Signing Up

Ok, so you've decided to write articles for us. Great! First, you need to sign up.

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You will soon find an automated confirmation email in your inbox. Open this email. Inside will be an activation link that you must click, in order to activate your account.

When a project manager can assign you to a project, they will contact you by email with a detailed briefing and sample text.

Completing the sample text

First, you should print a paper copy of the briefing, so you can refer to it at any time. The briefing is there to help you and is an author's best friend.

Carefully following the instructions in the briefing, complete the sample text to the best of your ability. Your performance at this stage will determine your acceptance into the team.

If successful at this stage, you will be contacted by a project manager, and be given details about currently available tasks. Read this information carefully and print a paper copy so you can refer to it always.

You are now member of the Textprovider team, and can start earning money by producing quality, unique texts for us.

Logging In

Ok, so you've signed up, completed the sample text, and were accepted into the Textprovider team. Now you need to log in.

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ENTER Your email
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CLICK Log In

You will arrive at the landing page. Please read the information on this page carefully.

So, you've signed up, been accepted, and have logged in. Now you need to find a task.

1. Finding Tasks

CLICK The Tasks Tab
CHOOSE The relevant project from the Projects Dropdown Menu
CHOOSE The relevant import from the Imports Dropdown Menu
CHOOSE 'Authoring' from the Status Dropdown Menu

You can now see the tasks currently available to you, and can now reserve a task

2. Reserving Tasks

CLICK Reserve on the task you wish to work on

Your chosen task will now be reserved fo you, for a period of five days. You can reserve up to a maximum number of tasks, depending on the project.

You can edit the task now, or at any time in the following five days. It is now essential that you research the task thoroughly before you begin.

3. Editing Tasks

CLICK Edit

You can now see the task ready for you to edit. If you have not done so yet, print a paper copy of the briefing, so you can refer to it always.

You can now begin to edit your task, paying careful attention to the briefing at all times. The briefing is your best friend, because it tells you how to make money, how to save money, and how to save time.

View An Example Briefing

COMPLETE The required fields, paying careful attention to the briefing.

You can save your progress at any time. When you have finished, you are ready to progress the task to a reviewer.

4. Progressing Tasks

A reviewer is a human being who will carefully read your text, checking for readability, othography (grammar and spelling) and conformity to the briefing.

Before you progress your task to a reviewer, be sure that your text:

- reads naturally, fluently, and contains relevant and well researched information
- contains no spelling or grammar mistakes. Double and triple check your text.
- conforms to the briefing 100%

When your text satisfies those three requirements you may submit your text for review.

CLICK Check for Plagiarism

We use a service for checking author texts for plagiarism called Copyscape. This identifies information copied from anywhere on the net.

The use of this feature costs 5 cents each time. The first time, we will not charge you for this. Should your text be returned to you for any reason, it means you did something wrong, must edit the text a second time, and run the plagiarism check again.

Therefore, it pays to get it right the first time.

If copyscape reports no duplicate content in your text, you can now:

CLICK Progress to Reviewer's Desk

Your text will now be in queue for reviewing, and you can begin a new task.

Conditional upon your text being passed by the reviewer, and accepted by the project manager, you can invoice Textprovider for the agreed fee.

Editing returned texts

Should your text be returned to you, it will appear in the tasks tab with the status 'ReturnedToAuthor'. You must edit the task according to the comments made by the reviewer.

The text must be checked it for plagiarism again. All subsequent plagiarism checks will be charged to the author.

Keyword Integration

Authors may integrate keywords in the following ways. In this example, the keyword is HOTEL + CITY:

HOTEL + MANCHESTER
HOTELS + MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER + HOTEL
MANCHESTER + HOTELS
MANCHESTER'S + HOTEL
MANCHESTER'S + HOTELS

Using 'in'

It's ok to separate the keyword HOTEL + CITY with the word 'in':

HOTEL + IN + MANCHESTER
HOTELS + IN + MANCHESTER
HOTEL + IN + MANCHESTER'S
HOTELS + IN + MANCHESTER'S
MANCHESTER + IN + HOTEL
MANCHESTER + IN + HOTELS

Other possible variations

The keyword HOTEL + CITY can also be seperated with the words 'at', 'near' and 'by':

Visitors staying in a HOTEL near MANCHESTER'S northern quarter tend to be...
Businesspeople staying in MANCHESTER at HOTELS with a view can expect to see...
For those staying in HOTELS by MANCHESTER'S Canal Street, be prepared for...

Punctuation

It is fine to integrate keywords with the help of punctuation, such as full stops and commas:

...HOTEL. CITY...
...HOTEL. CITY'S...
...HOTELS, CITY...
...HOTELS, CITY'S...
...CITY. HOTEL...
...CITY. HOTELS...
...CITY, HOTEL...
...CITY, HOTELS...

You can even use brackets to integrate keyword phrases:

...HOTEL (CITY...)
...HOTEL (CITY'S...)
...HOTELS (CITY...)
...HOTELS (CITY'S...)
...CITY (HOTEL...)
...CITY (HOTELS...)

Unaccepted keywords

...HOTEL room in CITY...
...CITY'S finest HOTELS...

in fact, any words other than 'in', 'at', 'near' or 'by' cannot be used to separate the keyword.

So, you've signed up as a reviewer, been accepted as a reviewer, and have logged in. Now you need to find a task.

1. Finding Tasks

CLICK The Tasks Tab
CHOOSE The relevant project from the Projects Dropdown Menu
CHOOSE The relevant import from the Imports Dropdown Menu
CHOOSE 'Reviewing' from the Status Dropdown Menu

You can now see the tasks currently available to you, and can now reserve a task

2. Reserving Tasks

CLICK Reserve on the task you wish to work on

Your chosen task will now be reserved fo you, for a period of five days. You can reserve up to a maximum number of tasks, depending on the project.

You can edit the task now, or at any time in the following five days.

If you have not done so, print a paper copy of the briefing, so you can refer to it always. It is your best friend.

3. Editing Tasks

CLICK Edit

You can now see the task ready for you to edit. If you have not yet done so, print a paper copy of the briefing, so you can refer to it always. It is your best friend.

Remember that the role of the reviewer is to make sure the client is happy with the texts.

If you have still not yet done so, print a paper copy of the briefing. It is your best friend.

View An Example Briefing

SCAN The text, making note of any obvious errors.
READ The text again, more carefully, making note of any further errors.
ANALYSE The text, and ask yourself the following questions:

a. Are there any spelling or grammar mistakes within the text?
b. Is the punctuation of the article good, and consistent?
c. Does the text read naturally, and fluently?
d. Is the information relevant, or mumbo jumbo?
e. Has the author researched the topic thoroughly?
f. Is it interesting, and appropriate?
g. Does the text fulfil its intended purpose?
h. Has the text been copied from another online resource?
i. Are the keywords integrated correctly, and the correct number of times?
j. Are the paragraphs one block of text each?
k. Does the text need to be improved? Could this be done easily?
l. Are the text lengths of each field within the guidelines?
m. Is the text ready for me to forward to the project manager?
n. Repeat steps a-m

Now you have a number of choices.

+ Edit the task yourself

If you can identify only minor errors in the text, you may wish to save us all some time, and make the edit(s) yourself. This is recommended for slight spelling or punctuation errors.

CLICK Save

+ Return the text to the author

If there are any significant or consistent errors within the text, you may wish to return it to the author.

CLICK Save
LEAVE Helpful advice and/or constructive criticisms in the comments box below the text
CLICK Save comment
CLICK Return to author's desk

+ Forward the text to the project manager

If you are happy that the text you are reviewing contains no spelling mistakes, reads naturally and fluently, and satisfies the criteria stated in the briefing, you should forward the text to the project manager.

CLICK Check for plagiarism

The plagiarism check is there to identify whether any of the content within the text has been copied from another site. This costs five cents. The first time you check a text for plagiarism, we will not charge you. Should your text be returned to you for any reason, it means you did something wrong, must edit the text a second time, and run the plagiarism check again.

Therefore, it pays to get it right the first time.

If copyscape reports no duplicate content in the text, you can now:

CLICK Forward to the Project Manager

Your text will now be in queue for a secondary review by the project manager, and you can begin a new task.

Conditional upon your text being accepted by the project manager, you can invoice Textprovider for the agreed fee.