Paid To WritePosted by Ruth B Thu, August 19, 2010 17:05:56
I have written several articles and blog posts on the value of writing for passive income, and each time I have pointed out that passive income should be part of a long term income strategy. Writers who make money out of revenue sharing sites or article page views payments need a lot of patience and must be productive. Passive income generally builds up slowly, as more articles are published online, and with some active promoting.
Fewer writers get the opportunity to write for upfront payments, because some form of acceptance or qualification is required in order to receive this type of payment for writing.
What is an upfront payment?
Any time a writer submits an article that will result in payment, of a set amount, can be counted as an upfront payment. Freelancers and contract writers generally know how much to expect after writing to guidelines or instructions, as do bloggers who write sponsored blog posts or get paid to post website reviews.
Writers who publish articles on sites that offer a set payment can count on upfront payments being added to their accounts. First they have to meet an accepted standard of writing or attain a status that qualifies them to be paid upfront.
* Read more about the benefits of upfront payments in this online debate article: Do you prefer earning from page views or up-front payments?
How do upfront earnings compare to income from page views?
Personally I have earned twice as much in upfront payments in the past two years than I have gained in passive income. This is not a deterrent to me, and I will keep writing more articles for page views and revenue share. I regard it rather as proof of success in being able to write online articles and know exactly how much money I will get paid for each one.
It is a personal decision, and many writers choose to make money from passive income and from upfront payments, when they can. I do promote a few affiliate products on my blogs, but my main aim is to draw attention to articles I have published at Helium, which earn passive income from the revenue sharing system.
I maintain my rating stars at Helium so I can continue to earn money from my articles every day.
I have also received upfront payments for most of my articles at Helium, but only after I gained writing stars. I need to maintain a high writing score so my 5 writing stars continue to qualify me for the highest amount of upfront payments.
Whoever says getting paid to write is easy should reconsider that statement. Income from page views, and from upfront payments, does depend upon effort and writing ability. There is no such thing as a quick and easy way to make a lot of money for writing online articles. It is possible, however, for an active writer can earn a lot of money for writing, year after year.
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Paid To WritePosted by Ruth B Wed, July 28, 2010 11:38:18
Writing reviews is a great way to make money online, and there are some excellent reasons for a freelance writer or content creator to write reviews for money.
Every day Internet users search for new product reviews and read reviews of business services. There is also a real need for honest recommendations and reviews of money making websites, local restaurants, travel destinations and places to visit.
Website reviews provide valuable information about money making opportunities, referral programs, software downloads and the truth behind claims made by certain websites. Writers who provide honest and genuine user reviews can gain many readers and make money through referrals, ads or paid posting.
Six ideas for making money online by writing reviews:
1. Writing online reviews is profitable for any writer involved in marketing as a promoter, an agent or a marketing affilate.
2. Freelance writers make money from reviews published on revenue sharing websites and writing websites that offer upfront payments.
3. Article writers make money selling reviews with exclusive rights in content marketplaces.
4. Bloggers make money by joining programs that pay for sponsored posts and positive reviews.
5. Reviews of newly released movies, newly developed software or the latest tech gadgets get a lot of traffic from search engines, and are valuable for becoming well known in social networks.
6. Extra income can be earned writing mystery shopping reports, by registering to be a secret shopper.
Find more tips for writing online reviews in these full-length articles:
How to write a website review
Tips for writing book reviews
How to get paid for writing book reviews
How to make money at Xomba
Why credit card reviews are important
How to get a new technology blog noticed
How to get started in travel writing
Why e-commerce businesses pay bloggers to write reviews
How to perform a mystery shop assignment
Useful Links & ResourcesPosted by Ruth B Mon, June 28, 2010 09:44:01
Article marketing is one of the best ways to target traffic and build backlinks. Now you can double your article marketing with high quality backlinks from sites like YouTube, Metacafe, MySpace and Facebook.
A recent Comscore investigation showed that video content accounts for a quarter of all Google searches and more searches are done through YouTube than Yahoo!
When you use an article to video converter you can double your article traffic with video marketing, and get targeted traffic from YouTube, DailyMotion, Veoh and other video sharing sites.
Videos are extremely easy to produce with Article Video Robot. With this revolutionary article to video converter you can make a video in three minutes, without needing to use a camera or a microphone. No special technical skills are required to do this.
Article Video Robot is a simple software program designed to create videos with voice-overs, animations and images. All you do is paste in the article text or the URL to one of your published articles.
You have the option to record your own voice, or let the robot supply the voice-over, with animation and images of your choice. You select graphics and music from the stock libraries provided, or upload your own.
Take advantage of the Free Trial Offer and get a whole new distribution channel for your article content.
All AVR members have free access to some exclusive resources for article marketing and video marketing, plus free use of Video Submit Robot. This saves you $47, the usual set-up fee for the service, and gives you a $25 recurring bonus every month. You can use Video Submit Robot to distribute 125 videos each month, free of cost, to more than 17 video sites, with a single click of the mouse.
Two free e-books on Article Marketing Stampede and Double your Video Marketing the Lazy Way are available to members, for instant download.
Article Reel is another free tool available to members. This will load all your articles and videos onto one convenient page.
A special 50% discount coupon code is available to readers of Home 4 Business Blog, where you can read more about video marketing. This coupon code gives you 50% off AVR article to video converter and free use of Video Submit Robot.
Get the discount coupon code at http://home4business.net/blog/special-offer
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Paid To WritePosted by Ruth B Fri, June 11, 2010 12:15:15
Launched on June 7 2010, Fortitude magazine is a great opportunity to get writing and be published. Articles, reviews, rants, news stories, personal views, opinion pieces, short stories and poems are all acceptable. These can be serious, funny, controversial or personal, as the writer chooses.
Get Paid to Write for Fortitude
Fortitude pays out $10 or more for a front page piece, and a good writer can make money every day.
There is small subscription fee $1.99 of per month, payable in advance ($23.88 a year), but for that a writer can submit an unlimited number of articles, rants, opinion pieces, news stories, essays, analysis or personal stories. All of these will be published.
There are additional payments to be earned in the Review Center, for reading and rating, which soon cover the cost of a monthly subscription.
A new edition of Fortitude magazine is published online every day. At least half the pieces submitted achieve front page status, and each writer gets $10 or more credited instantly on publication.
It is quick and easy to withdraw earnings from a Fortitude account.
The website has an affiliate program which pays a good rate of commission for new subscribers. Affiliates also earn additional income for every piece published on the Front Page by writers they refer. These are residual payments are for life.
Visit Fortitude to discover more
Fortitude is designed to be a daily magazine and has no value for backlinking. Outgoing links are allowed but are no-follow. Fortitude has great potential for people who write with passion and want to get published.
Paid To WritePosted by Ruth B Tue, April 06, 2010 17:14:12A freelance writing career should begin with an understanding of what it means to be self-employed, and good knowledge of how to find freelance writing jobs. If the intention is to find work online, the best way to become a freelance writer is through a gradual process, allowing time to develop practice skills necessary for online writing.
* A freelance writer who intends to make money online should know how to use keywords and have some experience in search engine optimization
Web publishers only want to purchase good keyword content that will get a lot of traffic from search engines. Ad revenue can only be earned when web content is found easily by the sort of people who are most interested in what is published on a web page, and in the related ads they see there.
Read more about
Understanding the challenges of becoming a freelance online writer
* A freelance writer needs multiple sources of income
It is usual for a freelance writer to be working on several writing projects at the same time, and regular writing jobs need to be kept up to date, so it is important to stay motivated.
Read more about How online freelance writers can overcome urge not to write
* A freelance writer is also an entrepreneur
Writing for the Internet involves marketing and promoting online, using the power of words to get web content noticed and links clicked.
* Read more about:
Writing for the Internet: Why a sales pitch is still important
* A successful freelance writer can earn enough money writing online articles to provide long term passive income
Earning residual income from writing articles is the best way to ensure multiple sources of income continue to be paid from reliable sources. Writing articles for different content sites, blogs and AdSense sharing sites can provide long term residual income from page views, revenue sharing sites and from Google AdSense.
* Read more about:
How to retire on residual income from writing articles
* Freelance writing is a good career choice for an enthusiastic writer who is capable of writing to a deadline
Good freelance writers always follow instructions and finish what they are writing, even when required to write a whole series of articles, and will submit completed assignments on time.
Recommended writing course, crammed with vital information on how to earn $100,000 a year writing for the Internet
www.wealthywriter.ws
Useful Links & ResourcesPosted by Ruth B Sat, March 27, 2010 16:20:55Max Matterson is a comedy genius and a professional comedy trainer. He is co-author of Comedy Writing Secrets. His new comedy secrets course should help any writer who wants to become hilariously funny.
Max has been working in comedy for 20 years and his comedy guide How to be Funny could be a valuable resource for writing comedy routines, funny speeches or humorous books.
Comedy secrets are not just for writers. How to be Funny is a self help course about telling jokes and becoming funnier. Max will teach you how to think up quick one-liners for business presentations, and stand-up routines, and all the basic rules of comedy.
Visit the How to be Funny website www.how-to-be-funny.com
Discover some more reasons to develop good comedy writing skills, and for becoming more witty, in this free online guide to The gift of being funny and knowing how to make people laugh
Useful Links & ResourcesPosted by Ruth B Wed, March 10, 2010 16:01:02
PAID2WRITE now has its own Facebook page. If you have a Facebook account you can click the like button and post on the paid2write page. Use it to start discussion topics or add your comments and responses.
If you are not a member of Facebook or any social media sites, you might like to consider how effective social networking can be for making connections, finding friends and gaining followers who will read your online articles and share your writing links.
Read more about social networking
How to use social networking to get more page views and increase earnings
My free online guide to social media marketing
How to use social networking to your advantage
Useful Links & ResourcesPosted by Ruth B Wed, March 03, 2010 12:32:19Five online writing guides offering free resources, helpful tips and informative articles:
1 - Ruth Belena Web Writer (earning a living as a web writer)
This personal online guide is self promoting, but it does offer some good general advice for anyone wanting to become a web writer.
My articles cover freelancing and writing tips, what it is to be a web writer and why content writing is a legitimate job or online business. My social networking and bookmarking activities are also listed.
2 - A guide to the Writing Process
Helpful tips on article writing. Defining and managing your writing career, writing for the Internet, why you need discipline to be a good writer, how to gain confidence and ways to stay motivated.
3 - How to write knowledge
Free information, articles, links and tips on writing professional articles, online journalism, using search engines and writing great content fast.
How a well written article can educate, inform, instruct, entertain or inspire. The best way to earn a steady income online is to write a great many knowledge articles.
4 - Business of writing
An introduction to the business of writing and how affiliates use article marketing to get traffic to blogs or web content.
5 - How to become a published author
Articles on writing novels and short stories. Tips on creating characters, writing effective dialogue. Links to courses on writing a novel and self-publishing e-books.
Nick Daws has produced a new writing course that shows you exactly how to write and publish an e-book in less than 10 days. There is plenty of good information on marketing and promoting e-books too. This course is backed up by a 100% guarantee. Everything you need to know before you decide to order is on the website: www.10dayebook.com
