[Ipg-smz] Payment Schemes and Incentives

[Daniel Dern]

> - Combination of the two. Writers are paid a flat rate per month for x number of
> articles, but once this threshold is crossed move over to a flat rate per article.

> Personally, I think the third scheme is likely the best. It guarantees a steady
> flow of articles each month, and writers are incentivized to go out and catch more
> stories.

I suggest slightly more granularity and clarity. You want clear rules that 
avoid taking advantage of well-meaning industrious writers, ditto 
minimizing gaming the system\\\\\\\\\\\cherry-picking (as opposed to the 
utterly sensible "writing what you like and can do time-effectively").

- Flat prices for articles of general target length ranges, otherwise, 
long feature articles won't happen.

- Is BTC doing assignments, or are writers self-assigning? YOu want to 
avoid topic collisions, ditto avoid "no, we don't want this."

- What if, for whatever reason, a writer doesn't hit their monthly 
minimum, but had had 4 more than target the previous month?

- Are you paying reasonable-or-better money in any case?