Posts Tagged ‘earn cash’
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Have you checked your bank balance this morning, and felt your stomach lurch in fear?
The familiar Christmas tunes have started up in the shops, the Advent calendars and Christmas decorations are filling up the supermarket – but all share the same problem… Who in the UK really has any spare cash this Christmas just to cover the basics.
We know that times are tough and everyone is feeling the pinch this Christmas.
However, don’t despair – there’s an easy way to make cash from home to cover your Christmas costs… and it’s all on offer through your no. 1 online press agency. That’s US of course!
FamousFeatures.co.uk are offering three ways of making some quick, extra dosh in the next few weeks:
1) We’ll pay you to appear in a magazine or newspaper.
2) Refer a friend who has a true story that would be suitable for publication in a magazine and earn £50.
3) Add us as a friend on Facebook and win £100 (look for FamousFeatures PressAgency).
Here’s all you need to know:
1) Get Paid to Appear in a Magazine or Paper
We will consider all story ideas, and interesting photos.
They must be true, and they must be suitable for a magazine article or a newspaper feature. Send us your story idea via the FamousFeatures website (www.famousfeatures.co.uk).
We will get straight back to you if we can use your idea and will let you know how much your story is likely to be worth. If you’re happy to proceed we can then auction your story to the highest bidding publication, so you’re guaranteed the most money for your story.
Please note that we receive a high volume of stories, so we can only respond to stories that would be suitable for our publications.
We do read and seriously consider all story ideas, but here’s a sample of specific stories that we’re after right now:
A married couple with a reasonably big age gap (10+ years), ideally under 40 but it’s not the end of the world if he’s a bit older.
A woman whose bloke makes hardly effort with his appearance, and he’d like him to get togged up like Joey Essex! So a bit of a metros£xual make-over.
A woman whose bloke was convicted of paedophilia.
Love Rat victims.
Cougars who dated younger men and it did or didn’t work out.
Surgery gone wrong.
Young women whose male partner/brother/dad suffers from an eating disorder.
A woman whose bloke cheated on her…with a member of his family.
A woman who is addicted to plastic surgery.
Shocking or sensational stories.
Reunited stories – love or family reunions against the odds.
Freaky or bizarre stories – unusual thinks that will shock or intrigue.
Animal stories – cute, funny or strange.
Valentines day stories – romantic ones, or heartbreak stories.
Weight loss stories – have you battled against the odds to change your life?
Holiday stories. Holiday disaster, holiday romance, or funny holiday stories.
Unusual feti$h or disorders – anything that will shock our readers!
Incredible, shocking or unique relationship stories wanted.
A true story to make your hair stand on end! Anything out of the ordinary. The person telling the story really has to believe they really did encounter the thing they’re talking about.
Former female criminals who are now successful businesswomen.
2) Refer a Friend
We give everyone £50 who refers a friend with a story that could be used for one of our magazine articles.
In some cases, if the story is a major exclusive, we are able to organise an even larger tip-off fee with the publication.
Some people even make a living from finding true-life stories for us. There is one hairdresser who works with us, and makes more from recommending us to clients than she does cutting hair! Get in touch via the Famous Features website to find out how you could become one of our top tipsters, and work with us daily.
3) Facebook Friend Competition
We’re giving away £100 this week. All you need to do is find us on Facebook (search for ‘FamousFeatures PressAgency’) and we’ll give one of our new friends £100. The draw will be made at random on 7th December 2011.
I hope you find this blog entry useful. If you want to sell your story, but don’t know where to start – please drop a Famous Features reporter a line on 0845 83 88 555 and one of us will happily help you get your story into print.
Thursday, 24th November 2011
Friday, September 17th, 2010
URGENT STORY REQUESTS – EARN CASH NOW
Stories are urgently needed. You will be paid to appear in a magazine or newspaper story.
Just visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to be in any of these real life stories or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk ).
Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story today.
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Story or Person Wanted: Someone who broke free of the benefits trap.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: National Newspaper Story.
Info: We are urgently looking for someone who grew up in a family on benefits but has managed to break free of the benefits trap and really make something of their life. Perhaps growing up in that environment actually made them determined not to follow the same route themselves. This is a positive piece to show that even without hard working role models around you as a child you can still break away from all that and make a better life for yourself.
Criteria: Male or female aged 18 or over.
Story or Person Wanted: Man with a visible health condition – who is looking for a cure.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: BBC TV programme.
Info: We are urgently looking for a man with a visible health condition who would like treatment from a leading doctor. He might have seen a few doctors already and has been unable to get to the bottom of his problem. It is for a new BBC programme.
Criteria: Male, with visible health condition.
Story or Person Wanted: Christmas stories please.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Woman’s Magazine Story.
Info: We are ideally looking for strong Christmas stories that touch upon how the recession has impacted families and the way they’ve had to downsize festivities. Anything particularly heartbreaking – not medical – or uplifting very much welcome.
Criteria: Mostly after mums aged 30-50 but am open to hearing ideas!
Story or Person Wanted: Halloween and Bonfire stories.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.
Info: We are looking for a spooky story to use for Halloween and a Bonfire/Guy Fawkes one.
Criteria: Ideally female, but they can be talking about their partner or children.
Story or Person Wanted: a woman who has been told a shocking secret by a family member.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.
Info: The secret could be that her mother had an eating disorder when she was younger; a parent had been in prison; a parent had had an affair; a sibling/half sibling had been born and adopted; had a family member been married before; was somebody close illiterate, family member had an addiction etc etc.
Criteria: women need to be between 30-55.
Story or Person Wanted: The family of a victim whose offender is due for release or has been released.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Women’s magazine story.
Info: We’re doing a feature on sentencing and are looking for the family of a victim who are unhappy with the jail sentence the offender got, because they are due for release (to serve the rest of their time on license) or have been released. The person who speaks needs to be female and the victim can be male or female. It doesn’t matter when the crime happened, but the offender needs to have been charged and was released within the last year or is due to be released in the next few months. They will need to be pictured and a payment will be made.
Criteria: The family member needs to be female (mum, sister or partner) and can be any age from 20 to 55. The victim can be male or female and any age.
Story or Person Wanted: A woman/couple who bought sperm over the internet.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: National Daily Newspaper Story.
Info: We are trying to find someone who bought sperm over the internet to talk about what happened, what their experience was etc. This includes women who bought sperm then changed their mind about using it. We would also be interested to speak to a man who sold sperm over the internet, or who was a sperm donor, or went down the route then changed his mind.
Criteria: None.
Story or Person Wanted: Victims of Botox cowboys.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Women’s Magazine Story.
Info: A new study says that one in 20 women who have botox in the UK suffer complications thanks to Botox cowboys. We are looking for a case study who has had a horrific experience as a result of using a dodgy Botox doctor.
Criteria: Need to be female and have strong before and after photos.
Story or Person Wanted: Party changed my life.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
Info: We are looking for case studies for a piece on ‘The party that changed my life’. Examples are:
I met my husband after being single for eight years;
I met my future business partner;
I changed career – and became a party planner/amazing DJ or somesuch;
I met my long lost brother;
I had an accident and was paralysed;
I hit rock bottom – and rose to the surface.
Criteria: Women aged 18-35.
Story or Person Wanted: A lapdancer who went to university and has a degree.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Women’s Magazine Article.
Info: We are looking for a girl who works as a lap dancer in a club but also has a degree.
Criteria: Female – needs to have proof of degree and be happy to do a shoot.
Story or Person Wanted: Girl to tell us how she tamed her man, or how she couldn’t!
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Women’s weekly – glossy magazine story.
Info: We’re looking for someone who’s tamed her boyfriend to become a one-woman man. And someone else to tell us how she tried to do that, and failed. Criteria: 20-30 years old, female.
Story or Person Wanted: A severely overweight woman who claims she is too fat too work.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
Info: We’re looking for someone willing to admit that they are too fat to work and unwilling to seek employment for an article debating whether being overweight does limit your job opportunities or is just an excuse for laziness.
We’d also like to find an overweight woman earnestly seeking work who has been turned down for jobs because of her size, and an overweight woman who is gainfully employed and thinks being big should not be an excuse for unemployment.
Criteria: Participants should be aged 18-45, and female.
Story or Person Wanted: A crime story about a woman aged mid 30s to mid 50s.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Weekly Women’s Magazine.
Info: We are looking for crime stories – it could be something along the lines of a woman who turned her life around after her husband tried to kill her, or it could be a heartbreaking murder story. Or it could be a woman’s desperate hunt to find her loved-one’s killer.
Criteria: The woman needs to be mid 30s to 40s, and identified.
Story or Person Wanted: Teen who has suffered a large number of STDs.
Where the Story or Article will Appear: Glossy magazine.
Info: The girl (or maybe boy) would need to be willing to speak openly and be identified and pictured. They will be paid for their participation.
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Please get in touch if you think you could help with one of these magazine or newspaper stories. We will pay you for your participation, so visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk today and fill out our online form.
If you would like to sell a story that isn’t on the above list, just let us know, we are looking for all kinds of stories.
Friday, 17th September 2010
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
URGENT STORY REQUESTS – EARN CASH NOW
The Stories Listed Below are Urgently Needed. We will pay you to appear in a magazine or newspaper story.
Just visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to be in any of these real life stories or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk ).
Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story today.
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Story or Person Wanted: Looking for an inspirational read about women.
Where the story or article will appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.
Info: We are looking for inspirational stories about women who’ve done something amazing. It could be anything as long as it’s about the woman herself – not kids, diet or looks. It needs to have a strong story behind it though to fill a spread.
Story or Person Wanted: MY HOLIDAY CHANGED MY LIFE
Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.
Info: We’re looking for women who’ve gone on holiday and it has in some extraordinary way changed their lives…not just that they moved to the country where they were on hols.
Criteria: The women need to be in their mid-30s to early 50s
Story or Person Wanted: Hen nights that have got out of control…
Where the story or article will appear: Glossy Magazine Feature.
Info: We’re looking for women prepared to talk about a particularly nightmarish hen party – expensive/extravagant trips that have gone horribly wrong, demanding brides-to-be, arguments about what to do, control-freak friends who’ve been put in charge of organising.
Criteria: Aged between 18 to 35.
Story or Person Wanted: Upbeat, quirky real-life story ideas with great pictures.
Where the story or article will appear: Weekend newspaper magazine story.
Info: Gentle and heartwarming ideas needed for spread in the weekend newspaper magazines.
Story or Person Wanted: A girl with a dad dating younger girls
Where the story or article will appear: monthly women’s magazine.
Info: We are looking for a girl aged 18-32 who has a dad who loves dating or is in a relationship with a younger girl.
Story or Person Wanted: Extraordinary body transformations: Rebuilt after massive injuries/huge weight loss/sex swop, ETC.
Where the story or article will appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.
Info: Any extraordinary body transformation stories wanted.
Story or Person Wanted: ‘I’m in love – but not with my husband’
Where the story or article will appear: Glossy Celebrity Magazine.
Info: Looking for a female case study (aged 25-50) who admits to being in love with someone other then their husband.
Story or Person Wanted: The family of a murdered loved one whose murderer has been released early from prison.
Where the story or article will appear: Magazine Story.
Info: We are looking to find the family or relative of a person who was murdered and their murderer has been released early from prison or is set to have an early release. We would want to speak with the family/relative about how this has affected them. We are tagging this on to the Peter Sutcliffe/Philip Lawrence news stories.
Criteria: The woman needs to be aged mid 30s to mid 50s.
Story or Person Wanted: A wacky, fun or uplifting real life story.
Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
Info: We’ve got lots of gloomy news stories at the moment. To balance this out we are looking for a light real life stories to run in one of Saturday’s papers. Please pitch anything that might be suitable.
Criteria: None, but women aged 18 – 35 work well for us.
Story or Person Wanted: Female aged 18-35 who has had malaria.
Where the story or article will appear: Newspapers Article.
Info: We are looking for a fairly extreme case of malaria, someone who was struck down quite badly, hospitalised and maybe even close to death.
Criteria: Must be female, age approx 18-35 and available for quick turn around, phone chat and pics.
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That’s it. So get in touch if you think you could help with one of these magazine or newspaper stories. We will pay you for your participation, so visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk today and fill out our online form.
If you would like to sell a story that isn’t on the above list, just let us know, we are looking for all kinds of stories.
Wednesday, 21st July 2010
Monday, June 14th, 2010
LATEST STORY REQUESTS
The Folowing Stories are Urgently Wanted…. (see story requests below).
Just go to www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to be in any of these real life stories or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk).
Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story now.
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Person or Story Wanted: Looking for an upbeat/quirky/usual real-life stories.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for a real life story for next week’s paper but looking for early ideas.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman who can talk about her experience of domestic violence.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: We’re looking for a woman who was a victim of domestic violence. We want the story to have a positive ending though – maybe, after finally leaving their ex, she went to get a good job and meet a new man.
Criteria: She needs to be aged between 35 and 55.
Person or Story Wanted: Woman whose success has prevented her from having a relationship.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Article.
More info: Woman who is very successful, attractive and single. Because of her success she hasn’t been able to hold down a relationship.
Criteria: Women aged late 30s, early 40s.
Person or Story Wanted: Single dad real life stories.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Looking for a strong story about a single father for a spread.
Criteria: British.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman who fell in love with a fella on holiday -but he was using her for a visa into the UK.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Women’s magazine article.
More info: We are putting together a feature on different holiday horrors a woman might encounter while abroad and as part of that we are looking for a woman who fell head over heels for one of the local guys on holiday, thought he was ‘the One’, were planning on setting at home together in the UK and then it turned out that he was only using her for a passport into the UK.
Criteria: I am looking for a woman aged between 25-55.
Person or Story Wanted: Ever been stalked by a friend?
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Looking for women – and men – 25 to 50, who have tried to break it off with a friend but the friend hasn’t got the message. They may bombard you with emails, texts, or calls or demand to know why you don’t want to see them anymore when you’ve tried to be polite and/or ignored their attempts to get in touch. Did this get out of hand and, if so, how did you stop it?
Criteria: 25-50, living in UK.
Person or Story Wanted: Human-interest stories (preferably involving a woman or family).
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Interested in hearing any human interest stories which have NOT been in the national press yet or any first person pieces from female writers who have been through an experience or are planning on trying something new – ie dating after divorce, therapy etc etc.
Person or Story Wanted: Woman who had a no-strings attached holiday fling and is now regretting it deeply.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Glossy magazine story.
More info: We are putting together a feature on holiday horrors women may encounter on their hols and as part of that I am looking to interview a woman who picked up a foreign lover for cheap holiday thrills but now has real emotional regret over the affair. For example – just got a divorce and wanted to boost her confidence by having no-strings holiday sex with a gorgeous local – but back home now feels cheap, degraded and really stupid for putting herself at risk from STD’s, pregnancy etc.
Or maybe, you did become pregnant as a result.
Criteria: The woman should be aged between 25-55.
Person or Story Wanted: Victims of lonely-hearts scams.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: I am looking for victims who have been duped out of money by fraudsters from abroad via online dating sites and in lonely hearts columns.
Criteria: No age limit. Must be British victims.
Person or Story Wanted: Woman who caught an STI/ STD on holiday after a holiday fling…
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Magazine Story.
More info: We are writing a piece about different holiday horrors a woman might encounter on holiday and as part of that we are looking to interview a woman who is willing to speak openly about having a holiday fling and catching an STI/ STD as a result.
Criteria: Woman aged between 25-55 – but ideally if she is an older divorcee that would make the story a lot stronger and relevant to our readership but whatever the story is please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Person or Story Wanted: A man who did something drastic for his wedding – eg. lost weight/had plastic surgery.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine Story.
More info: We want to speak to a guy who is aged 20-40 who wanted a big wedding while his bride wasn’t so bothered. In order to make his day perfect he either lost a lot of weight, had surgery to improve his looks or even had a gastric band for quick-fire weight loss.
Criteria: Must have before and after pictures.
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Earn cash for appearing in any of these magazine or newspaper articles and features. All you have to do is visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and let us know which story you are interested in taking part in.
You can also let us know if you have any other stories to sell. We are looking for all kinds of different stories to publish. There couldn’t be an easier way to make cash! Sell a story today.
UPDATED DAILY
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Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a woman who discovered her partner’s cheating through text messages.
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for a case study who discovered their partner was cheating by pretending to be the man and texting the mistress – just like Elin did to Tiger Woods.
Person or Story Wanted: A British woman/couple adopting an orphan from Haiti.
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Article.
More info: Seeking British couples or single women who are in the process of adopting a child from Haiti. No age limit. Fee of up to £1000 to case study on publication.
Person or Story Wanted: Women, 19-35, who met their partner as a result of a tragic event.
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: For a feature on couples that met during what might be described as one of the worst days of their lives, we are looking for women, aged 19-35, who met ‘the One’ as a result of a tragic event. Perhaps they were both involved in an earthquake, a fire, a bombing, a flooding, etc., working as a volunteer and tending to the injured, or else they lived through the event itself.
Person or Story Wanted: Teenage Girls Addicted to Surgery
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: We are looking for mums whose teenage daughters are obsessed with plastic surgery. Ideally they need to be desperate to transform themselves – they might want a boob job / nose job / face lift by the time they turn 16 and be saving up their pocket money for plastic surgery.
Criteria: The girls need to be 16 and under and the mums aged around 21-40.
Person or Story Wanted: Family of a woman who has died from gynaelogical cancer (NOT CERVICAL)
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.
More info: We are issuing one last request for the family-husband, sister and daughter ideally-of a woman who passed away recently from gynaelogical cancer (but not cervical cancer).
This is for a feature on the other victims of cancer-the family, who are often forgotten about.
We want the woman who died to have been no more than 45 approx when she passed away, and her family, sister and daughter to all be under that age too (approximately).
Person or Story Wanted: Women who spent money on alternative “fertility boosting” products/practitioners .
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for women who have spent time and money on alternative fertility aids eg fertility statues, vitamins, spells, chinese herbs etc etc and they did not fall pregnant as a result (they could have fallen pregnant later though or on IVF). Ideally they would feel they had wasted money or been conned but they may feel the optimism was worth it.
Person or Story Wanted: A three generation family living together in one house.
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Monthly
More info: We are looking for a female case study to feature in our next issue. It’s for a piece about three generation families so I’m looking for a couple who have pooled their finances with their parents/in-laws to buy a bigger property that they all live in together, or which has an annex attached. Can you help at all?
Criteria: They must be over 35 They must be living with their children and BOTH their or their partner\’s parents They must have bought the property within the last six years.
Person or Story Wanted: Three generations of women who will all talk about love/relationships through the years.
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.
More info: We’re looking to interview a gran, mum and daughter about their experiences of dating and relationships and how they’ve changed through the years.
Criteria: Gran, mum and daughter with a wide range of relationship experiences.
Wednesday, 27th January 2010
