The Winners of the October 2009 Best of AC Awards

Associated Content is excited to announce the winners of our October 2009 Best of AC Awards for Personal Finance, Politics and Sports.

Contributor: AC Darnell
Published: Nov 05, 2009

Flash Fiction Contest - $30 Prize

If you're in the mood to write some fiction, consider Associated Content's Flash Fiction Contest.

Details: There is no entry fee
Prize: $30
Rights: Non-Exclusive
Deadline: August 11, 2009
Word Count: 800 maximum, no minimum

You must start your flash fiction piece with one of these sentences (you can change the gender, but that's all):

1. He had not been expecting a letter.

2. Someone was knocking at the door.

3. She still couldn't shake the previous night's dream.

Start working on your entry day. Not signed up? Sign up at AssociatedContent.com to enter this contest and find other writing opportunities.

High Pageviews: More than Quantity of Articles

Andrew asks: " Is the reason you have been able to receive so many views because of the amount of articles you have published?"

Pam Gaulin responds:

My PV total can be attributed to a number of factors:

1) I have been publishing content at AC for three years. My AC-iversary is on Friday! Longevity matters. Other CPs who have been with AC since 2005 (one year before me) also have had great success. See R. S. Sipper, Kassidy Emmerson and Crystal Ray)

2) Topic selection. Writing about popular topics which people want to read also increases PVs.

3) Quantity or Frequency: There are a couple of writers here who have published the same number of articles as me as me but without as many pageviews. It's not just about quantity.

While having a lot of solid articles does help, publishing frequently will also improve upon how many times your articles are read. When you publish new ones, your old ones get read more often.

Chore Man Creeps Neighborhood Kids

For the wife and me, one of the selling points of our home was the neighborhood. There’s no thru-traffic and it has sidewalks, honest-to-God sidewalks. It also has plenty of children sprinkled about its 200 homes. We can count on about 50 kids on Halloween. That equates to 30 or 40 rings of the [...]

For Everyone Who Ever Knew a Dog

Canis fidelis When my toes are not exposed On my fingers you do linger With your little lapping tongue. When my door is not ajar With your paw you make a scar An echo of your tiny “Let me in.” When my day is not the best In my lap you ask to rest. Tell me all is well my warm and furry friend. If [...]

I Don’t Have Time for This Right Now

I feel bad that I haven’t posted on this blog or at AC lately but I just haven’t had time.  I keep getting email alerts on my iPhone letting me know I have readers here consistently checking in.  I’m sorry to inconvienance you but I probably won’t be returning to this blog or AC for [...]

Calls for Content

I have a problem with AC’s Assignments or as they were more formally known, C4Cs”  My problem is that I feel pressured to claim them; especially when I see a topic that is even the slightest bit interesting to me.  For a while I didn’t even bother looking at the assignments available. I used to think [...]

AC Giving Away $500, Flagrant Article Pimping and All That Jazz

Wow it’s been a really long time since I”ve posted to this blog.  That sucks and I do apologize for my obvious laziness.   Anywho… If you belong to Associated Content then you should have received an email today that announced one writer will be getting $500.  Why?  Because there’s a special content drive going on. [...]

Interview With AC_Laura

Last week I had the pleasure of talking with Associated Content’s Public Relations Manager AC_Laura.  Our phone call was supposed to be an audio interview but due to my inadequacies with recording equipment I wasn’t able to capture Laura’s voice.  She was so kind though to answer my questions through email.   She tells me that [...]

The new CP-Pages and why they are designed like this. A full explanation.

After the dust settled a bit AC decided in all its wisdom to give us new CP-pages. To revive the spirits a bit methinks. Or just to give some staff something to do. I don’t know for sure what goes on in Denver Colorado, except that it has mountains and Mountain-time instead of normal time. Perhaps [...]

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