10 Ways to Make Money Writing Online

If you happen to love writing article on various topics this can earn you good money. You do not have to be a professional writer for you to write article all you have to do is have knowledge on the topic and you are on. The following are platforms you could submit your article for either up-front payments or performance payments.

1. Associated Content – They were recently purchased by Yahoo so it is still yet to be determined how things will go. They claim that they are not going to change anything. Basically, you can write on anything that you want. You can submit your articles for up-front payment, performance payment or both. They do not pay a whole lot in up-front payments (between $2.00-5.00) but it might be worth it to you. They will pay money for every 1,000 page views you receive on any article so this could build over time. I would not use them exclusively, but you can always try them out.

2. InfoBarrel - You can write on any topic that you would like. You need to have an adsense account as you will be sharing advertising revenue with them. They have other ways to monetize your articles but I do not have a whole lot of experience with that. The advantage is that content on InfoBarrel does rank well so you will see traffic.

3. Snipsly - This is a miniature version of InfoBarrel in my opinion. You make money by adsense like the other, but the minimum word requirement is only 150 words. This means that you can produce even more content at a faster pace.

4. Hubpages - is another revenue sharing site. It has a great reputation and you can earn money by clicks on advertisements with Adsense and by being an Amazon affiliate. Build “hubs” around your areas of interest and watch them gain web traffic over time.

5. Blogging – This is by far one of my favorite ways. You have complete control. It is not a get rich quick method, but I believe that you should slowly build this up over time while you earn more immediate income using the other methods. There are more and more people everyday writing about their passions. There are so many more ways that you can earn money online writing, but this is not a bad list to start out.

6. Demand Studios – You may have already heard of them by now, but they will pay you on average between $7-15 an article (upwards of $30 in some cases). They do have specific writing guidelines that you will need to follow. What is great about the system is that you can scroll through 1,000 of titles and decide to write only on areas of interest. For example, if you enjoy home improvement projects, then you can write simple “how to” articles explaining to others the step by step process. Demand Studios publishes the articles on several different sites. One example is ehow.com. They pay you by Paypal twice a week for any approved articles you have written.

7. Textbroker – Another great site that allows you to earn money for writing. If you are looking for simpler articles and writing projects, then this might be a better fit for you. You can typically earn between $3.00-$8.00 an article but the articles are shorter and much easier to write in my opinion. Textbroker allows entrepreneurs and companies the opportunity to post writing projects in the system. You go through the system and claim articles in areas of interest. They pay twice a month by Paypal on all of the articles that you have written.

8. ProBlogger Job Boards - This is more like a job board for writers but it is very good. You can find fresh, new job postings almost every day. If you are looking for some extra work, then keep your eye out on this job board. For example, if you like sports, it is not uncommon to find an opening every once in a while for a sports blogger who can write on recent sporting events.

9. Freelance Writing Gigs – This is a great website on many different levels. Not only can you learn how to be a freelance writer, but they have relevant, fresh job postings listed daily as well. There is even a post that list 50+ places that you can get paid for writing.

10. Craigslist - You might find it funny that this is on the list, but I have found some awesome writing jobs this way. One person asked me to write 10 short articles a week on my experience with blogging. He paid me $100 a week over the course of 8 weeks. My time commitment: 2 hours a week.

Bonus: Elance & Odesk – Both are job sites that will allow you to list your services as a writer and find people to hire you.

More Ways to make money online

Data Entry Jobs
You are basically going to get paid to type. That’s all there is to it. Companies need hundreds of thousands of forms to be filled out but don’t have the man power to do them. That’s where you come in. Most of the forms are VERY SHORT. You can be making between $5- 10 per form. You don’t need any technological expertise either. These forms are simple. This isn’t a get rich quick scam. It’s an actual job that companies will pay you for. People are making $300-1000 dollars a day. If you set aside an hour or two each day you can make a whole living on the side. You can start making money literally 5 minutes after starting. This is one of the best ways to make money online.

Some members have made over $10,000 a month. Insane, I know. These jobs are starting to become very popular so I suggest the sooner you sign up, the better.you can follow the link to apply
 

Affiliate Marketing

This might be the most profitable way to make money on the Internet.

There are sites in which people supplying products sign up for. They are listed on the site. Regular people like you and me can sign up for this site also and promote their products. If you successfully get someone to buy their product then you make a HUGE commission, as high as 75% and never under 50%. So you basically get paid for selling other people’s products

The two best sites for affiliate marketing are:

• Pay Dot Com
• Click Bank

There are products for every single market out there, so anything you think you would be successful at marketing you could find. The money goes into an account on the site and they send you a check every 2 weeks, or you can get the money put in your PayPal account. You can use any means necessary to get your

5 mistakes we make while blogging

1. Publishing a series of posts consecutively all on the same subject

I have nothing against doing a series on a blog as long as it’s done right. If done wrong, you’ll have created a scenario in which it’s painful to read your blog.

For example, you’re a personal-development blogger and writing a series on positive thinking. If you post five consecutive days on this subject you will have destroyed one of the greatest assets a blog can have, variety.

If you’re planning on doing a series on a single subject, I advise you don’t do it over consecutive days. Publish some posts on a different subject in between your series posts. This way you can still do a series without killing variety on your blog.

2. Not using pictures

While there are occasions when not using pictures is wise, much of the time it’s a costly mistake.

The most obvious benefit a picture provides is that it encourages people to dive into your post.

Another thing you must realize is that a picture is not merely benefiting the single post it’s in; it’s also benefiting your entire blog design.

People are often shallow when they land on a new blog. If they see you include pictures in your posts, they’re more likely to investigate your blog further.

Text without a picture is like a store without windows.

Just think of how many more subscribers you could gain over the long term by taking the time to include pictures with almost every post.

3. Failing to use subheadings

I used to rarely use subheadings in my blog posts because I don’t particularly like them. I later realized that just because I don’t like them doesn’t mean that everyone else feels how I do.

Unlike me, many people scan posts when they read them. If scanners come to a post that isn’t scanner friendly, they’re not going to give you the time of day.

Every post you write that’s not short should have subheadings.

4. Making paragraphs too large

I’m not going to give you a specific rule on what constitutes a large paragraph, but you know it when you see it.

Paragraphs the size of mountains are extremely intimidating to the eye. If I see a blog post with large paragraphs, I won’t read it no matter how good the content may be.

Keep your paragraphs short to encourage as many people as possible to read your content.

5. Checking your stats frequently

This is mainly a habit of new bloggers who are excited about checking for new visitors to their site. This refocuses your attention from more productive activities like publishing articles.Time should be focused in writing articles and promotion your site to generate enough traffic on your blog.

ways to promote your blog

Below you will find ways to promote your website or blog with a bit of money. You can use them to generate raw traffic, improve your search engine rankings, gain visibility on your niche and so on. Despite the initial investment most of those techniques will pay off on the short to medium term. If you are expecting to make money with your website there is no reason to assume that you will not need to spend some as well, right?

1. AdWords: Google make billions of dollars every year from the AdWords-AdSense combo. Why is that? Because they work. Adwords is probably the most efficient method to generated raw traffic for your website. In order to get started you should create an account, add lots (by lots I mean hundreds if not thousands) of keywords that are related your site and set the maximum Pay-per-Click rate at $0.01. After that raise the rate by $0.01 every week or so until you start getting the desired amount of daily clicks. Notice that at lower bids the keywords will be reported as “Inactive for Search”. Do not worry about it, it just means that your ads will not appear on the search network (Google’s search results), but they will appear on the content network (websites of people that use AdSense).

2. Site-Specific AdWords: if you pay attention to the Ad Sense units you will see that most of them have a link titled “Advertise on this site”. This feature enables Ad Words advertisers to create customized ads that will be displayed only on specific websites. Those ads work on a CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) rather than a CPC (cost per click) basis, but they can generate a good amount of very targeted traffic since you will be in control of where the ad will be displayed and of the message.

3. StumbleUpon Ads: StumbleUpon is a very innovative social bookmarking site that allows users to discover great websites by using a browser toolbar. When the

user clicks on “Stumble” he will be delivered a website that people with similar interested rated positively. The user is also able to give positive and negative ratings to any website that he visits on the Internet. StumbleUpon also offers advertising campaigns, called StumbleUpon Ads, where you can deliver your website directly to those “Stumblers”. It costs $0.05 per page delivered, but since the websites that appear on StumbleUpon usually have a high quality it is very likely that part of that paid traffic will convert into regular readers.

4. Text Link Ads: if you are trying to increase your search engine rankings to leverage organic traffic you should consider buying some text link ads. While those text links can also generate direct traffic the biggest benefit you will have is an improvement on your search rankings, especially if the links are placed on authoritative and relevant websites. There are several places to buy text links, including specialized companies like Text-Link-Ads and Text Link Brokers or online forums like Digital Point‘s market place.

5. Direct Banner Sales: most established websites sell banner ads or sponsorship plans directly. Those advertising deals usually are structured with weekly or monthly fees, regardless of the number of impressions or clicks that you will get. Despite this characteristic a banner placement can represent good value for money because apart from the direct traffic you will also create visibility and brand awareness. Readers of the website where you will display your banner will associate the message on the banner with your site or blog. Should they come across that banner or message two or three times it is very likely that they will get curious and decide to check what the buzz is all about. Another advantage of banner placements is the fact that people will unconsciously think that the author of the website endorses your content or product.

6. Sponsored Reviews: buying some sponsored reviews is a good way to kick-start a website. They will bring back links, traffic and RSS subscribers. There are many market studies confirming that “word of mouth” is the most efficient way to capture people’s attention, and that is just what you get with sponsored reviews. You can either pay a low price (sometimes as low as $5 per review) to get a large number of reviews from small sites or you can focus on large players (which can charge several hundreds of dollars for a single review) that are authorities on your niche. The best way to purchase sponsored reviews is through sites like SponsoredReviews.com, ReviewMe or PayPerPost.com.

7. Blog Networks: there are several blog networks founded around a traffic exchange principle. Basically you create an account for you blog and you earn credits by surfing other members’ blogs. Afterwards you can use those credits to make people visit your blog or to display your banners around the network. The interesting part is that most of those blog networks allow users to purchase credits with money, and the price is really convenient. You should be able receive hundreds of visitors or to get thousands of banner impressions for less than 10 dollars. Some blog networks that sell credits include Blog Explosion, Blog Soldiers and Blog Advance.

blogging to make money

Blogging

Blogging is taking the internet by storm these days, so it is only smart to use it to your advantage to make money. It is very simple, plus it’s completely free.

1. Create a blog

2. Add Google Ad Sense to it.

3. Generate Traffic

First, use Blogger.com to make a free blog. It makes blogging very simple, anyone can do it. You want to make a blog about a popular topic subject to generate the most traffic, which in turn equals more money. Use Google to search the most search terms on the internet to get a good idea of what to write about.

Next, add Ad Sense. It takes a day or two to get your account verified. Google Ad Sense is a utility that creates ads provided by Google on your site for no cost what so ever. Whenever someone clicks on an ad you make money. At first you won’t be making much but when your traffic increases, so will your revenue.

Google owns Blogger so it is already integrated into the site. All you have to do is go to templates and you can add the ads. Now you have you blog up and running. Next thing to do is generate traffic.

First you should ping your blog. It basically updates search engines every time you add a post to your blog. Here are some sites to use.

www.pingoat.com/

www.autopinger.com/

www.blogsearch.google.com/ping