Today marks a breakthrough in my writing career.
After a week of researching, writing, and editing, I finally published my first article in Seeking Alpha.
For those who don’t know what Seeking Alpha is, think of it like Medium but exclusively for stock investing.
I first wanted to publish articles on the platform after seeing the many opportunities to earn fixed payments of $45+ per article.
However, publishing articles in Seeking Alpha seemed daunting because they discussed the need to present an expert analysis a lot.
Since I had just started writing about investments at the time, I decided to gain more experience and knowledge before writing and procrastinated for a year.
I finally pulled the trigger to submit an article at the start of this month, and I was right about how difficult it was to get an article on the platform.
Even though I was writing about a stock that nobody has covered before on the platform, it took me more than a week and three resubmissions before my article made it through.
But I finally did it. I did what I set out to do almost a year ago and am excited to continue submitting articles to Seeking Alpha.
Submitting Articles to Seeking Alpha Elevated My Writing
Despite being rejected twice before succeeding, my experience writing for Seeking Alpha has been positive and momentous so far.
One of the positive things about writing for Seeking Alpha is that they respond promptly to your submissions.
Turnaround times are generally within one business day, and unlike many prominent Medium publications, the editors give you insightful feedback to help your article make it in.
That’s why getting an article published on this platform has truly been a breakthrough for me.
To accomplish this feat, I had to elevate my investment writing several levels from where it was before.
The main thing I had to change was focusing my thesis more and supporting it with data and facts.
For context, the article I had published was about Yonex.
Yonex Stock: A Bet On Badminton (OTCMKTS:YONXF)
Initially, my thesis was too broad. The gist was that badminton was growing fast, and Yonex was by far the most dominant brand.
After my article was rejected and I received feedback about narrowing my thesis, I had to think more deeply about why I specifically like Yonex.
Fortunately, the answer came pretty easily.
The reason I like Yonex in the first place was because I am a badminton player who has noticed badminton growing rapidly in popularity around me.
And where was I?
Not Asia, not Europe, but North America. I saw badminton growing rapidly in North America. Yonex’s sales supported my anecdote, with nearly 20% average annual sales growth in their North American segment in the last ten years.
So, after changing my thesis and then crafting the article to be more supportive of the idea, I resubmitted it.
But then I was rejected again.
It was better, though. The new feedback I received was about how I shouldn’t link to generic landing pages and that I had to talk more about how Americans and Canadians should invest in Yonex, as Seeking Alpha’s audience is largely based in the USA and Canada.
Otherwise, the feedback was about my profile and how I introduced myself, which I’ll discuss next.
Little Tips and Tricks to Help You Get Your First Seeking Alpha Article Published
Other than narrowing your thesis and adding more support to it, you can also do a few things to increase your chances of getting published on Seeking Alpha faster.
First, Seeking Alpha is different from traditional blogging in the sense that they don’t want you to write in short paragraphs like I am in this article.
For example, the last two sentences plus the one you’re reading right now and probably the next few should all be one paragraph.
It follows a more academic style rather than entertaining. So write like you would with an essay in school rather than for views.
It would also help you if you set up your profile correctly from the get-go.
No personal links in your profile, talk about your experience with investing, and write about what people can expect to see from you.
A good rule of thumb is to focus on being professional rather than entertaining.
Should You Write On Seeking Alpha?
Overall, my experience writing with Seeking Alpha has been great so far.
My only small regret is that I put all this energy into writing and researching an asset with only 15 followers when most assets typically have a few thousand.
The asset I wrote about also doesn’t qualify for its undercovered stock fixed payments, where you can get $45 for publishing an article in addition to the earnings it generates from member reads.
Aside from the fixed payments, Seeking Alpha’s payments work similarly to Medium’s, where you get a share of the member’s subscription fee when they read your article.
My Yonex article has garnered 35 views and $1.45 so far, which is in line with Medium.
That being said, I expect future articles I publish on Seeking Alpha to pay significantly higher and more consistently than Medium as I cover assets that qualify for fixed payments and are more likely to be viewed.
But that’ll only happen if I research and write those articles, so I’ll end this article here for now and be back with updates as I get more articles published on Seeking Alpha.
Would you try publishing an article in Seeking Alpha? Let me know!
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