Demand Studios Title Drought Solutions

By Joe Marshall, Demand Studios Review Writer

Posted On 7/27/2011

I’ve been doing a lot of refreshing lately on the “Find Assignments” page over at Demand Media Studios. I’ve been doing a lot of late night Demand Studios title hunting. Unfortunately, it’s been to mostly little avail. I’m writing articles that are lower paying than I’m used to and that are outside of my regular area of expertise.

I’m sure I’m not the only one. There’s no denying that we’re experiencing a title drought at Demand Studios. Demand Media staffer Kaitlyn McCleskey even posted in the forum promising new titles coming soon. Not only did she say they’d be more relevant to destination sites, but also that they’d be easier to execute.

But this was over a week ago now and there are still no new titles to speak of and there haven’t been any more updates from Demand Media staff. So, what are your options during a Demand Media Studios title drought?

While you can’t will more titles into the Demand Studios queue, there are some things you can do to help get you through these less than stellar times.

How To Get Through A Demand Studios Title Drought

Apply for special sections

Chances are there are quite a few more titles available in the total database than you’re seeing in your queue. That’s because new writers to Demand Studios are only given permission to write general eHow articles, and must either be invited into special sections or apply and be approved.

There are several sections which you can apply to if you have the necessary qualifications. These include: eHow Home, eHow Money, Tyra Banks’ Beauty & Fashion, and LIVESTRONG. Go to the help desk contact page and clink on the links to find out if you qualify and what to do to submit an application. 

The more sections you write for the more titles you’ll see in your “Find Assignments” queue.

Go outside your comfort zone

Ideally you want to write on topics you already know at least a fair bit about going in, to decrease your research time and increase the quality of your output. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and if you can’t find articles in your wheelhouse to write you’re going to have to start looking for more difficult, but still writable, titles.

Take advantage of the custom Demand Studios Google search tool to find references that will allow you to get top notch information. This will help you to write authoritatively even if you aren’t already an expert.

Keep on searching

It’s obvious, but all too often people don’t use the most simple strategy available to them for finding more articles: spending more time searching for them. It’s not fun, but it has to be done. Keep the “Find Assignments” page open in an extra tab and when you’re not busy hit the refresh button to see what has come up to the top of the titles list.

Remember to also take advantage of the midnight Demand Studios title hunt strategy. When assignments expire you can jump on them and claim them. Someone is going to, might as well be you.

Find other writing clients

Sometimes it takes less than ideal circumstances, such as a Demand Studios title drought, to get you off your butt and accomplishing something you should already be working on. As a freelance writer, it is important for you to always be searching out new clients. You don’t want to be stuck making all or most of your money from one source.

If this title drought has got you really hurting, that’s a good sign that you’re depending on Demand Studios too much for your overall income. Search writing and editing job boards, visit writing forums, get a copy of   Writer’s Market, reach out to local and national magazines in your field, but just keep pushing, pushing, pushing. If you’re still at the content writing stage of your career, take a look at our alternatives to Demand Studios article for some more writing opportunities.

Remember, after this drought is over with there will likely be another one somewhere down the line. The work you did finding work during this dry spell will help you out when the next one rears its ugly head.

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