Make Money Article Writing Online

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Making money as a writer has become easier thanks to the Internet. With the Internet, writers can find jobs and connect with publishers and webmasters rather quickly. However, the average online writer still only makes an average of $45 a day.

Obviously, there is something wrong with these figures. What is stopping online writers from earning the money that is available for fresh and unique content? In this article, the exploration of the Internet writing industry will be examined along with ways to make money online writing articles and creating content:

Why writers can’t find good paying writing jobs: As mentioned previously, online writing jobs are plentiful, the real paying ones will not just fall into your lap. Many of the traditional publishers have now moved their services online. These are the writing jobs that are plentiful and less competitive.

This partly due to the fact that online ezines and magazines/newspapers do not advertise their need for a writer. Not only can this work in the favor of the publishers (who don’t want to be swarmed with a slew of emails from unqualified writers) it can also work for writers who may be seeking online jobs.

Scammers- Because the Internet writing business is so popular, scammers love to lurk in the shadows, waiting to prey on desperate writers looking for legit paying jobs. These scammers usually go to free job posting boards like Craigslist or Myspace to post fake writing jobs in order to get a free article.

Some of the scams include everything from asking for "writing interns" to a "free sample article". This is probably why free classified ads are not a good place to look for decent paying writing jobs.

The Correct Way To Make Money Writing- To really make money writing, your marketing skills have to be up-to-part. Do you have to be the next Internet Marketing Guru?; No! You just need to be able to create decent and unique content and find a buyer. Writing pre-written articles are the perfect way to making money online as an Internet writer. You don’t have to advertise to as many people or put up with ‘special request’. In other words, pre-written articles is a lot quicker to sell, and can keep any writer from starving. Here are other methods to make money online writing articles:

Create a Website- If you want to hack it as an online writer, you have to create a business card. Since most of your clients is online, you will need a website. When many writers create their website; they forget to build trust with their clients. It doesn’t really matter how pretty your website is.

If you don’t have trust, you’ve got nothing. Grab a free blog at (blogger) and make a website. If you are going for building a brand and looking professional, I would suggest buying a domain. Blogger now has teamed with Godaddy to allow people to pay only $10 a year for hosting and a domain. Now, create writing samples, verified stamps (this can be a Paypal verified stamp), a business contact form to get the client’s email and other info (Mycontactform.com) and you are ready to go! Make sure to offer free incentives to clients such as free e-books, discounts and much more so they will keep coming back for your services.

Forums- These will always be a better way to advertise your writing services; however, forums usually work for PLR articles or pre-written articles. PLR articles stands for Private Label Rights. Webmasters love them because they are cheap and usually cost no more than $1-$3 per article. The writer and the buyer both come out winning because the buyer gets a cheap deal for multiple articles (they usually sell in packs of 10,20 or 30 and the writer can resell the articles if desired. The articles are only of value when they are fresh and sold to a limited amount of buyers. The key is to pick certain niches to write about in order to appeal to webmasters; the most popular is technology (gadgets), health and finances. Health articles will always be popular, so that is something to keep in mind when writing pre-written articles.

Content Marketplaces- One of the best ways to earn money on the Internet would be through content marketplaces. This is where people can pre-write their articles and upload them to a database. Webmasters and publishers who are in need of content searches the website and pays for articles they want. The pro to this method is that if writers write on the right topic, they don’t have to do much advertising or marketing to look for clients. The con is that you won’t get paid much for your article; most articles don’t go for more than $10 and after the website take their cut (usually 20%-30%) of the initial commission, you are left with only $6-$8 per article. It is still a good way to earn some money on the side. Some examples of websites like these include Constant-Content.com and DailyArticle.com.

To make the most money writing articles online, you also need to find multiple publishing sites online to supplement your income. There are quite a few, however, many of them pay very little. Some examples include; Demand Studios and Associated Content.

Demand Studios pays up to $20 per article, however, they don’t have a steady flow of work which can be sort of inconsistent. Associated Content pays the least of all the writing sites at only $2-$3 per article. The pro is that you can complete these articles rather quickly, the con is that they only allow you to complete 10 articles per day.

Doing anymore than that can result in your account being ‘flagged’, meaning your payments will slow down or stall. Keeping your writing career on the path of low paying writing sites will only hinder your potential of making more money as a writer. These type of sites are only recommended for new writers who are trying to make a little money and/or want to improve their writing skills.

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