I’m getting ready to go back to Brazil in about a month. And I thought to myself….self, it might be good to get some extra cash. Days of searching on the Internet pointed me to Demand Studios. It’s a company that uses writers to produce content for sites like eHow, Live Strong and Trails. When I came across it, I thought, meh, this is is possibly too good to be true, but after 3 weeks now, I can say that they are what they say they are.

Why does it work for me?

The pay…Before I started, I read a few different reviews on the site from people that worked there or were familiar with it in other ways. One of the things that people mentioned were the pay. DS pays $15 per article. For experienced freelance writers, it’s really not much. And it’s really not much if you are trying to raise a family of eight or something like that. It works for me because I don’t have time to find clients that want to pay me more even though I know that they are out there. My main source of income isn’t from writing. I just want to be able to make money while I’m on a beach in Brazil. They also pay twice per week with PayPal. Win.

Flexibility…There’s no way that I would have time to work on a schedule. With DS, I can write as much or as little as I want. There are many weeks when I just don’t have any free time, but when my work load is a little lighter, I know that there are endless assignments that I can find at DS. I can also do them from anywhere that I want.

Article topics…I can usually find something that I am interested in writing about. Recently there have been tons of of travel titles and even a few on Brazil. I always pick something that I’m interested and know a bit about, so it takes me a shorter amount of time to write something of substance. I’m not always crazy about the format, but it’s a very small issue.

Writing…I love writing and I’ve been trying to do it more regularly. By working with DS, it keeps my mind sharp. Blogging helps also, but knowing that someone is going to read and edit my work is a bit different. (I’ve heard that some of the editors can be rude, but I haven’t experienced that yet.)

For now, this works for me. I’ll keep you guys updated on my progress and on any other things that I find out there.