Cracked is a website online that deals with comedy. Over the years this site has grown in popularity and features some of the most bizarre articles and interesting facts you can read about. What I love about this site is the fact they only use the freelance writer to write all their content. The site features very long lists of different events that are actually really funny or even articles about things you had no idea about at all. Anyone can write for Cracked as long as you follow the procedure and the team of Cracked loves your idea. Considering this site is so popular if you'd like to write for them you'll need to be an excellent content writer with a good English grammar background. They won't accept your article if it is filled with tons of errors or mistakes.
How It Works:
How It Works:
- You must first join the site writers' forum in order to write for them.
- You need to write up a pitch to the company and post your pitch in the workshop on the forum. Keep in mind this is a pitch and not the full article. You'll need to make this pitch good in order to pass by the committee who reviews these.
- The editorial team committee will hold a meeting to go over all the pitches it has received.
- The approval is based on your research and formatting and the insight you give to the team in your pitch. The editorial team will review your pitch, see if it needs more work, or it is a good fit for the site.
- You will get this back and asked to make some changes. Each article that is accepted needs to be 2000 words long. If your article is rejected, it will be removed from the editorial team and placed back in the workshop. The editorial team will explain why they did this. You can revise your article and try again.
- There is a strict format to follow when writing a pitch. You must follow this format. You'll start off with a mind-blowing title. The title is what will make the people look at your pitch and read the pitch.
- They require that you supply them with 6 entries to back up your title.
- You'll need the subtitle to each entry and 3 to 5 sentences to back this up. You'll also need to list a reliable source. They want something besides a free source. So you must dig deep on this one.
- You can do an observation pitch about something that you saw. In these pitches, you don't always need a source to back this up.
- Pitches should be under 1600 words long. It has to be nicely formatted. You can find some great examples on the forum if you read the pitches in the workshop and the editorial section. You can see how people have done this.
- The site also has a "quick fix" that you can write about. These are much shorter and don't take as much work.
- 2000 word articles pay $100. If you write 4 or more in a year the price has increased to $200.
- 10 most popular articles earn a $50 bonus.
- Short Quick Fix article earns $50