You Might Be a Content Producer If...

Will Wright
With a large debt to Jeff Foxworthy, here are some ways to tell if you are a true AC Content Producer.

If you have a file under My Documents specifically for AC articles, you might be a CP.

If the words, "I'll be right there, I'm in the middle of publishing an article!" have ever come out of your mouth, you might be a CP.

If a friend ever tells you something terrible and your first thought is "That would make a great article", you might be a CP.

If you have ever wondered if the words "the" and "a" are included in your word count, you might be a CP.

If you lie in bed at night thinking of article ideas, you might be a CP.

If you have used the same Morguefile picture more than once, you might be a CP.

If you feel a twinge of guilt about calling yourself a freelance writer, you might be a CP.

If you have ever calculated how many articles per day you'd need to write to quit your job, you might be a CP.

If you keep an Excel spreadsheet of your page views, you might be a CP.

If you check your word count more than once while writing, you might be a CP.

If you've ever called someone to let them know that your article made the featured content page, you might be a CP.

If you've ever gone on someone else's computer to vote for your own article, you might be a CP.

If you type more words than you speak on any given day, you might be a CP.

If your inbox has more than one email entitled 'Your Content on AC has new Comments', you might be a CP.

If you have ever replaced a pronoun with a keyword even though it doesn't sound quite right, you might be a CP.

If you have ever padded a news story with information you got from Wikipedia, you might be a CP.

If you've ever bugged family and friends to go to one of your articles and vote on it, you might be a CP.

If you joined Digg for the sole purpose of promoting your AC content, you might be a CP.

If you have one or more AC stickers lying around your house, you might be a CP.

If you make an article non-exclusive because you think someone may see it and want to buy it, you might be a CP.

If AC is the first and last website you check on a daily basis, you might be a CP.

If you have ever taken a picture specifically to use in an article, you might be a CP.

If someone says "AC" and the first thing that comes to mind is not an air conditioner, you might be a CP.

If every email you send contains the words "Check out my..." at the end, you might be a CP.

If you have a notepad on your nightstand with one or more article ideas on it, you might be a CP.

And finally, if your blog is color coordinated to match your AC content feed, you might be a CP.

Published by Will Wright

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  • If you have one or more AC stickers lying around your house, you might be a CP.
  • If you keep an Excel spreadsheet of your page views, you might be a CP.
  • If you lie in bed at night thinking of article ideas, you might be a CP.

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  • Millionaire Hoy12/15/2009

    Nice list dude. You are truly a CP.

  • Dotchi Latham10/27/2008

    LOL These are so true! I'll have to look into how to get those stickers!

  • SFaloon7/15/2008

    This is great and I'm reading it a year later. Too funny!

  • Donna Porter12/4/2007

    This is so very funny - I see I've been missing some good content here. :-)

  • Sophie8/7/2007

    I guess I'm a CP! I don't go to another computer to vote on my own articles though. I let others vote. That would definitely be cheating. But I do try and turn just about everything I come across into an article idea though...
    Sophie

  • RazorsEdge6/25/2007

    Guilty as charged, but I think my lawyer can beat that last one.

  • Stan Schultz6/10/2007

    If you hear the cracked bell of Truth ringing, it is not signaling your freedom, it is just another CP article idea:)

  • Debra Cornelius6/9/2007

    I can't figure out how to set up the spreadsheet yet...but that's the only one I miss! LOL!! Great article!

  • Alicia Suenaga6/2/2007

    I had thought I was a CP, but could only relate to about 4 of these. Thanks for the suggestions.

  • Adam Willard6/1/2007

    Haha.. this is funny. I'm pretty new here, but I have to admit much of that list already described me.

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