that introduce the reader to some currently hot or trendy thing or activity. We pay $10 for this type of article.
Book/Movie/Product reviews that might interest the reader in buying the reviewed item. We pay $10 or more for reviews.
How do I submit an article?If you have an idea for an article, please describe it in a paragraph and send it to us at this email address (billATbkservDOTcom). Or if you have an article already completed, please send it to the same email address. Please put "LFC Submission - " and a few words describing the topic of your article in the Subject field of your email. If you are sending a complete article, please send it in the body of the email, or attach it as an RTF (Rich Text) file. Please do NOT send any attachments in DOC format. Attachments in anything other than RTF format will NOT be opened! If you use a word processor to write, you should be able to save the document as an RTF file. If you don't have a preferred word processor, we recommend using Microsoft WordPad, which comes with Windows. NOTE: Please format the article so that it is single-spaced, with the title on the first line and your name (or pen name) on the second line. Please use "Courier New" font, size 12.
Along with the description or completed article, we require the following information. If you do not include this information, we will not reply to your submission!
* Please state whether you are over or under 18 years of age. We do NOT presently accept articles from anyone under 18 years of age.
* Please indicate specifically how you became aware of the LookingForClues website. If you came here from a link on another site, let us know what that site was. If a friend referred you, let us know who it was. If you found us by a search engine, let us know which one you used and what you searched for.
* Please provide information about any previous writing experience. (Previous experience is NOT required!)
* NEW: Please provide information about your presence on the internet. Tell us about your websites, blogs and social networking sites that you belong to. Please include links to your sites!
PLEASE NOTE: We ask that you send one article submission at a time! If you have multiple ideas or articles, please briefly list the topics of the articles and we'll let you know which one we would like to see first.
What happens after I submit an article?After we receive your submission, we will reply (generally within 2 weeks) as to whether we would be interested in purchasing it for publication on our site. If we accept an article, we will email you and tell you the fee we are willing to pay for the purchase of the article. See above for our general pay schedule. The amount we are willing to pay is determined by several things:
Our estimate of how popular the article will be.
Our interest in the topic.
The number of submissions already in our queue.
The amount we offer for your article Does Not reflect our estimate of the quality or style of your article. It is simply a business decision based on the above criteria.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: bill@bkserv.com
For submissions: bill@bkserv.com
Website: http://www.bkserv.net/LFC/home.aspx
