Yes for my website EnvironmentalChemistry.com. Details are at: http://environmentalchemistry.com/writerswanted.html (sorry another day until I can post live links). Which is really pathetic when you think about it. I figure if one pays crap rates, one gets crap articles. Revenues are increasing, but I'd like them to increase faster so that I can pay more for articles and buy articles at a faster rate sooner than later. It is all a matter of exposure. I have to promote my site as effectively as P.T. Barnum promoted his circus. Finding journals via Writers Market is a very good suggestion. It will also help you learn what the going rate is for various types of articles.
Could you give a couple examples of the articles you've written at this rate? I would be curious to know the subject, length and client. I know I speak for all the writers on DP when I say these rates are unheard of for all the jobs posted here. I'm starting a writing company, and although I have plenty of work, none of it pays anywhere near the rates you are talking about.
Unheard of "here" is the key. That's also why I suggested the original person not look for article jobs in forums. No, I can't discuss most of my clients. Many bigger name companies with Web work make you sign confidentiality clauses. Depending on their policy after their launch w/ their new business model, I'll gladly point you to one of my biggest clients. I'm not allowed to mention them until the changeover is public knowledge though. I just completed 10 articles for them on basic small business / marketing topics, ranging from conducting email surveys, to interviewing prospective employees. $200 per article, and I finish them in around 30 minutes each. Another client pays an average of $250 per article (based on my own rates, which each writer quotes them individually), also for one page, and also taking me about 30 minutes to write, on very general topics I'm familiar with. For example, my first piece with them dealt with how to properly keep a computer clean in a standard home office environment (from dust to pet hair, etc.). Really simple piece. Those are just a few examples. My rates are actually pretty well on the low end with really professional writers. I'm not a "content writer" which is what most posts in forums are looking for - just someone general who can throw a few hundred words together on any topic, possibly with a little bit of research. Clients don't pay higher rates just for me to write. They're paying for me essentially serving as a professional consultant to them, to provide expert advice to their readers on topics they can't cover themselves with any level of authority. It means a lot more for them to be able to say a professional in the field with certain types of experience is providing the advice, than if they could only say that some random content writer assembled it from research that they likely didn't check themselves. My articles are primary resources, which is completely different than a few quoted sources. That's also why I regularly tell writers here and anywhere that the most important thing isn't building a general portfolio of articles... it's building a reputation in the industry you intend to specialize in. That involves getting educated, experienced, and then writing on top of it. If you look into quality publications, both online and off, there are several paying $.50 / word - $2 / word. You have to know where to find them, and you have to prove to them that not only can you write, but that you've built a reputation they (and their readers) should be able to trust. Forums like DP are fine for general content creators who aren't looking to make a real living, or for article mills or writer groups. But that's not true for professional writers. That's why I only really promote my public relations / marketing services here, like press releases, instead of articles. Webmasters here are generally looking for an entirely different market of writers. I gave some resources here previously that can benefit someone looking for serious writing gigs. I'm certainly not going to give many details about my own clients, because they were mostly obtained through strong networking and references from respected colleagues. There's already enough competition for them, so I'm not going to hand them to anyone. Just look into the resources I gave you, build your background credentials, and you'll find plenty of them. On top of that, don't only look into people who are saying they're hiring. The biggest sites often use freelance writers. Find the contact information and request their writer guidelines (just about any major manufacturer has articles or tutorials of some kind on their sites these days). I've actually got a few really great prospects right now from doing this. A friend took this approach and is now an editor with a large content site, after working on a website consulting contract with them. Just network. Value your work, quote professional rates, and find clients who will pay them. More of them exist than most writers dare to think. Jenn