1. The idea of being paid to write appeals to most people at
some time in their lives. The simplicity of publishing work
on the Internet makes people believe writing for money is
suddenly simple. This is not entirely true. Recent advances
in self publishing mean almost anyone can publish their
work. However, getting paid to write can be a bit more
difficult. Even so, there are plenty of people who still
consider this as a way to make money online. There are
some who think that article writing could be an easy way
to make money online. The idea is simple: get someone to
pay you to write articles for them. As with most
businesses, it's often a lot deeper than it appears on the
surface. So if you're still willing to get started as an article
writer, here are a few tips to help you.
2. You should spend a bit of time making a website or blog. It
is simply not possible to make money online if you do not
have your own website. Your clients should be able to find
you easily. You need a way for people to contact you.
These things are easier with a website. Your site is also a
good way for your clients to learn about you and your
services. Your site is just like your online business card.
Add some links to any other work you've done to show
clients a bit of your writing style. Thankfully putting
together your own website is not difficult at all.
3. Never do any work for free. While learning about article
writing for profit, there will be at least one person who
will recommend that you do some free work to build up
your portfolio. This is complete hogwash. You should
never write a free article to show your skills to a client.
You might as well write for yourself, under your own
name, if you are going to do it for free. Anyone who tries
to convince you to do free work to prove your abilities is
simply trying to get free articles out of you. Don't let any
client take advantage of you.
4. There is more to research than the internet. Don't be
afraid to go to the library or the bookstore when you want
to learn about a topic. Googling is not complicated.
Everyone who uses your keywords will end up with the
same results. Offline research will give you an edge over
other people who don't do any offline research. It's also
a great way to make your work stand out from the rest of
the material available online.
5. You can find success and satisfaction writing articles for
money. Keep in mind, though, that it takes time and skill
to do it well. All of the articles you see online took some
time, thought and possibly research to complete. Those
articles seem easy because the people who wrote them
are good at what they do. No matter how it appears, a
good article doesn't write itself and takes work to write.
There is a growing demand for quality article writers,
which is itself proof that it's not an easy task!