Make Money Writing for the Web

How to Make Money Writing for the Web

This is an update to a post covering various ways to make money writing for the web. I’ve updated this information with the help of Shawn Swinigan of Extra Income For All. Some of the sites have improved, some now pay less than they did previously, and a couple sites have closed down and have been removed. You may also be interested in this introduction to freelancing. As well as this article about how to succeed as a writer.

Some people may want to make money writing for the web to start to bring a bit of extra cash in. College students can write for the web to supplement money they get from student loans, scholarships, etc.

Today there are more opportunities than ever to make money writing for the web. I’ll cover just a few of them here, but if your’e not already familiar with this way of making money writing online, then this will give your brain a good jump start.

For the most part, the top of the page includes places that are easy to write for, but take quite a bit of work to build up earnings. The bottom of the page is focused more on freelance writing work, book publishing, and journalism jobs – all of which tend to pay more than the sites mentioned at the beginning of this page.

Make Money Writing for The Yahoo Contributor Network
One very popular site to make money writing for the web is the Yahoo Contributor Network. The Yahoo Contributor Network allows you to earn money through up-front payments, exclusive assignments, and performance bonuses based on the traffic your work receives. You can contribute as many articles, photos, and videos as you’d like. You can learn more about how to make money writing for the web with the Yahoo Contributor Network here.

Make Money Creating Content for InfoBarrel, Triond, HubPages, & Squidoo

These are the types of sites where you’ll usually need to do quite a bit of work to earn only a modest amount of income. The advantage of using them, however, is that they are easy sites to get started with. And it’s almost always true that people who understand keyword research and basic search engine optimization tend to do significantly better than those who don’t.

InfoBarrel – This site seems to have become a favorite of people who formerly wrote for eHow. You might be interested in checking out this page in which an InfoBarrel writer tracked his earnings for several months.

Triond allows you to createe content in any format. They then publish your content on relevant sites within their publishing network. Once Triond publishes your content, it begins generating revenue from several income sources, such as display and contextual advertising that appears on the pages of your content. Triond shares 50% of the revenue generated by your content.

HubPages used to be the powerhouse of these too, but I recently have noticed that SeoMoz domain authority tool rates Squidoo as having a domain authority of 91 whereas HubPages only have a domain authority of 85. That’s important if you are using these platforms not only to generate extra cash, but to also use them to point links to other sites you own.

I won’t go into all the details of how each of these programs can earn you money, but basically they each have a way of rewarding you for selling products from their sites as an affiliate and sharing the money they take in for displaying advertising with you. You can read about the specifics of each program at their sites.

HowHub & Shared Reviews

HowHub.com
HowHub is on a mission to create the largest and best how-to manual on the planet and they need your help! They’ve developed a way for you to earn as much as 100% on your adsense revenue.

SharedReviews
SharedReviews uses a proprietary revenue sharing model to create tangible incentives for reviewers to contribute. You can submit your reviews either directly through the site or through APIS and plugins for many popular blogging platforms.

Make Money Writing Articles for the Web

One of the biggest demands for writers online today comes from businesses looking for unique content for their websites. To fill this demand, several companies have come onto the scene.

Several of these companies are listed in the section below called “Freelance Writing Jobs Online”.

If you’re good at researching and writing articles, you might seriously consider making a modest investment in a book by an established ghostwriter. The information from this books on how to correctly charge for your services, how to bid on projects correctly, & how to get repeat customers is worth much more than the nominal price of the book (e.g., imagine knowing how you can get $2.00 or $3.00 MORE per article on an assignment to write 50 articles…and imagine having that knowledge for every assignment that you get!).

By the way, there is such a HUGE demand for ghostwriters right now you wouldn’t even believe it, but the ones that are making the most know quite a few things the others don’t.

Freelance Writing Jobs Online

Make Money Writing Letters

Note: About a year ago I got feedback from one person who claimed the owner of the LetterRep site had fallen behind in payments. However, I haven’t heard that from anyone else, so it seems that’s not an issue anymore. However, if it is, please let me know.

If you’re especially talented at letters of all sorts, you may be in luck.

A site called LetterRep will pay you every time someone purchases one of your letters that you upload to their site. And not just business letters…you can also write:

• Apology letters
• Condolence letters
• Christmas and holiday letters
• Letters to and from Santa
• Valentine letters
• Wedding blessing letters

and more…and of course there are all kinds of business letters that people need writers for such as:

• Sample cover letters
• Sample resignation letters
• Rejection letters
• Reprimand letters

etc., etc.

In fact the front page of LetterRep lists over 150 different types of letters you can write and upload to there site that you can get paid on every time someone purchases one of your letters.

To discover how you can make money writing personal and professional letters, click here to visit LetterRep.

Make Money Naming Domain Names

Here’s something for the more creative writers amongst you. Did you know that you can make money naming domain names?

PickyDomains will pay you to name domain names. Here’s how it works:

If you want to be a contributor for PickyDomains, when they get a new order you’ll be able to suggest your domain names. If a client decides to register your name, you get half of the fee.

Make money with handwriting letters

This isn’t a web-based opportunity, but it was interesting an unique enough that i decided to included it. Did you know you can make money handwriting letters? Handwrite for Cash is a course that shows you how a handwritten mail business can be a great way to bring in some extra or even full time income.

Additional Resources for Writers

In addition to the ones already mentioned, if you are serious about making money writing for the web or about making money writing in general, then you will want to keep the following list of resources handy:

• JournalismJobs.com – founded in August 1998 by Dan Rohn, a former copy editor and writer with The Washington Post, editor with America Online, and Washington, D.C.-based stringer for Money Magazine. JournalismJobs.com is the largest and most-visited resource for journalism jobs, and receives between 2.5 to 3 million page views a month.
• AbsoluteWrite.com – If you’re interested in freelance writing, screenwriting, playwriting, writing novels, nonfiction, comic book writing, greeting cards, poetry, songwriting, etc., then this is a fantastic place to visit and hang out with other professional and aspiring writers.
• Creative Writing Exercises – writing exercises to help you get your creative juices flowing.
• Preditors & Editors – writing scams to avoid. Be sure to visit the “Warnings” link.
• WebSiteTips.com section on writing for the web – includes annotated links to highly authoritative articles, tips and information specific to content writing, development, and preparation for Web sites as well as where writers, editors, content developers, and publishers can find each other.
• How to Publish a Book – Special guest David Copeland, Author of the Prentice-Hall BestSelling Book “How to Succeed With Women” (over 250,000 copies sold and translated into seven languages) reveals common myths about the publishing industry.
• The Write Jobs – The Write Jobs is a specialty job board and career resource for journalism, media, and publishing professionals.

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