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Writing Articles
There are two ways to make money from writing articles on the internet: By freelance writing and by use of article submission sites. This is a brief guide about what they both are, how to get started and how to make money from them.
1) Freelance Article and Content Writing
Website owners know that producing regular content is the key to keeping traffic flowing to their sites. Often a website owner does not have time to keep producing articles for their site because of other responsibilites or simply because the site is too large to update by themselves. This fact has created opportunities for anyone with good writing skills to earn money writing articles for these sites. Payment for article writing can vary greatly depending on your experience, skill level, the topic you're writing about and the company or person that you are writing for. Articles usually do not need to be long (commonly between 300-500 words).
Where can I find Freelance Article Writing Work?
Often you will be able to find adverts looking for writers on webmaster forums. As it is webmasters who need the content, they will often go straight to their own forums and advertise under specific 'content creation' areas.
Failing that, there are plenty of freelance sites that act as a marketplace such as http://www.elance.com, where 'employers' can advertise for articles or content that they need written and where writers can 'bid' to win the job. It is not uncommon to see article writing jobs advertised in the format of "5 articles needed urgently on the subject of weight loss" and the employer will also supply information about their budget.
Tips for being a successful freelance article writer:
Build up a portfolio of articles that you have written. - It may be a good idea to write some well thought out articles for free so
that you can build up your portfolio before you start charging.
Learn to 'SEO write' - You will often see requests for 'SEO writers'. SEO stands for search engine optimisation and the advert basically means that they are looking for someone who knows
how to effectively use commonly searched 'keywords' in the article to make sure that it ranks well in the search engines. Therefore it is a good idea to learn a bit about how to make use of keywords
without ruining the article. For guidance on how to do this see here.
Don't charge too much at first - Article writing can be quite competitive. Don't charge too much to start as you won't get the jobs you want. Once
you have built up experience then you can start charging more.
2) Article Submission Sites
Article submission sites make their money from advertising and share a small amount of the money they make with their users (the site content writers). Payment tends to be based on how often your article is viewed.
Some Popular Article Writing Sites
| Helium |
 Helium is one of the largest paid article writing sites with a huge range of
topics to write about. You can either be paid up front or based on the performance of the article. Performance is measured on a user
ranking system and there is no waiting time before your article is published unlike many other paid article writing sites. Helium also organises regular writing contests
where you can earn cash prizes. If your articles are of good quality then you can earn a lot but you do need to be a good writer to be successful.
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| Associated Content |
Associated Content pay an upfront fee for certain topics (usually around $2) and for other topics they will pay you depending on how
many views the article gets.
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| Triond |
Triond is an easy site to use with few restrictions on the topic of article which you can write. They do however request that articles which you submit
should not have been posted anywhere else first. Articles are sorted into categories and then posted on different niche websites owned by Triond. Typical payment can
be around $1 per 300 views which isn't as high as some other sites but can still offer a worthwhile payment if your articles becomes popular.
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| EHow |
EHow pay you for writing a 'How to' style article in a 'steps' format. The amount of payment is dependant on how helpful other users find your article.
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| Constant Content |
Constant content allows you to get paid upfront for articles. You can sell the the usage rights to an article meaning you
still retain the right to use it elsewhere or you can sell either the unique or full rights to an article for a higher fee.
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Tips for being a successful with article submission sites
- Choose popular topics.
- Quality is more important than quantity. Money is usually made based on the performance of the article (i.e. how many views it has or how it is rated so make sure that they are written well. See here for guidance on writing good articles.
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