How To Identify An Online Writing Pyramid Scheme

It’s Really Not That Hard To Figure Out

Jonathan Greene
The Death of Online Writing

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Imagine that there was a website where you, someone who likes to write, can get paid for your writing. You didn't even realize it at first and you really just wanted to diarize your mind slaw, but then someone told you (or reminded you with helpful hints on the site) that there was a paywall you could safely place your words behind.

This is a creative’s very definition of a win-win proposition. Spit words onto the screen. Receive money back. Pop. Champagne. But then people started trying to explain to you how you actually paid and you got confused. You read the “rules” and asked questions, but were still left with the Standard Model Lagrangian to deal with.

You tried to Google it, but when you did all you came up with was 11 Ways To Make Money Writing Online and This is How I Made $3.72 My First Month Writing Online. So, then you got intrigued. Maybe there was a formula to this. Maybe there was a way to hack the system.

Maybe. Maybe not. Sometimes illegality is the bastion of growth.

It’s not really hard to figure out how an Online Writing Pyramid Scheme works because thanks to social media, it’s been going on for a long time. It involves multi-level marketing, spamming, building a pyramid, and…

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Jonathan Greene
The Death of Online Writing

Father, podcast host, poet, writer, real estate investor/team leader, certified life coach. Curating a meaningful life. IG: trustgreene | trustgreene.com