If you've ever written an article for another website or ezine then I'm interested in hearing your experiences.

I'm particularly interested in your publishing arrangements, motivation for doing the piece and the sort of results you've had. Would you do it again? Do specialised articles work better than generic? Was it a worthwhile exercise?

Before you reply, please be aware that this is research for my own article and that I'm on the lookout for good quotes... full credit will be given for any I decide to use. Thanks for your time!

I've written articles for other sites and for other newsletters.

Publishing arrangements: Some of the articles was done in Word and sent to the publisher for adding. A couple of sites had their own editors in which I could cut-n-paste my article or type it in. And another accepted it as an email.

Motivation: All the publishers, whether in newsletter or on sites, have my site links or information listed. One site that has now gone defunct, belly-up, down the tubes, etc. paid the contributing editors that had a certain amount of unique views of their articles. I also enjoy teaching/training and writing seems to go along with that.

Results: I received considerably more hits to my listed sites in my articles. I received pay from some sources. I got to hone my skills in the writing department.

You probably can't tell by my posts, but I like to write. So getting published was worthwhile, and it has many, various benefits.

IMO, generic articles have their place for introducing someone to a subject, but there needs to be more....thus, more need for the specialized articles. I would definitely do it again, oh yeah, I am still doing it.

Tiggy's article on Site Popularity

Dave