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If you have been writing for Associated Content, you probably think about the upfront payment more than you do the performance bonus. Thinking about both, however, is one way that you can make sure that you maximize your earning potential. After all, the upfront payment is a one time thing while you can earn residual money month after month because of the performance payments. How do you do this? You do this be effectively promoting your content. Here are some simple ways you can do that.

Search Engine Optimization/Keywords

Perhaps the best way to promote your content comes when you are actually writing your article. Much of the traffic that your article gets will come from search engines, so make sure that your articles get good rankings in Google and others. While there are people who make SEO their business, it is nothing that you cannot do yourself. Read everything you can about SEO and also about how search engines work. That will give you a better idea of how you make your content search engine friendly. Thankfully, Associated Content does a lot of that for you, but you can help by thinking about keyword density.

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking sites like Digg are a great way to promote your content. Digg allows you to flag articles that you enjoy. These flagged articles then become part of the Digg search engine. If people find your article through there, they may “Digg” it too. The more people who Digg your article, the more likely people are to see it. The best part is that even if someone finds your article on Digg, they have to go to Associated Content to view the site. That way, you will get credit for the pageview. Thankfully, Associated Content makes it get the ball rolling by Digging your own articles. Just click on the “share this” button and click “Digg.” If you have an account, you will be able to post your article in just a couple of minutes. The “share this” button also includes numerous similar websites that you will want to look at as well.

Social Networking

Social networking sites are another great way to promote your content. If you do not have a
Myspace
account, get one. Use the content widget from the “community resources” area to add a feed of your latest articles to your profile. Then, just add friends left and right. Add everyone you know and then start adding people you do not know. Some people will reject your requests, but many will accept. Anytime you have a few minutes to add some friends, do so. It does not cost anything and it is an easy way to promote your content. Think about it. Since there are no limits to how many friends you can have, you could easily get up to 10,000 friends in a few weeks or months. Every time you have new content published, put out a bulletin alerting your friends with a link to the article. If just %1 of the people on your friends list follow the link, you just got 100 free page views! If 10% of them did, you just got 1000 free page views and you made $1.50.

These are just some of the many ways that you can easily promote what you right for Associated Content and greatly increase your performance payment earnings. By doing that and continuing to write as much as possible, you should be able to make a nice monthly income in no time at all.