Designer Susan Kirkland saves my life on days when I'm acquiring good content for you, but don't quite have it yet. She swoops in and saves the day with useful links. Hooray for Susan! I got this from her today:
Claire--I read your bit on article banks. There's a new type of article bank that offers more professional presentation. This one has editors that check your work and post it professionally; they also offer small, minute stipends--but sometimes that's all you need when you're just starting out.
One good example is this site (type my name in the search window and see my content page and the articles I submit to practice--hey, I'm not a writer--I gotta practice.
You get a content producer page and recognition from search engines.