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Writing for Money: Little Jobs, Big Success
Want to write for money? There’s a huge amount of writing work available at the moment. You’ll soon get hired, but you may not be targeting the best jobs for you. In this article I’ll talk about the little jobs which can grow your career into a huge success.
Cash flow counts. Experienced writers know that you need to have money coming in regularly. Therefore, it makes sense to accept lots of little projects.
Larger projects always take more time than you expect, and because you’re working with other people, can absorb a lot of your energy. Much of that energy is wasted, because the extra work has nothing to do with the writing itself.
With little jobs on the other hand, you’re usually working alone, which means that you can get more done, with less fuss.
Here are some tips to help you.
1. Everyone Wants Content: Relish the Little Jobs
These days it seems every business is on the Web and every business wants content for its website. This means that there’s a huge number of little writing jobs available which you can accomplish quickly.
For example, you’ll often be asked to write several webpages for a website; this is relatively quick and easy to do.
2. Cash on Delivery? Maybe, but Get a Deposit
I’ve often shared my theory that little jobs in the aggregate pay better than larger projects. However, when they’re working with many clients, new writers often end up chasing slow payers.
There’s a simple solution. On ultra-small jobs, which pay you less than $500, ask for the full amount up front. If the job’s worth more, and you’ve taken a deposit, always send the client an invoice, which is payable immediately, as soon as you send the final draft.
You’re a small business person, and you can’t afford to carry anyone. This means that if somebody owes you money, you follow up on it rigorously. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Remind them that the copyright remains with you, until you’ve been paid in full.
3. Create a Checklist: Your Process Keeps You Sane
You need a writing process. Your process is a set routine which you follow on each and every job.
It helps to have a checklist. Keep a checklist as a template, and create a new copy for each job you undertake. As you complete each task, mark it done on your checklist.
New writers fret when I mention checklists. They believe that a process will somehow harm their creativity. On the contrary, you’ll find that you’re much more creative if you’re not wondering what the next task is. With your checklist in hand, you’ll know exactly what you need to do next on every project.
4. Bored? Great, You’re Growing
Occasionally you’ll become bored. This means that the type of writing that you’re doing has become too routine for it to challenging. Switch to a different form of writing.
When you make the switch, let’s say from blogging to copywriting for example, initially you won’t be making as much money as you were. However, your regular clients will still be sending you work, and this will cover you until you have built a reputation in the new area.
You should be pleased if you feel bored. It means that you’re growing as a writer and are becoming more skilled and proficient.
Enjoy your professional writing, and remember that little jobs can lead to big success.
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There’s great money in Web writing. Some Web writers are making $20,000 a month by blogging for a stable of sites. Others are writing articles or ebooks.
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Write Articles and Get Paid: Three Creative Ways
If you want to make money writing, you’ll have noticed that there are endless writing jobs. Unfortunately, the sad fact is that 95 per cent of the jobs pay a pittance.
(Actually, “pittance” might be praising them too highly.)
I’ve been writing for 30 years, so here’s a few words of advice.
STOP taking these “jobs.”
You can do better.
Here are three simple ways.
1. Create Packages of PLR Articles and Sell Them
“PLR” means Private Label Rights content. You can learn more about PLR here.
Many Sell Your Writing Online NOW SYWON members make their first real Web writing income by writing PLR.
PLR content, in the form of articles, ebooks and Web content lets you leverage the time you spend writing.
This is essential, because you need to get away from trading hours for dollars as soon as possible.
2. Write Articles for High-Paying Markets
Also, as soon as possible, stop writing for markets which pay you a pittance.
Of course, to write for $1 a word and more, you’ll need to lift your game.
Where do you find these markets? They’re everywhere. Most major sites pay for content. However, please understand that they don’t advertise this. Why would they? They’d be inundated with unsuitable material.
So, you’ll need to content the editors at these sites.
3. Develop an In-Demand Specialty
Markets which pay well want experts, rather than “writers.” However, they don’t want REAL experts. (Real experts in an area generally can’t write.) they want writers who know an area very well — who’ve researched and have written about a specific area.
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Guest-blogging for traffic and links
Want more traffic to your website or blog? Make guest-blogging part of your arsenal.
Here’s everything you need to know about guest-blogging, but weren’t sure what to ask: Guest Blogging: The Ultimate Guide.
Great article. The nub however, is that guesting on others’ blogs gets you links:
“Links – Links control the web. If you want rankings on Google, you need links. If you want authority in your niche, you need links. If you want traffic from other blogs, you need links. Guest blogging is a fairly easy way to get custom anchor-text, high quality one way backlinks to your website. There are few other techniques so effective.”
Just make a list of blogs you’d like to guest on, and get in touch with the owners. Most bloggers LOVE to have enthusiastic guests — and they’re harder to find than you might imagine.
Don’t go in cold
If you want to guest blog on a high-ranking blog, don’t go in cold.
Make thoughtful, interesting comments first. Once you become a commenter, the blog’s owner becomes aware of you, and will be much more receptive to an approach from you.
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Writing Jobs Anyone Can Do: Write Articles
There’s never been a better time to be a writer. Your potential income is unlimited. This is simply because as the recession bites, businesses are forced to make alterations to the way they market their products.
I’m amazed at the number of small businesses which are moving the bulk of their operations online, as well as by the number of small businesses which are starting up with the sole aim of selling products online — even a year ago this would’ve been looked on as a risky strategy.
With businesses placing such a high emphasis on selling online, it gives great opportunities for writers. You’re in high demand. Even beginning writers can get writing jobs writing articles.
Can YOU write Web articles?
If you have any writing skills at all, you can write articles. Web articles are very different from articles written for print publications, and they’re much easier to write.
If you read Web articles, you’ll discover that they have certain attributes. They’re easy to read, they’re relatively short when compared to print articles, and they contain links.
So if you’re in the same position as a lot of people, and need to earn extra money, consider writing web articles.
Get all the information you need to build a wonderful writing career with Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON).
Make money with your listing on ContentBee
As a Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) member, you receive a free listing on ContentBee.
Here’s how to maximize the value of this listing.
1. Reference your entry in ContentBee (and your SYWON) membership when you apply for writing jobs.
As a new Web writer, you need to show that you’re efficient and trustworthy. (No one wants to hire a "writer" who may skip off into the sunset with their money and confidential company information.)
Your entry in ContentBee shows that you’re serious about your career, and that you’re training in Web writing.
2. Reference your entry in ContentBee on your Web site. Again, your entry in ContentBee shows that you’re a trained Web writer, rather than someone who just calls himself a writer.
Your links on ContentBee and Writing Hacker are valuable; so use them. 
If you haven’t yet sent me your link and Contentbee blurb, please do that today.
Create marketing plans for writing success
What’s the secret to writing success? Two words: marketing plans.
I create marketing plans for different products each month. For example, one of my marketing plans for April is to promote Fab Freelance Writing Ezine.
Why create marketing plans?
1. They’re essential because they work — they make sales
2. They stop procrastination
3. They allow you to track what’s happening with your writing.
For example, Stan’s a new writer and a Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) subscriber.
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Make Money Writing: Marketing With Press Releases
To make money writing you’ve got to become known as a writer. One of your primary marketing tools to help you to achieve that is the press release. Few writers make good use of press releases; they’re a very valuable tool however and you should become familiar with them for two reasons.
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Writing: Marketing Your Writing Services Business for Clients and Cash
A writing services business brings you a great part-time or full time income. However, it takes consistent marketing to deliver a great, and constantly increasing, income. If marketing seems scary, here’s how to make it fun, and profitable.
Here are four essentials for profitable marketing.
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Make extra money from writing: write articles
If you’re looking for a part time job, consider using your writing skills and writing Web articles. You can make more than you would doing other part time work, and you can work from home.
When you write online, you don’t need to be a literary genius, because people are not reading online, they’re skimming for information. This means that writing speed and efficiency are more important than talent.
In next week’s Fab Freelance Writing Ezine, I discuss making money writing articles.
Here’s an excerpt:
It’s very easy to make money online with articles; the more you write, the more income you make. However, it’s essential that you PLAN and take a long term view because you need to get known as a competent, reliable article writer first.
Once you’re known for the quality of your work, you can charge more, and you’ll quickly build up a stable of clients who buy articles from you every month.
Subscribe now — you may find a whole new career.
Serious about developing your own home business?
If you’d love to start your own home business now’s the time. In these straightened economic times no one is 100% sure whether his job will be there next week. The solution is simple — create your own job. You can’t get fired, and if you put a little effort into it you can double and triple what you make in any standard job.
I developed Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) training so that anyone who enjoys writing can create his own home business based on writing in the shortest time possible.
If you love to write, you can stay at home writing — no more long commutes — and watch your business grow month by one.
One of the big benefits of Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) training is the fact that you get ongoing coaching and support. I’m not aware of any other online course where you can have any question answered, usually within hours. and can ASK if you need a hand.
One of the comments people make when they hear about the training is that it seems too good to be true. This is very amusing; I’m sure that if you’re already a subscriber you’re chuckling right now. There are unlimited ways you can make money online by writing, BUT you need to be shown how. It’s the how that is important. Once you know how, you can parlay that your knowledge in any way you wish.
You have questions about SYWON training? Feel free to ask.
As one subscriber said, “Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) is the best thing I have found anywhere. I am up to lesson 9 and really underway. If I had found this earlier, I would have saved myself a lot of money, time and frustration.”
I’m proud of all SYWON subscribers and I’d love a chance to be proud of you too, when you set up your own home business, and start living the life that you choose.
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