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Client - Article Writing FAQs

  • Our article writing system works by allowing qualified writers to claim the articles theyd like to write about, and allowing for input from you, the client, during the process. Once you order, writers are able to view and claim articles they are interested in. Once an article is claimed, the writer has 3 business days to write the article, and once submitted, you have at least 48 hours to review them. If you need the articles to be modified, you can submit a note to the writer. Otherwise, you can approve the article and it will be marked as complete. Articles submitted and not reviewed by the client within the time frame are automatically marked as approved.

  • Simply login to your Client Center account, and you will be able to view all of the articles that you have ordered. Double-click on the ones you need to check up on and a screen will pop up which will allow you to view the history, status, approve articles, ask for modifications, or download completed articles.

  • In the client center, you can click Approve Article under content that was submitted (per article). Alternatively, you can click the checkbox next to each article and then click on the Approve Articles button at the bottom of the screen.

  • When you receive an email notifying you that content has been submitted, you can review it in the Client Center. If you feel that your order is not what you desire, you can request a modification. Simply click on Request Modification, fill in your comments, and expect the writer to resubmit the content piece within 2 business days.

  • If you need to download an article, you can do so by either double-clicking on the article you would like and clicking the Download button, or by selecting the checkbox next to the given article on the main articles screen, and clicking the Download button below.

  • If you need to download multiple articles at once, simply select the checkboxes next to each article you need to download on the main article writing screen. Then click Download at the bottom of the screen to receive the file.

  • When you login, you have free access to re-order articles at any time. You can simply click on Order Center and you will be taken through our ordering process.

  • You can open a support ticket at any time by visiting our Helpdesk, or by clicking open support ticket next to the order you are inquiring about.

Client - Forum Posting FAQs

  • When you order forum posting, you are asking us to release an army of writers on your forum to provide thoughtful, natural and relevant discussion. The benefit of this is that your forum becomes active and alive.

  • When you login to our Client Center, you can select the forum posting order you would like to track. Double-click on the order to get an in-depth status update on the forum posting job you've chosen.

  • We allow you the opportunity to remove the posts & unassign the writers you do not like from your forum posting job. At any point during the job, if you feel that a writer is not up to par, you can login to our Client Center, select the forum posting job you need to review, check the box next to the writer you are unsatisfied with, and click remove posts & writer at the bottom of the screen. This will remove the writer from your account, and also credit you with the posts you felt were unsatisfactory.

  • At any point, you can login to our Client Center and check what is going on with your order. You can also click on specific users and their posts, and rate them up or down depending on what your experience is. If you rate writers up, you are more likely to be assigned to them in the future. If you rate them down, you will not be assigned to them again.

  • You will receive an email when your order is complete. At that time, you can log in to our Client Center and review the job. You have 48 hours from the time the order was completed to dispute any posts & writers. After that, you will only be able to rate the writers up or down, and the order will be marked closed. If a job is completed and you dispute posts & writers, the job will be reopened to fill the missing posts.

  • When you login, you have free access to re-order posts at any time. You can simply click on Order Center and you will be taken through our ordering process.

  • You can open a support ticket at any time by visiting our Helpdesk, or by clicking open support ticket next to the order you are inquiring about.

Writer - Article Writing FAQs

  • In order to be approved for article writing, you must check the article writing checkbox within your ContentCurrent application. You must then login and read the article writing FAQ. You will then be able to view and write a test article which will allow us to assess your writing ability and English comprehension. You will receive full access to our article writing section once you are approved.

  • Once you are approved to be an article writer, you will be able to see available writing jobs in the "Add new jobs" section of your writer account. When you find a job that you would like to write, you can click 'Claim This Piece' next to it and that piece will be yours for the next 72 hours. During those 72 hours, you are free to submit the work by visiting your Writer Area and clicking on the article you've claimed. You should see boxes where you can input your writing and submit it, as well as order details and order history for that particular order. After you submit, the client who ordered the writing will receive an email and will have approximately 2 business days to check your writing. If they approve it, or if 48 business hours goes by without any action, the job is marked as 'Completed' and payment is released to you. If they choose to 'Modify' the writing, you will receive an email with some changes to be made, and then have 48 hours to re-submit the writing. Once you re-submit, the client again receives the email and the process repeats itself.

  • Please submit a support ticket to our Helpdesk, detailing what the issue is. We will take a look at the situation and do our best to resolve it.

  • You can only have 5 open article orders at a time, but whenever any order is 'Completed' (approved by the client) you are free to claim another piece. There is no limit on how much you write as long as it is quality.

  • Please submit a support ticket to our helpdesk detailing the issue and we will take care of it. Our system is still in Beta so an error may pop up from time to time.

  • For each article we will need you to also write what is called a Meta Description. This is the description displayed for users when people search on search engines. You will need to write a meta tag for each article so that users know what the article will be about. Meta Descriptions should be 1-2 sentences long, catchy and interesting to make people want to click on the link, focused around the article's subject matter, and descriptive enough so that the users will know what the article is about.

  • Articles assigned here at ContentCurrent are primarily dedicated to Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. The SEO articles serve two main purposes. The first is to provide interesting and relevant content to our users. The articles need to be engaging, factual, and 100% unique. The second is to have the articles written around particular subjects and include specific words (called keywords) so that it helps people find the site on search engines.
    The way this will work, in order to accomplish both objectives, is to assign you either a keyword or multiple keywords and ask you to write an article that is related to those keywords. Ideally we would like you to use the keyword in the title of the article, in the first sentence of the article, and several more times. There is no specific number of times you are required to use the keyword(s), but it should be more than once within the article and you should refrain from overusing the keywords. The article should use the keywords without it seeming forced. This all has to do with the way the search engines read the page. We find that if we give our writers a specific number of times they have to be used then they are forced into the article and the flow and quality of the article suffers. I think youll find that if you are writing an article on a correlated subject matter that you will naturally use the keyword that we've given you. Most of our writers find an article topic that is related to the keyword and then write the article without even thinking of the keyword. Then they go back and check to see if they used it because we are much more concerned with the quality of writing rather than the keyword density (number of times the keyword is in the article). An example: If the keyword is Organic Food Store the article can be about anything that is related to this keyword that you think people would be interested in reading. Some examples: Organic Food Store Myths, Organic Food Stores: Overpriced?, Best Bargains at an Organic Food Store, Dont Be Fooled by the Labels in an Organic Food Store, Why I recommend shopping at Organic Food Stores, Nutritional Advantages of Shopping at an Organic Food Store, etc. It truly can be about anything that will be interesting for our users, as long as you are using the keywords and exercising quality writing skills

Writer - Forum Posting FAQs

  • The forums that you are assigned to post on show up in your Writer Area. All forums you are assigned will have an "Add Posts" action next to them. You can click on that, which will pull up a screen where you can enter in your post totals, as well as choose which username you posted them under. Make sure to log each reply as a post and a new topic as a new thread. Do not double count a new topic both as a new thread and a new post.

  • You should be making at most 10-15 posts a day on any one forum that you are assigned to. We want to make sure that posting is done in a natural way and we don't want to force you to do more than you can. Some writers post a lot, some post a little, and we never force you to post. Please make sure to record your posts as soon as you can after you have posted!

  • A thread is a topic starter, and a post is a reply to any thread. They are not the same thing! So, if you start a topic, it counts as one thread (not one thread and one post). If you reply to an ongoing topic, it counts as one post, and so on. Please try to post 1 thread for every 6 or 7 posts (or 'replies') that you make!

  • Posts should maintain a minimum length of 12 words each. However, sometimes we realize that in a conversation it may make sense to post shorter replies. Try to balance this out, and make sure that on average, your posts have at least 12 words in them.

  • We try to rely on common sense when it comes to policing our writers posts. Dont use foul language, advertise your own site, or otherwise post things that you dont think the forum owner would appreciate. You should also never, under any circumstances, make it clear to the forum that you are a paid poster. Also, you may not at any time share information on which forums you are working on with any other party. That said, post naturally, and always follow the forum owner's instructions. Any post that does not meet these reasonable guidelines is subject to not counting towards your total, and multiple infractions can result in banishment without payment.

  • You can choose any alias you would like, just remember to enter in the correct alias when you click on Add Posts next to the forum you have finished posting on.

  • From time to time some forums are inactive or have problems with registration. Please contact our helpdesk with the forum in question and we can contact the owner. Don't worry if you can't post on that forum, you can just move on to the next one.

  • If there is ever a complaint between a forum owner and you please send us an email and we will try to straighten things out.

  • Please no overt advertising when posting. If there is a personal blog or something along those lines, that is fine but try to keep it communal.