Earning money from writing

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Get a job in writing

Freelance writing is an excellent way to earn a residual income and thousands can be made if you are willing to invest alot of time into the correct sites. By getting a job in writing you can work from home and never have to work those dead end 9-5 jobs again.

Get a job in writing 

Getting a freelance job in writing should be easy, and there is no better way to earn a 6 figure income than this. Join me in my quest to do so and find out the sites that pay.

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We are all writers! 

Most of the world's population can write. Fact. We were all taught at school, and throughout our lives we have written many things. However this is where the similarities end. The difference is some of us are absolutely fantastic writers, ie Sophie Kinsella,and many other published authors and then others are average writers.

I am hoping that after reading this blog you will leave feeling more confident about your writing and will hopefully decide to submit a few articles to the websites below. Online earning is limited but writing articles is a fantastic way to express and share your ideas with others as well as getting a monetary reward for it.

Remember we can all write, it is just a case of getting our ideas down on paper to share with others. I am a average writer but yet I still earn some money from doing it, if I can, you can too.

Top Tips to improve your writing!!

1) You should chose a topic you feel strongly about and are knowledgable on. There is no point in writing about flowers if you have no interest in them and you do not know the difference between poppys and roses.

2) Research is the key for factual articles. I suggest using ask.com or other useful search engines such as google.

3) Write short concise paragraphs. A bulk of sentences may put some people off. But remember if you article is only 100 words long then it is probably not worth writing. I suggest at least 300 words.

4) If you want many page views, and page views mean earnings, then pick a popular topic that you think people will want to read about.

5) Do not drag an article out to make the required number of words, you should get to the point fairly quickly as your reader will lose interest.

6) Make sure your article has a body to it, by this I mean an introduction, which can be a few lines, a main body, which will make up the bulk of the article and then a suitable concise conclusion to finish.

7) Finally and most importantly check for spelling mistakes and grammar errors. Sometimes it is difficult to notice your own spelling mistakes, I recommend that you get a friend to do this for you.

Another quick tip is to read articles published by top authors in your interest area, I find this helps me to improve my articles.

Okay so now you have your article what next you may ask?

The good news is that there are several websites out there that will pay you for your articles. I personally use Triond and Helium, but I would recommend Triond for beginners.

Triond has the advantage of allowing you to write articles of any length and any topic and then they find a website to publish them. You get paid on the 15th of every month via paypal. It also has a very low minimum payout.

When you have more experience I would then suggest Helium. Helium have the advantage of a marketplace feature where publishers can buy your articles. They also have writing contests with prizes of $75. This is a good website for choosing your topics as you can browse topics and areas of interest and see what others have written before you.

After your articles have been published you need to promote them to increase your profile and page views, and hence earnings. You can do this by advertising your articles on blogs such as this, social networking sites such as myspace and yuwie,and on forums specialising in the type of articles you write.

Reasons for writing 

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Writing Websites 

Links to the most popular writing websites used for online earning. WARNING -They do all pay!
Triond
This the popular Triond website where I started submitting articles only 6 weeks ago. You get paid on pageviews, so the key is promote promote!! The more articles you write the more you will earn!! Almost forgot you can submit pictures and videos to this site too and get paid for them also. The good thing about this site is the fact that you can not submit anything from months and you will still be earning money on each and every article that gets viewed. If you make enough for payout the money will be deposited directly into your paypal without you having to even request it.

Open to International members!
Helium
The fantastic Helium, visit and see for yourself. Plenty of different ways to earn on this site through pageviews, writing contests and marketplace feature. There are also ongoing promotions so be sure to check out the community forum. My only regret is that I did not join sooner. Open to international members and pays into paypal when you have accumulated $25.
Associated Content
This is a great writing site which I have just joined! You get paid upfront payments for some of your articles or if you wish you can place them on the site for display purposes and you get paid per pageview. The good thing with these articles is that you can submit them to other sites such as Triond and Helium. Best for US members as upfront payment is not available for international members, however I am from the Uk and still get paid on my pageviews. Pays into paypal, and minimum payout is $1.50.
Qassia
Not as much a writing site but a promotional site, which enable you to get backlinks to your websites and blogs. You earn qassia dollars via rating and submitting 'intel', ie pieces of writing. The more qassia dollars you earn the higher rank your site will be in qassia directory. The more intel you add, the more credit you will get, in the form of Qassia dollars. The more qassia dollars you have will the higher your sites will rank in the qassia directory. And for every intel you add, you get a backlink - this will be picked up by search engines and seen by people who read your intel. Lastly, if your intel gets a lot of pageviews, it may generate advertising revenue, all of which goes to you through your google adsense account. I highly rate this site as it as it is getting harder and harder to promote blogs,lenses and websites.

Helium has many different writing topics 

Some people ask the question what should I write about. The good thing about Helium is that it has already many main topics with sub topics in between so you can perform a search and see what subject appeals to you.

Here are the main channels

Arts & Humanities
Autos
Business
Computers & Technology
Creative Writing
Education
Entertainment
Food & Drink
Health & Fitness
Hobbies & Games
Home & Garden
Jobs & Careers
Local Guides
Parenting & Pregnancy
Personal Finance
Pets & Animals
Politics, News & Issues
Relationships & Family
Religion & Spirituality
Sciences
Society & Lifestyle
Sports & Recreation
Style & Beauty
Travel

I tend to stick to the Travel and Health and Fitness areas, although I have touched on a few other channels. Remember sometimes it is better to get recognised in one channel as many people may see you the expert in that channel and read many of your articles.

Helium Marketplace Opportunities 06/07/08 

These are the current marketplace articles, if you have an interest in any of the topics get writing as there are many available and this is an excellent way to boost your income! I have included the amount of money you will be paid for each article.

Sports and Recreation

Experiences golfing in Naples, Florida $40
Experiences golfing in St. Simons, Georgia $40

Hobbies and Games

Downloadable game reviews: Martians vs Robots $16
Downloadable game reviews: Dangerous Girls in Trouble $16
Downloadable game reviews: Spring Up $16

Politics, News and Issues

St. Louis: After the floodwaters go down $68
How online auto insurance resources help people find cheap auto insurance $14.40

Personal Finance

All about online instant car insurance quotes $14.40
How to compare and buy car insurance online $14.40

Unfortunately none of my favourite topics are available this week. I enjoy health and fitness, travel and beauty.

Helium Writing Contests 

Weekly writing contest

There are many topics for the weekly writing contest at Helium. The topics this week are Cultures, Musicians and Bands,Wedding Planner,and Zoology.
The titles for Zoology are shown below so if you think you know something researching and writing and you could win a prize.

A look at animal social groups
Assessing the role of fungus in the extinction of dinosaurs
Biological success: examples from the animal kingdom
Explaining the taxonomic classification system
Giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands
Honey bees and homing senses
How ethology might help us
How mammals hibernate
How sonar affects whales
How tigers hunt
How whales evolved
Language acquisition among gorillas
Megalodon: ancient shark - contemporary sightings
Pandas: The giant cat bear
Polar bears and their migratory motivators
The evolution of primates
The reason why only female mosquitoes suck blood
Tiger beetles: tiny terrors
Why marsupials are confined to Australia and South America
Why some birds have bright-colored feathers

Helium's Summer Reward-athon 

This is another promotion offered by Helium to help their writer's earn big money!! It started on the 1st July, and runs until the 22nd September.

To qualify you must have at least one writing star and at least three rating stars by the end of the program. The only articles that count are those that are listed under the summer reward-athon titles. I am planning to write as many articles as possible as a one writing star member can earn $1 per article written, 2 writing stars earns $1.50, three earns $2, 4 earns $2.50 and a 5 star writer can earn $3 per article written.

Payday is on the 1st October!! And you can keep track of your possible reward-athon earnings on a daily basis.

There are hundreds of articles under most of the main categories. So get writing, there is plenty of money to be made!!

Best writing site! 

Which is the best site?

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Helium

Norma_Budden says:

No contest! Helium rules! In fact, I entered 5 contests and won in each of them: the first couple times, I won $5, I won $75 the following week, $25 the week after, and then $10. It's fascinating and educational and keeps you on your toes during competitions. Recently, I decided to take a break from Helium's contests to work on Squidoo lenses, and I haven't regretted the decision, except that I may be a little more addicted to Squidoo than is good for my writing on Helium.

Posted June 02, 2008

WC1989 says:

I say Helium is best. While both Helium and AC have payments by views, Helium has far more to offer with the Marketplace, Channel Contests, and the occasional rewardathon. Sure AC's got the Claims, but they don't pay that well - if at all! AC's few contests only reward a few people a year, whereas Helium's contests reward over 100 times a month.

Posted May 21, 2008

LauraMarie says:

Associated Content only pays international members on pageviews and does not give upfront payments, whereas Helium has a marketplace feature where publishers will buy articles from anyone.

Posted May 07, 2008

Associated Content

 

Associated Content Clout Index Offer

AC has an offer on where those with higher clout indexes get paid more per thousand page views.

Clout index Pay
1 $1.50
2 $1.50
3 $1.50
4 $1.50
5 $1.50
6 $1.50
7 $1.55
8 $1.60
9 $1.75
10 $2.00

However to qualify for a clout index of 8 you must have at least 100 001 pageviews in total.

Join me at Associated Content 

You think you are good enough to get a million pageviews. If you do you will earn $1500!

Get paid $1.50 for 1000 views
$15 for 10000 views
$150 for 100000 views

Join Associated Content

Writing site that pays you through Adsense! 

Xomba

This is a new site I have joined which pays you through google adsense. You can submit blogs, or articles of varying lengths. The best thing is that your writing is accepted immediately and there is no waiting around. This site also promote your writing and generate traffic to your work. Google ads are displayed on all your writings, and if someone clicks on an ad, you get paid for it. There is no limit to the number of articles, you could have thousands. The great thing about this is, that if you submit several pieces of work but go away and forget about the site your work will still get seen and you will still earn through adsense! Earnings are unlimited!
Xomba
Get paid dollars through your google adsense account. One of the best new sites I have found for writing short blogs, as well as longer articles!

Hubpages 

My writing hub
I have recently joined hubpages, and I love it. I inly have 5 hubs currently, but am adding at least one per week. On this site you earn through google adsense when someone clicks your google ads. You can also add affiliate products from amazon and ebay and receive a percentage from the sales. I find my hubs get alot of traffic from google, so I have added my blog, and it is a good way to get backlinks to your blog.

Is hubpages worth your time? 

Hubpages is slightly similar to squidoo in the fact that it offers earning from affiliate systems such as amazon and ebay.

Although what I dont like about it is the fact that you are not paid on pageviews but on adsense clicks. I do get fairly good traffic with my hubs, but I hardly get any clicks so I have decided to abandon my hubs for the time being and focus more of my time onto squidoo!! Squidoo unlike hubpages does pay you for pageview if your lens is in the top 50 000 lenses.

Get paid for blogging 

If you have blogs and they are at least one month old and have a google pagerank, then you can qualify to do paid blogging.

There are a few sites that will pay you including payperpost, sponsored reviews and smorty. In addition if you are getting good traffic to your blogs you should display ads such as google adsense or bidvertiser, which pay you per click.

I have started a series of blogs one,on my online money making, one on writing, one on heart disease and one on my favouite football team. I am hoping in time to register for a few of these paid schemes.

My articles 

These are the articles I have submitted online to Triond. I am earning money from each and every one of them on a daily basis. The majority of my articles are on health as this is a topic I am very familiar with. However I also write some articles on travel.
Top things to See in Northern Ireland
This is the first ever article I submitted to Triond. It contains details about sightseeing in my homeland, and has a few nice pictures...More
Why you should visit the Canary Islands?
Concise overview of the main highlights and things to do in the Canary Islands, with special focus on Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura....More
Diabetes information!
Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorders worldwide and its incidence is dramatically increasing. It is a syndrome associated with hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose, or sugar levels in the blood), which occurs when the body experiences a defect in insulin production and or secretion... More
What is a heart attack and how can you reduce your risk
A heart attack is also known as a myocardial infarction (MI), and accounts for around 10% of all deaths and over half of all sudden deaths. Over a million people a year are suffering from heart attacks, and around 50% of these die within the first year post-MI....More
The Dream Guy:10 commandments
All the rules men must abide by in order to have a chance to date us women. Humourous.Calling all single girls out there does your dream guy exist? More

Word of the day!

deprave

1. to corrupt morally: "Holly is quite sure that my work will deprave youthful minds."

Previous words of the day 

Affectation

1. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display: "Despite his affectations, I am not convinced he makes a lot of money."

2. a habit or behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality

Maxim

(noun) [MAK-sim]
1. a succinct or pithy saying that reflects a general rule or truth: "Kyle always wanted to be the exception to the 'nice guys finish last' maxim

Truism

1. an obvious truth: "John, you can't spend your life fighting this truism."

Patina

1. a thin green layer that forms on copper or copper alloys as a result of corrosion: "You seem to like antiques better than new things, but the patina on this tray somehow makes me unbearably sad."

2. a surface sheen that develops on a surface with age and use

3. a thin or superficial layer; 'a face etched with a patina of fine lines and tiny wrinkles

Rouge

(noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb)
[roozh]

noun

1. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks: "My strictly white and black outfit will look fabulous with bright red nail polish, lipstick, and rouge."

2. a red powder consisting chiefly of ferric oxide, used in polishing glass, metal, or gems

transitive verb

3. to redden by applying rouge to; 'she rouged her cheeks'

4. to color or prettify as if with rouge

Obfuscate

(transitive verb)
[OB-fah-skayt', ob-FUS-kayt']

1. to make obscure or unclear: "Jason mumbled something in response, hoping to obfuscate his own lack of understanding of the subject."

Abstemious

(adjective) [ab-STEE-mee-ahs, ahb-STEE-mee-ahs]
1. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; 'the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious' (John Galsworthy): "Jasmine was a huge fan of any diet that didn't require her to be abstemious."

2. marked by temperance in indulgence; 'abstemious meals'; 'an abstemious way of life'

Grammar Tip

Rule. Use the he/him method to decide which word is correct.

he = who
him = whom

Examples Who/Whom wrote the letter?
He wrote the letter. Therefore, who is correct.

Grammar Tip

Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. They may come before the word they describe (That is a cute puppy.) or they may follow the word they describe (That puppy is cute.).

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Books 

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"Want to improve writing and increase income , then why not buy one of the books below for under $10."

More freelance writing sites 

I am not a member of the following sites but I have heard wonderful reports about them.

Gather

This is a writing site launched in May 2006 combined with social networking. I have not yet signed up due to lack of time but it looks like a fun place and the site is well laid out and easy to navigate. You can earn points which can be exchanged for giftcards, and active users can earn cash. This site is more for socialising than building a residual income.

Ehow

This is a site for American residents, and pays for content. You are paid into your paypal account, and there are a wide range of topics to write about.

In addition freelance writing jobs can be found on odesk and getafreelancer.

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Make it fun

Writing should be fun, so if you are only doing it for the money , or as a job this will come through in your articles and result in poor quality.

Make it more fun by writing on articles you have an interest in and want to know more about. I find the research I do behind my articles very interesting and it inspires me to keep going.

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