Another Associated Content post...
After mentioning my little test drive of Associated Content, I received a few comments (one from Lorie, the other anonymous) that concurred with my assessment that freelance content producers can effectively use Associated Content as a means of generating a few extra dollars from excess inventory.
The second article I submitted to Associated Content received an offer last night. I wrote it about five months ago for a project that ended up going nowhere because of some funding problems on the other end (a long story). It involves a more lucrative and popular subject matter than the first article I sent, and I was pleasantly surprised at AC's offer.
It was considerably more than they offered for my first submission, even though they article was considerably shorter.
All in all, I think I like having Associated Content around as a nifty little place to shuttle orphaned articles.