Three Year Secret to Amazing Warcraft Gold Strategies

Posted by Markco at 8:00 AM

Three Year Old Secret?

Remember when JMTC was the shining star amongst gold blogs? Yes, it still is the largest in terms of sheer traffic, but something has been missing since I left. In my egotistical manner I used to believe that it was simply because I wasn’t writing here anymore. In actuality, and I have commenters from this past week’s posts to thank for the personal epiphany, the truly crucial and lacking component was the reasoning behind why strategies I wrote about actually worked. Instead of just writing “here’s strategy X” and “it works,” I used to write my reasoning behind applying a gold tip and in this way I provided value to every reader of the blog, not just the ones directly impacted by a specific post.

JMTC was a crucial part of many of your successful auctioneering experiences because of this simple element within my writing. I truly believe that anyone can do the same thing I did with the right mindset and motivation.

The New Team of Experts

That being said, we don’t need a hundred random voices contributing here at JMTC. It was an interesting idea, but in practice proved to be far too much work to make a reality. Organizing the posts, editing, correcting, etc proved to be too much for me and far too many weak posts made it through. Not that the writers as a whole did a bad job, I blame myself for most issues, but there’s a forum for these writers after all instead of the front page. What we really need are a handful of truly dedicated writers who can stay on top of the game and also manage their own posts on this site. If you think you’re up to the challenge, then be sure to read the following requirements!

• 1. Capable of spending 10-20 minutes writing a 400+ word post each week (posts can be scheduled in advance).
• 2. Knowledgeable of blogger (I can teach you in about 10 minutes what will be required).
• 3. Understand basic HTML (href, blockquote, jump tag, etc). Also teachable.
• 4. Willing to write well thought out posts that go beyond just saying farm here or do this for gold. Incorporate a background strategy or thought process that makes the gold tip valuable for every reader. Basically: be a leader.
• 5. Able to stay up to date on in-game news and create articles regarding hot topics when necessary.
• 6. Having real gold making experience; recommended 250,000 or more gold acquired since cataclysm.
• 7. Willing to check the blog once or twice a week to respond to comments and approve new ones.
• 8. Have a social media account (or create a new one) to allow for natural spreading of your content as well as an alternative method for communication with readers. Required to have at least one of the following: Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Separate Blog, Reddit, Google Plus, etc.

If you think you can fulfill these requirements then please send me an example post (don’t introduce yourself in the post, just pretend it’s post #989 for you and you’re pro at this) along with a short resume (only information pertinent to the position). Your resume can be as long or short as you want, even just a few sentences explaining your background information and qualifications for writing to this audience. Be sure to include in your resume whether you pass all of the criteria I listed here and if you need additional training or assistance for any of them.

I will not be accepting everyone who submits their information for this position. Right now I am limiting myself to 7 writers maximum, posting once every week. All writers will work together to allow for communication amongst the team and to support each other. If you’re interested, then don’t hesitate to get your information submitted to me.

Considerable Monetary Compensation

Writers will earn 10 dollars per post, and will be expected to spend between 10 to 20 minutes writing each article. The best contributor for the month will receive a $30 bonus, based on pageviews, comments, and originality; so there is incentive to try and go above and beyond the minimum requirements.

In addition to the weekly postings, writers can work with me to write guest posts for other blogs and get a $5 bonus per accepted guest post on blogs for sites with larger than 500 subscribers. Approval is required before you submit the guest post to the site.

Each writer will have a signature that includes their social media contact information and one or two lines about themselves. If you are a blogger then you can choose to have a link to your blog as well.

Readers, You Can Help Find The New Team

For the readers, if you want better writers then please:

• COMMENT BELOW!
• SHARE THIS POST WITH OTHERS!
• RECOMMEND EXPERTS YOU KNOW!

I expect to see many of the successful new writers who have posted these past two months to submit their resumes for this position. I could definitely see a few being accepted provided that they can post consistently.

I’ll be leaving this post on the front page all weekend, and once the new team is assembled I will work with them to schedule the first week of posts. After that these people will be your community leaders and in charge of running the blog. I’ll try to step back and allow them to exercise their professionalism.

In other news, I am looking to sell JMTC, but I want to return it to its former glory before doing so. I think I owe you all that much for sticking with the blog for so long. If you are quitting wow or interested in taking gold making to the next level, be sure to follow my Diablo 3 Gold Blog.