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Bid Click
Okay, you've been around the site for a while and built up a few gift points. What can you do with them? Besides save them up and upgrade your membership at Writing.com or buy a cool Writing.com mug in the Shop, you can use those gift points to advertise your items. Ever wonder how items end up in the Sponsored Items column or in the ad space on the IM console? Bid Click.
What's a Bid Click? Bid Click is an self-serve advertising system in our community. What you "bid" on is how much you're willing to pay "per click" of your ad. The higher your bid ranks on the list of bids for that area, the higher your item shows on the list. Just like anywhere else, you have to watch and spend your advertising budget wisely. If you only want to spend a limited amount of gift points on your ad, watch your bid log carefully. Or if you have an upgraded membership, you can create a group to store your ad gift points in, and advertise through the group.
Now, how to best spend your advertising gift points. If you look at the bids in the Sponsored Items list, the bids right now are pretty high for a new member with a limited budget. The bid for the top of the list is 2001 gift points per click. If you have a limited amount of gift points, a few clicks could sap your funds. Another method to get on the Sponsored list is to bid 400 gps or more in an Item Type or Item Genre listing. This can put you at the top of the sponsored list for someone viewing a genre listing like "Western" or an Item Type like "Crossword Puzzle" AND a slot on the rotating Sponsored Items list. More ad for your gift point value.
If you have a very limited amount of gift points to spend on advertising, some genre and item listings require very few gift points bid to get in the top three. You could be at the top of a genre listing for as little as a 15 gift point bid.
Take a little time to become familiar with our advertising system, it may be well worth the investment when you receive some reviews in your Inbox.
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Excerpt: This is a story about you. You wake up one day and have a power. You have no idea how you got it. You don't even know what to do with it? Only one thing is certain, you are in control of your destiny.
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Excerpt: This is an extreme quiz that will test all aspects of your musical knowledge, covering all aspects of music and musicians. All eras and genres of the musical form will be potential fodder for the Trivia Master. New questions are added each week, so play often!
Excerpt: This movie is guaranteed an Oscar or two.
Excerpt: "a larger tree that lost its grip / now bends the maple down."
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Excerpt: Before me sits a box of things sent to me upon the death of my mother. The place she lived, the place she died was kind enough to send them to me. She and I have not spoken for nearly twenty years. The hardest part of her death is that I now know for certain we never will again.
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Excerpt: They called it the McDonald's Touch. Nobody could explain the phenomena, but the fact was evident that every food Jeffrey touched became fast food items.
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Excerpt: I couldn't even say hello to her; I just stammered. The one time I managed to croak out a garbled greeting as I passed her in the hall, she just stared right through me. Not even the minimal recognition of contempt: just a glance, as if she'd heard a locker slam; I was that irrelevant. My burning embarrassment froze into nauseous shame.
I think that's what pushed me over the edge.
Excerpt: President McMeow looked out over the sea of hands and paws. He knew this wasn't going to be popular but he had obligations. A lot of cat owners, dog haters and cats themselves had contributed to his candidacy. It was time to step up to the table and do what had to be done.
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Since I'm a guest editor, I'll post some comments from previous newsletters. 
atwhatcost writes: This reminds me of a question that comes to mind occasionally on the Review Page. Any ideas why someone would ask for reviews but restrict it from those of us who have only basic membership? I can't help my financial situation, but I feel that I contribute by reviewing others' works. I understand my logic, so would love to understand their logic. Thanks.
Access restrictions should be chosen carefully when setting up a new item. Generally, an item that requires a paid membership to view is an item that may be sent out for publication. If a member restricts it to paid members only, then parties outside our community cannot access the item. This keeps the item within the community for peer-to-peer review only. It's not an insult to members with limited budgets, it's a desire to have that item published in the future.
Jenny Rose  comments: Pet Peeve: when a review spends 250 words telling you about ONE mistake, how horrible it is and how it drives them crazy to find it in a manuscript so it must show how "immature" a writer is because they made that one particular mistake.
Reviewers should be concise in reviews. Reviewers should not insult the writer, but technically critique the item they're reviewing.
twon721: The new look ports and extra's are splendid. I'm happy. Tony.
I like them too!
lcultraviolet_3 years on WDC! : How do I get my writing in editor's picks?
At the bottom of the newsletters is a field to submit comments, right above that says "Writing.Com Item ID To Highlight (Optional):" and a field to put the item number of an item you'd like featured.
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