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Writing for a Cause This Holiday Season!

Dec14
2012 Rochee Jeffrey Written by Rochee Jeffrey

Through the end of the year, freelance writers with Demand Media Studios will have their fingers to the keyboard in hopes of providing new books to kids in need. The writers, whose articles are often featured by the likes of eHow.com, LIVESTRONG.com and other content partners, are able to give back this holiday season thanks to Demand’s Write for a Cause campaign.

Write for a Cause, first launched in December of 2009, awards one book to First Book for every 10 articles published by Demand Media Studios’ league of contributing writers. This week, however, every 10 articles published will help provide TWO new books thanks to a match from First Book’s generous publishing partners. Hooray!

Help us encourage Demand’s freelance writers by sharing a motivational comment below. We’ll be sure to pass on your messages throughout the week via Twitter.

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“Write for a Cause” with Demand Media Studios Goes Back to School

Sep09
2010 Written by admin

In August, the Demand Media Studios community teamed up with First Book to provide 15,149 brand new books to children from low-income families through the “Write for a Cause” program. For every eight articles that writers and editors at Demand Media Studios created, the company funded one new book through First Book. In just 18 days of writing for a cause, the team created a whopping 121,192 articles.

During the past year, three “Write for a Cause” campaigns have funded more than 40,000 books for kids who need them most. A big thank you goes out to the Demand Media Studios team for being a committed partner in our battle against illiteracy!

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Thank You, Demand Studios!

Apr05
2010 Written by admin

The Demand Studios freelance community surpassed its goal of providing 10,000 new books to children in need through its second Write for a Cause campaign, which concluded last week. In just two weeks, writers and editors created 84,536 articles, triggering a donation to First Book that will provide 10,567 brand new books to kids who need them most.

In December, the same community worked together to donate more than 16,000 books during a month-long version of the program. In total, the freelancers at Demand Studios have provided 26,693 books to children from low-income populations.

Demand Studios is the content-creation arm of Demand Media, the leader in distributed social media and web content. Through its partnership with First Book, Demand Studios and its writers spread the joy of reading to children in need around the country. For this incredible effort, we say thank you to the entire Demand Studios community!

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Demand Media’s “Write for a Cause” Returns

Mar15
2010 Written by Guest Blogger

Guest blogger Yury Polnar is the Marketing Acquisitions Manager at Demand Media, an online community of freelance writers and copy editors that creates informative articles for popular websites like LIVESTRONG.com, eHow.com and many others.

Last December, more than 4,000 Demand Media freelance writers and copy editors put their fingers to keyboards around the country and kept busy writing for a cause. For every eight articles created that month, Demand Media agreed to donate one book to a child in need. And in the span of just one month, this talented and passionate group of writers and editors created enough articles to put 16,072 brand new books in the hands of thousands of children across the country!

Today, I’m happy to announce a two-week return of the “Write for a Cause” program. In partnership with First Book, we hope to help rewrite the future for thousands of underprivileged kids and empower the next generation of writers, editors, business owners and space explorers to reach the stars through adequate access to literature and other educational resources.

For more information about First Book’s partnership with Demand Media and how you can help, please click here. And to monitor the progress of this campaign, please visit the Write for a Cause Facebook page.

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Demand Studios donates 16,072 new books

Jan07
2010 Written by admin

In December, Demand Studios, the freelance community that produces web content for LIVESTRONG.COM, eHow, GolfLink, Trails.com and several other sites, invited its members to Write for a Cause – and boy, did they write! In just one month, the writers and editors contributed 128,577 articles. For every 8 articles, Demand Studios is helping us to give one new book to a child in need. In total, 16,072 new books will be donated thanks to the hard work of the Demand Studios team.

Alejandro looking at bookHere at First Book, we are always thrilled and honored when a corporation approaches us and says, “We want to help you get more books to more children in need!” When Demand Studios came to us in the fall and told us that their writers and editors wanted to get involved in the fight against illiteracy, we knew that we were about to connect with a very special group of people.

Thank you, Demand Studios, for your commitment to First Book and your dedication to helping children in need. You have made the future brighter for thousands of children in 2010!

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Demand Studios: 13,809 New Books and Counting…

Dec29
2009 Written by admin

Demand Studios, the freelance community that produces web content for LIVESTRONG.COM, eHow, GolfLink, Trails.com and many other sites, has funded over 13,000 new books for children in need this month through the “Write for a Cause” campaign. For every eight articles that members of the Demand Studios community have submitted during December, the company has donated one new book to First Book.

demand studiosWith two full days left this month, the generous writers and copy editors at Demand Studios are completing as many articles as they can to help First Book distribute new books to the kids who need them most. We are thrilled to partner with this dedicated, enthusiastic group of people this month–check back soon to see the final tally of donated books.

Thank you, Demand Studios!

For more information about the “Write for a Cause” campaign, click here. To become a fan of the campaign on Facebook, click here.

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