Weird e-mail from VideoJug

[EvaBrick]

Did anyone else get this e-mail?

Hello Eva,

I am the editor of videojug.com, the world’s leading ‘how to’ website. We’re about to get bigger and better and i'm looking for some keen & skilled writers to be a part of it.We've just launched a powerful new self-publishing website that helps people with unique know-how & expertise (i.e. you) connect with our knowledge-hungry audience. The website is called Videojug Pages - http://pages.videojug.com I am searching for a select group of writers & bloggers to become Founder Members on Videojug Pages. I came across your blog - 'ADVENTURE Girl Stories' - and was really impressed. I'd like to invite you to join our growing community of writers (it's 100% Free).

You can share you unique knowledge by creating pages about your interests on Videojug Pages and can earn money through our equal advertising-share scheme: we share all revenues 50:50 with our writers.There are some great benefits to being a Founder Member:
Build an online audience & become an authority on your chosen subjectInform & guide our knowledge-hungry audience
Promote yourself, your business & your website/blog
Become an on-site 'Guardian' with additional on-site privileges and access
Earn money through our unique 50:50 advertising share scheme
Get a Founder's Badge to prove it!

To find out more about this exciting project and to get involved just click here You can also reply to this email (it’s come from a real person!) if you have any questions etc...Looking forward to seeing you on the site.

Best wishes,

Harriet

Harriet Hungerford
Editor
www.videojug.com

There's no mention of who retains the rights to the work... and does the editor of something as big as Video Jug have time to respond to random questions from people like little old me? Getting a founders' badge isn't really much incentive to me either. It's like when we were kids in school and they'd try to bribe us with stickers.

[lexcade]

i want a sticker!  however, i have not received an email like that.

[Zooks]

Maybe the badge thing was just trying to be cute/funny but maybe it's not a scam.  And if they're just starting out maybe Harriet's got some time to answer questions from writers like you who (whom?) she'd like to build the foundation of her VideoJug empire.  As to who owns the rights, etc., maybe that's explained on their site.  Good luck.  Could be beneficial to you.

[EvaBrick]

VideoJug is already well-established. It's a huge British site.

I don't think I'm interested. I think my time is better spent improving my mss and querying.