Freelance writers avoid copyright breaches, and get paid faster, when they submit articles to editors

Let's say you are a freelance writer. Ordinarily you research a newsy topic, conduct interviews and craft your article. Then you send your completed piece to the editor or publisher for copy-tasting, hoping they like your article enough to publish it.

The problem is when the editor declines your story, but then asks one of their staff reporters to rewrite it. Worst of all, the editor accepts your story but despite your hard work you don't get paid for it.

Now with PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange you PitchMark® your Word document, ideally the original document with comprehensive Version History. You send it to the editor, along with the PitchMark® certificate.

Now the editor is on notice that you reserve all rights to your work. There is tangible proof of your efforts and your work in the form of the PitchMark® certificate.

If they decide to publish your story they can license it from you straight away.

You still might not like it when the publication re-writes your work but at least you got paid for your effort, your time and your experience – which you didn’t get before. Besides, you now don’t have to wait as long to get paid as payment to you is instant via credit card.

Best of all, you get paid by credit card straight away when you transfer the certificate to the client.

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