Want to get started? Go To the Article Editor and
you can submit your content there. Our editors will be notified automatically by
the system after you've posted your article and we'll begin the review process.
(You need to be at least a registered guest on the site)
Read the Submission Rules
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If you think you may be interested in writing for SSWUG.ORG, we have great news!
Not only will you claim great fame, the admiration of your peers and a massive crowd
following wherever you go, but we'll even buy you a dinner or two for your troubles!
While we cannot guarantee that you'll need a bodyguard service, we can say that
being published is a great thing to point out on your resume, and can lead to some
very interesting opportunities in life.
Here's what we offer columnists. Let us know if you're interested, and you can get
started right away.
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Payment and Ongoing Royalties
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We'll establish a basic payment for your article based on the length, type of article
and so-forth. The longer the article, the more complex it is, the higher the initial
base payment will be. We'll pay a minimum of $20.00 per article (script with
basic description for example) with many higher (articles that we may split into
multiple postings, for example).
Ongoing Royalties
We'll also pay you again in the second and third month of your article being on
the site. These additional payments are as follows:
We'll calculate the number of views for your article in the first 30 days of publication.
Then we'll calculate the number of views in the next 30 days. The resulting percentage
determines your royalty on the article.
For example, if you had 100 views in the first month, and 50 in the second, and
you were paid $20 for the article... You'd receive $20.00 the first month, and 50%
of that the second month, or an additional $10.00.
If your second month views are a higher relative percentage against the first month,
you'll receive an even higher royalty payment (up to a maximum of the original payment
amount). This same payment calculation is done in the third month. We compare the
third month views to the first month and the resulting percentage is your payment
basis. So, you could effectively triple your payment (get paid the same three months
running) if article views remain consistent.
You can even link to the article from your site, or other sites that may be interested
in your work to help grow awareness of your article.
What this does is let you participate in the success of your article, and at the
same time, you can build an income stream that can amount to a much more significant
income.
In addition, we can provide a free month's membership to any columnist writing at
least two published articles per month. Please write to us (members at sswug dot
org) in each month you attain this level to activate your free month's membership.
Program effective Feb 1, 2006, updated April 14, 2007
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Referral Program
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If you're interested in our affiliate program, please write to us and let us know.
We'll pass along the registration URL you can use to get set up and you'll be on
your way. You will receive an affiliate commission for each registered guest (yes,
even non-paying members) and full-member you refer to the site.
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The Fine Print
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By submitting, and by our publishing your article with your consent as outlined
herein, you grant SSWUG.ORG and Bits on the Wire, Inc. worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive
rights to use and publish your article by any means in any format or medium. This
means that you retain ownership, you grant us the right to publish it. You can do
whatever else you like with the article, you are not granting an EXCLUSIVE right
to publish, PROVIDED you are not participating in our exclusive content program.
You certify, warranty and represent that the articles, scripts or other information
you submit to the site is yours, that you are the sole author of the work and that
you have the right to submit that work for publication on this site. Note that you
cannot re-use diagrams, graphics, lengthy examples, code samples, etc. from other
people's work. It must be your own work. You further certify that you have full
rights to submit this data for publication and that you have full rights to transfer
the right to publish it to SSWUG.ORG and Bits on the Wire, Inc. You agree that you
are not submitting, and may not submit, work not created by you and that the work
you submit is not under other obligations controlling publication of the work, specifically
obligations that prevent you from submitting the content for publication on our
site or sites.
You agree not to submit this work for publication on any other site for a period
of at least 120 days from the time you submit the work here at SSWUG.ORG.
This page will contain the program details - please be sure to check back if questions
arise, or contact us at webmaster@sswug.org
for help. We'll be glad to work with you to explain any details.
We offer standard payment by check. We can also pay by PayPal. If you would like
to have your funds wired, we can do this however, a $20 wire fee per transaction
(our actual cost) will be deducted from the total amount due you. If you'd like,
we can collect monthly payments until they reach a $200 threshhold and then pay
in a single payment (less the wire fee) to minimize the impact of the fee.
We pay all authors on or about the 15th of the month following publication of your
article on the site. We reserve the right to schedule (and re-schedule) the publication
of your article as necessary to support the editorial scheduling needs of the site.
Payment is based on actual and final publication and promotion in the newsletter
on the site, not based on submission for publication.
You will know when your article is accepted for publication as you will receive
an email assigning the base fee and moving the article from editorial to scheduling.
After it is scheduled, you'll receive an additional email indicating the publication
date for the article. This date, which changes only very, very rarely, is the date
that your payment will be based on. If it is necessary to change the date, you will
receive an email with the date change notification.
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Last update: JUL/14/2006
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