Africa Media Online offers journalists their own online shop window

BENEFITS:

There are a number of benefits to professional journalists who sign up on Africa Media Online:

1. You get an e-commerce facility where your articles can be bought online by international and local editors, who pay up-front for specific rights to use your articles

2. You have control over the price at which your articles are sold. Your page allows you to set the price you want for your article, and you are able to edit this figure at any stage

3. The system allows you to sell the same article to both the African and international markets at different rates

4. You gain exposure to a world of editors. Your page of the site includes a picture of yourself and background on who you are. You can update and edit this page at any time

5. You get to manage your own web-page, uploading and editing the articles in your own time. Your user name and password allow you to upload articles (both unpublished and published) and proposals, and link these to various categories on the searchable database

6. You have access to a system which automatically organises and archives your articles and monitors your sales

7. Your article ideas are protected. Fellow journalists and those browsing the system do not have access to your scoops. Only registered editors are able to see sensitive material such as Breaking News, Features, and article Proposals that you have uploaded onto the site, and even then they are only able to a summary of your story and the first paragraph. They only have access to the whole article when they purchase it

8. You can upload and sell photographic images onto the site and link them to the articles to which they relate. Should you have a library of images and the ability to upload professional scans, you can sign on as a contributing photographer and run your own image library on the site

9. Editors can search by individual journalists. You can direct your existing editors to search your section of the site specifically for your latest articles alone

10. You will benefit from the economies of scale on the site. With numbers of quality journalists and photographers on the site your sales opportunities are increased as a result of the exponentially greater number of buyers coming onto the site and returning, compared to what would be the case were you on your own

11. You benefit from the international marketing Africa Media Online will do

12. There is no up-front capital outlay. Africa Media Online charges a 20% commission for every transaction which includes the fees of the credit card company

USE THE SITE AS:

1. A cyberspace shop window marketing your articles to a wide audience of local and international buyers

2. A way of storing and ordering your articles 3. Your professional webpage

4. A way to increase your profile as a journalist

HOW TO PROCEED:

We suggest you look around www.AfricaMediaOnline.com for yourself bearing in mind that you will not be able to see the majority of the articles on the Site as you are not signed on as an Editor - one has been made viewable to browsers to get an idea of how articles appear to editors.

If you would like to make use of this facility follow these simple steps:

1. Click on the Sign-Up button at the top of any page 2. You are considered as a Media Professional, so click on this option. That will get you through to the correct sign-up form

3. Africa Media Online includes a number of agencies. Media Professionals generally fall under one of the agencies represented on the site who serve their Media Professionals marketing their material in various ways and by establishing contracts with various media buyers. You are welcome to apply to join one of these Media Agencies by selecting one in the scroll down options. Should you be accepted that agency will negotiate their own commission with you which takes the place of the Africa Media Online commission. You also have the option of applying to be an Independent Contributor to the Site, in which case you can select this from the scroll down options. Only senior journalists will be considered for this option and will be have the normal Africa Media Online commission deducted from every sale

4. Fill in the rest of the form selecting whether you want to upload both articles and images, or just articles

5. Click on the Terms and Conditions and read them before signing up. You will not only

know what you are getting yourself in for, but it will also help you understand the concept of the site

6. Your details will be forwarded to Africa Media Online and if applicable, the relevant media agency. Should your application be successful your user name and password will be activated

and you will be notified by e-mail.

7. Once your account is active you can upload a photograph and information about yourself on your front page. You can also begin to upload articles and images. Previously published articles

that are still up to date can be uploaded as long as the publication history is supplied.

8. Any problems or queries contact info@africamediaonline.com