How to Give People False Hope Just in Time for the Holidays
Is there a glimmer of hope for eHow writers?
That’s what some writers have been lead to believe.
However, this offer isn’t just open to ANYONE.
Aware of the criticism about the “lightness” of some of its content, it looks like Demand is really cracking down and DEMAND-ing much more stricter qualities in its writers.
Our insider, passed us along the following helpful information.
We’ve hidden the name of the content channel out of respect for their brand, because we actually like their products. That’s a shame.
Calling All XXXXX Experts!!!
- Extensive experience working with XXXXXXX on a weekly basis
- Thorough understanding of the XXXXXXX brand and product lines
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and handle multiple tasks on a deadline-oriented project
- A good standing with the Studio
Additionally, we welcome applications from those with at least three years’ experience writing about topics that involve the use of XXXXXXXX for high-level, respected websites or publishers.
Pay: TBD
In the body of your email, please include the following:
- Your first and last name as it appears in the Studio
- The email address you use for the Studio
- A thorough explanation of your familiarity and experience with XXXXX
- The name, phone number and relationship of a reference who can speak to your experience with XXXXX
Man. That’s tough! THREE YEARS of experience?!! A CV?!!! AND A REFERENCE?!!
Ahh, but no, wait, it looks like Demand is back to its old standards when it comes to references. This is the follow up response from DMS when people asked about who they could use as a reference:
Obviously, a non-spousal referral is best, but if you really don’t have anyone else, a spouse is fine.
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*golf clap*
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The plot thickens.
“Hey all,
I’m sorry I wasn’t clear enough in my post about previous Dremel writers. As I stated, it’s true that you need not apply because we still have your information on file from the previous project. That being said, having been on the previous project does not necessarily mean we’ll be able to include you in the next one.
We will be reviewing all new applicants and we will go back and review the previous work of those on the last Dremel project.
Either way, if you’ve met the qualifications for this project, we will notify you with the next steps. Because we are working with a third party, I can’t give you a fair estimate as to when we’ll be starting again. Please be patient; we’ll notify you as soon as we’re ready to go.
Thanks!
Jessyca”
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Just shut the fuck up
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Hit a pain point!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Write better and Ill shut the fuck up you moron!
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Hey, your back! Oh how I have missed you.
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I cam to this site after a medium suggested it might be informative. But all I found was immature postings like this one. You people call yourselves writers? You’re imbiciles. You don’t have the IQ to realize that you are wasting your time. Go buy a video game instead. Then you’d at least be helping the economy. If any of your ever did write for DMS, you’re a total embarassment. I dare even one of you to post one of your DMS articles that you’re so proud of! Then let the rest of use rip it to shreds, and then we’ll rip you to shreads and cut you so low that you’ll have to look down to look up.
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Thread sucks even more.
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Good god, give it a rest. Come up with some new material if you’re going to keep posting here.
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The funny thing is, that’s actually a copyeditor who just comes here to mock the writers and DSS posters. Anytime you see one of that person’s posts, just remember that it’s a troll. A DMS-employed CE troll.
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It just so happens I have to evaluate a stack of applications for an editing position at the new magazine I’m starting, The Comsummate Freelancer Today Cubed. So glad I was trolling at the right moment to chance upon this invaluable advice.
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What is this site now? Two people talking to each other? Maybe three?
Time to pull the plug, Patrick. Save what face you have left.
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Besides, there are at least THREE people talking to each other.
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That was too short; I had to read it slowly to savor it.
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Oh. You already fucked ‘em, didn’t ya?
Lol indeed. They just smeared a whole tube of Maybelline ColorSensational all over that pig and eHow is shit a pile of pig shit. How dumb are their investors? If 99% of DMS contractors won’t buy DMS stock, why would anyone else? Trust the people who’ve seen the company from the inside.
DM management has no idea how to manage, the company has no focus, their editorial staff is tripolar, and the company seems top-heavy. (They’ve got a VP for almost everything, probably including janitorial.) All it takes is one look at their baby, eHow, to see that they live and die by Google’s decisions. And eNom? Ha! They’re in hot water over some other shady business.
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You can’t be tripolar, Poles only have two ends, a third pole is just stupid.
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Fake berg, you’re stupid.
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Berg, fall into a woodchipper. Preferabely with feet first to pralong the pain.
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I rofflepimpled @woodchipper. You swing by my trailer later this week and go to town on my jungle? And I’m not talking about outside.
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Hai guyz, we has no access to DSS so we makes comments on front page. Maybes ones day they let us joins DSS!! Yayz!!
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HEADS UP – My personal eMail was hacked by a thread. BE CAREFUL. THIS IS NO JOKE !!!
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Mine too! My unkempt jungle of a lawn became sentient and hacked into my PayPal account to buy a lawnmower. Now I have no money for my strongyloides treatments!
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This series of postings is hilarious. You all remind me of pot-soking high-schoolers who don’t have anything substantive to say, but, hey, man, you’re high, so you have to say something. This site has gone down the toilet. If you so-called writers and editors thing you’re advancing your career with inane postings — not to mention the time you are wasting with childish sniping — I feel sorry for you. But out of more than 300 million Americans, it is perfectly understandable that the bottom of the barrel wound up here. Attack me if you get a thrill out of it. But I’d suggest looking in the mirror and asking yourselves what you have done to improve society or make yourselves respectable. Can’t answer that? Than go join the Occupy people in your town and protest and complain and waste more time. You guys (and a couple of women) are representative of all that is wrong with this country. Yeah, it’s all about “me,” right? You’re just a bunch of immature jerks — the kind of people who think it’s fun to drive down the expressway at 100 mph and believe you are just so cool. Junior college mentality at best. Go fuck yourselves.
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Excellent use of bad grammar as a diversion tactic for these pathetic imbeciles. It’s called a red herring people. Deductive phallusy. Straw man.
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Something useful.. contribution to society… Oh, I know, I’ve been personally responsible for setting up two University piano pedagogy programs, and have played in numerous charity concerts that have raised over 2.5 million for good causes.
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Hahahaha, you son of a bitch.
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They are real people, with real minds and a sense of humor. The junior college mentality is part of the charm. Embrace your dark side, Richard.
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If the people on this board had real minds (with IQs above 90) they’d be out making a living instead of hanging out here. I was a writer for DMS until there was nothing left to write. Believe me, I’d much rather be back at the steel mill or moonlighting as a security guard if I hadn’t had both legs blown off by a roadside mine in Afghanistan. So count your blessings, guys, and put all your pisitive energy to work. Thanks.
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Good Morning Lobsters
Are you still scraping the bottom? MOVE ON BITCHES. FIND NEW WORK. If you were fired from DMS, give up writing.
You are basically like the American Idol rejects that cant sing. I am Simon telling you that you cannot write. Pick a new career.
I say this is in love. lol.
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Enough with these antiques, it’s time you losers started writing in Blue like a real man who’s been winning online forum debates since 2003. In Blue.
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I think DSS is one of the worst things the Internet has to offer, but the amount of virtual ink you spill responding to DSS on your own blog is really, really sad.
Sure, the people left here are scraping the bottom of the barrel, but what does it say about you when this ragtag bunch of idiots gets that far inside your head?
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Your weak argument proves that you belong with the DSS flunkies. I in no way, shape, or form spilled anything, including ink, virtual or otherwise. As for anything getting inside my head, read my posts. There is nothing inside my head save for cotton. You should improve your reading comprehension skills so that you can become a better writer such as myself. I wrote an award-winning blog post on how to cure a hangover.
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Really. How much money did you spend to get all those bogus degrees? Did not one of your logic courses tell you how to spell “ad hominem”? Maybe you’ll say “ad homonym” was a pun. Nice try.
Your site reminds me of people who are proud of winning arguments with parents who are Alzheimer’s patients. When you set the bar that low, you shouldn’t tell people how proud you are to have jumped over it.
Your claim to fame is winning online debates since 2003 . . . in anonymous forums, with no idea of the limited sensibilities of the people you’re up against. What have you contributed to this world in the last eight years? More mindless division? We don’t have enough of that?
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Once again you display your ignorance by replying to things that were never said. I spent no money on any degrees, bogus or otherwise. The current temperature is 70 degrees, free of charge.
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…Yet, you’re the one who keeps posting the same boring and mindless drivel over and over again. What’s the matter? No life and nothing better to do? Hell, you’re not even worth replying to anymore because you’re a moron whose skull is so thick, you actually think I’m Richard Rosenblatt. Once again, you lose, and that’s all she wrote, because it’s my final response to you. Enjoy talking to yourself from here on out, you illiterate idiot!
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how will we ever recover?
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I didn’t get that email. I was a writer for the ehow business and finance section. But, I have seen any open orders since October.
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Straw man. Red herring. Deductive fallacy.
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Time for DMS to just give it up and call it a day already. What a joke…
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Actually, YOU’RE the joke, because not only do you not know how to spell, you also show how much of an ass you are in making assumptions about people. I was never fired from DMS and still have all my privileges. However, unlike a loser like you, I chose to walk away by my own choice. I’ve got other writing opportunities and value my work far too much than to let it go to waste on a pathetic excuse for a company the likes of DMS. This website is 100% right, because Demand Stupidos DOES suck!
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by replacing “Studios” with “Stupidos.”
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Interesting that you called me “Rick.” You got the first letter of my name correct, but I’m not even a guy. Is this “Rick” you refer me as the Rosenblatt character??? Wow, you think I’m the type of “mastermind” who would get rich off of a bunch of people, only to treat them as trash? Um… No. I’m not the type of person who uses others for my own selfish gain. Sorry, you lose yet again.
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Dremel has a long history of advertising on eHow; their ads were popping up way back in the day when you could submit articles to eHow directly and bypass the Studio. I’m pretty sure Dremel knows what’s what and doesn’t give a rat’s ass.
More content on their domain more food for search engine spiders, which means more hits to their site. I think they’re trying to corner the internet before their competitors do. You walk into a hardware store and you can find Dremel-like tools for less. They might be afraid of losing marketshare.
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I think some more employment fraud is in order – I’ll write up a new CV with fake references and apply for this job! I could use the money, after all.
D’oh! I wasn’t supposed to tell you guys that. After all, I want you to think I’m a brilliant success, jetting around the world like Anthony Bourdain!
@Patrick – you could really use an editor.
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‘Nuff said.
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Still.
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brevity.
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ep.
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They did this one a while back.
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Summer’s Eve Douche? Genital wart cream? Enriched uranium? What is this mysterious product that has to be xxxed out? This isn’t the recipe for Coca Cola or a top secret military operation. It’s a content farm.
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Summer’s Eve Douche? Genital wart cream? Enriched uranium? What is this mysterious product that has to be xxxed out? This isn’t the recipe for Coca Cola or a top secret miliatry operation. It’s a content farm.
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