The explosive growth of the Internet has created many new opportunities to earn money writing. Demand for all sorts of unique written text has skyrocketed. You can make money writing books or reports. You can make money writing articles for use online. You can get paid to write online…
The Internet marketplace is different from that for traditional writing work, but it can pay off handsomely if you learn how to work within its rules.
Almost all the work is handled by contract, over the Internet, among people who may be anywhere, on different sides of the world. They never meet face-to-face. Offers and bids are posted at places like elance. Buyers and sellers negotiate, agree on contracts. Deposits are made, work is done.
The work is delivered by download or by e-mail attachment. The buyer checks the work, sends funds from his PayPal account to the account of the writer; transaction completed. On to the next contract. You make money writing books, make money writing articles, based on volume and fast turnaround.
It’s all low overhead. The writer works from home, or anywhere. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that he or she gets the work done on time, at the agreed upon quality level. Rates are relatively low, deadlines are short. Volume is high. Play the game well and you get more and higher paying work.
Ordinary 300-500 word articles usually go for $8 to $12 each. They can be as low as $5 to $8. Quality articles, researched, 600-800 words, go for $25-30 or more. With a little practice you can easily turn out a basic article in less than half an hour.
Maybe, for example, you are new to the market, need to establish yourself, so you look at low-ball offers. You get a contract for $20 articles at $8 each. You write the articles, deliver, they are accepted.
The buyer comes back to you and offers $500 for 100 more articles. You counter at $7 each, settle on $6 plus a deposit on another contract which will let you make money writing books by writing 3 e-books of 12-15,000 words each at $400 per e-book. The buyer will provide the info resources for the research.
You turn out the articles in a week and the e-books in 2 days each, take in $600 for the articles and $1,200 for the three e-books. You are averaging $900 a week without leaving home!
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