Berk and I were discussing the challenges of taking on additional writers here at ExhaustNotes. We print new stories about every two days and while we appreciate our loyal readers it wouldn\u2019t hurt to drag a bunch more subscribers into the fold. We\u2019d like ExhaustNotes\u2019 popularity to reflect the quality of the content and to increase ad revenue to match our prodigious output. Plus, younger, less jaded motorcyclists who actually like all the electronic junk manufacturers strap onto motorcycles would be kind of cool.<\/p>\n
So we\u2019ve decided to try a thing: Berk says the best way to increase Internet hits and ad revenue is to publish interesting stories from insightful and entertaining writers on a regular basis. To do that, ExhaustNotes will need more than just two guys typing in their spare time. We may need three.\u00a0 Or four.\u00a0 Or more.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know about you but I\u2019m ready for some fresh new perspectives on motorcycling and with Berk pushing 72 and me pushing a crusty 65 we tend to give fresh new perspectives a bit of the old stinkeye. You\u2019ll notice we type a lot of dream bike segments and none of them are modern bikes. Do not stand on our lawns.<\/p>\n
Perspectives don\u2019t have to be young to be fresh, just different. Let\u2019s hear how you love the way your motorcycle makes all the power and braking decisions for the rider. Hey, you still get to steer\u2026 for now. Tell us about the biker lifestyle and how it differs from the cosplay actors at comic-com. Exactly how do you use a 200 horsepower, full-race motorcycle on the street and stay alive? Tell us in an interesting way and you\u2019ll get paid for doing it!<\/p>\n
How much will you make?<\/p>\n
Glad you asked: ExhaustNotes uses a simple formula to calculate how much we earn. We take the total site income from advertisers and Google ads and subtract the expense of running the site. That gives us a pool of money to pay the writers. You won\u2019t get paid by the word. For example, if revenue after expenses is $100 and we publish 100 stories then each story is worth $1. Now, say Berk writes 70 stories and I write 30 stories then Berk makes $70 and I make $30. This is the part where you new writers will come in: If we publish 5 stories from you then the split will reflect your contribution.\u00a0 Berk divvies the money up twice a year, assuming there\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n
On the surface this seems self-defeating, since you\u2019ll be making the same amount per story as me and Berk then we must be losing money. Maybe not. The idea is to increase revenue, build the reader base and create a bigger pie. If it works we\u2019ll all get filthy rich and go live with the prostitutes. Okay, maybe I can\u2019t go live with the prostitutes but one of you guys might be able to.<\/p>\n
We understand the unfairness of a 3000-word story earning the same as a 700-word story but life is full of unfair situations.\u00a0 Writing for ExhaustNotes is just one more. Try to picture this whole ExhaustNotes website thing as a grand experiment that we are opening up to a wider pool of participants. Who knows what will happen?<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve already been a guest columnist for ExhaustNotes you won\u2019t get any money from your past stories. That ship has sailed. This new deal is going forward from today. Mike Huber\u2019s Romanian travel story is the very first one of our new system.<\/p>\n
A few other things you should know:\u00a0 Berk is going to be the editor-in-chief and his word is final, meaning submitting is not the same as getting published.\u00a0\u00a0Punctuation and grammar matter.\u00a0 If Berk has to re-write your story to make it intelligible he probably won\u2019t use it. ExhaustNotes only pays if we publish your story and we pay poorly at that. You retain all rights to your work and can do whatever you want with it. Remember: You are not going to make a ton of money doing this. If you feel our accounting methods are not strenuous enough don\u2019t submit a story.<\/p>\n
Having the proper mindset is critical.\u00a0 Berk and I write ExhaustNotes for the fun of it. If you factor in our time, we lose money doing it and I see no good reason why you shouldn\u2019t lose money writing for us, too. Any beer money that happens to come our way is gravy that we use to buy mini bikes and reloading components.\u00a0 Topics are mostly motorcycle related with guns and construction materials thrown in, but any topic that is interesting will be considered. Everyone has to start somewhere; I started my writing career with a simple letter to the editor of The Key West Citizen. Let\u2019s see what starts your writing career.<\/p>\n
If you have a story you’d like to propose on motorcycles, guns, Baja, reloading, great rides, great roads, or any other topic you think would be of interest to our readers, email us with your story idea at info@exhaustnotes.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n Never miss an ExNotes blog:<\/p>\n\n Help us help you:\u00a0 \u00a0Please click on those pop-up ads!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berk and I were discussing the challenges of taking on additional writers here at ExhaustNotes. We print new stories about every two days and while we appreciate our loyal readers it wouldn\u2019t hurt to drag a bunch more subscribers into the fold. We\u2019d like ExhaustNotes\u2019 popularity to reflect the quality of the content and to … Continue reading “Be a Professional Writer For ExhaustNotes!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[654,235,63,72,62,96,103,66,140],"tags":[1964,3064,3065,3063],"class_list":["post-19182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-motorcycle-books","category-amazon","category-baja","category-china","category-electric-motorcycles","category-feel-good-stuff","category-harley-davidson","category-joe-gresh","category-vintage-motorcycle","tag-blog","tag-join-the-exnotes-team","tag-tell-your-story","tag-write-for-exhaustnotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0-900.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19182"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19201,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19182\/revisions\/19201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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