Make Money With Associated Content

[Matthew Sherborne]

Make Money With Associated Content

The People's Media Company - Associated Content



Associated Content is another great site that will pay you for your content submissions. Unlike Constant Content though, Associated Content actually purchases your content themselves for use on their own website. Their website makes all of its money from advertisements shown on their web pages.

They call themselves the people’s media company because they strive to be the biggest online multimedia library of submitted content. Associated Content is unique because it pays you twice for any accepted content you submit to the site.

You get paid once from the initial purchase of your content. The second payment comes in the form of monthly performance bonuses depending on the popularity of your submitted content page.

They purchase text, audio, image and video content and usually pay an upfront purchase price of anywhere between $3 to $20 depending on the quality. Submit enough content and you should have a nice source of residual income.

Associated Content, or AC from now on, keeps a frequently updated list of subjects they are interested in purchasing from you. They’re often looking for articles on specific topics that they need and will pay you within days of your submission, if accepted. Articles about local events and attractions are hot commodities on AC and often requested.

If you accept jobs from AC or submit content to them you become what they call a ‘Content Producer.’ You’ll receive frequent newsletters and content requests.

One of the drawbacks of using the AC site is you must be a legal United States citizen above the age of 18 to comply with their tax regulations. So, if you’re not from the U.S and at least 18 years old I suggest you use CC or one of the other Paid Insider sites in this course.

To get started with Associated Content you must take the following steps:

1.Sign Up As a Member

Once you register with AC you’ll need to create your Content Producer page. This will be your authors page where you’ll be able to advertise a little about yourself and any websites you have.

2. Select Which Content Rights You Want to Sell

When you submit content to AC it’s categorized into one of two different ways as, Exclusive or Non-Exclusive. Both levels typically receive a different price depending on whether use wish to retain rights or not.

3. Submit Content

Content can be submitted from the ‘Publish’ tab near the top of the screen and is broken down into three main categories that are, text, audio and video. Before you submit any content you need to make sure you’ve followed the submission guidelines at: Submission Guidelines - Associated Content

4. Wait For Your Submission Offer

The submission process usually takes several days, however it can take up to two weeks before you receive an offer. Once you’ve accepted an offer it takes approximately two days before your offer is finalized and your content is published.

5. Track Your Profitable Sales and Make More Of Them!

Through your Content Producer page you’ll be able to get a good look at what is successfully making you the most money. Use this knowledge to continue to produce the highest paid content. If you’re doing it right, repeat the process.

[Matthew Sherborne]

Potential Profits Using Associated Content

Once you sign up as an AC Content Producer you’ll receive special offers of content the site needs. In these special offers you can determine the topic, going rate and the amount of content required.

Responding quickly to these offers by producing and submitting the content requested is one of the best ways to maximize income from the site.

The amount AC Content Producers are paid depends on the quality of the content and the current demand for the topic. If you respond to a content request, you’ll see that the going rate is usually from $5 to $10. Submitting content that is not being requested you can expect anywhere from as low as $3 to as much as $20.

The average amount of money you can expect is, in my experience, between $5 and $9 per 700 word article. However, the amount you’re paid will depend heavily on it being free of spelling and grammatical errors and of a popular topic.

Keep in mind the content you submit will also earn monthly bonuses based on its popularity. Some authors recommend writing content that applies to many readers and is non-gender specific. More on this in the Best Ways To Get Paid section.

How To Get Paid Using Associated Content

When you submit content to the AC website, they send it for review which can take up to two weeks. The review process checks your content against the websites submission criteria and will either mark it as:

Submitted - This means the website has received your submission but it has not yet been published. During this phase it’s not too late to make changes. To do so click the ‘e’ icon next to the left of the articles headline on the My Content tab headline on the My Content tab.

Processing - This means your content has been reviewed, an offer has been sent and is waiting for approval by you. At this stage you may choose to accept the offer or decline. If you decide to decline the offer or if it was declined by AC you must delete it from the site if you wish to try again.


Incomplete - You will see the incomplete notice if you don’t make it all the way through the submission process. You can take up where you left off by clicking the ‘e’ icon next to the left of the headline from the My Content tab and finish the steps for completion at a later time.

Once you’re content has been reviewed and AC has marked your content as ‘Processing’ you will receive an offer. If you decide to accept the offer, AC sends you a verification email message asking you to confirm your PayPal email address. Upon confirmation the AC website sends your payment via PayPal within three business days.

Note: Associated Content will set your account to auto-confirm your PayPal email address if you click on the My Content tab, Payment Information and Confirmation and then click ‘Turn Auto Confirm On.’