I love to write. Can a hobby become income?

Do you have a portfolio yet? I mean do you have sample writing that you will be able to show to people who want to hire you? If not don't worry about it just make one.

Write 2 or 3 articles on your own about any topic you want. Put your best writing into them and then when you bid on jobs or post ads you can display your samples.

Write up a good ad and post it in the Warriors for Hire section. Look through the existing ads for content writers there to see what others are offering compared to what you can offer.

Always do your best work, no matter how silly the request. If someone asks you to write 500 words about Dale Earnhardt Mousepads then you try to make your article the War and Peace of mousepad articles. Always over deliver.

Build relationships with the good clients, let the bad ones go.

If you want a website where you can advertise your expertise in writing, I would highly recomend at site called Elance | Outsource to freelance professionals, experts, and consultants - Get work done on Elance

You can make some serious money writing for them.

I hope this helps

Always follow your dreams. There is a multitude of offers for talented writers online, just become a freelancer.

As said above, write a few articles to show to possible clients and then set up a topic here in the Warriors for Hire section. You can normally get work pretty quick and after that it all comes with experience.

Glad to see that you have also had great results from joining this community

As Gamevoid mentioned, get together a great portfolio of your best writing. I always recommend doing several types of articles as well, not the same type. For example a review article, an informative article, and maybe a press release.

Then you can outsource work on here, or you can check out freelancing websites like oDesk, eLance, Freelancer, etc. Finally you could even become a paid writer for sites like Demand Media (DM) TextBrokers.com, etc.

Best of luck, and welcome to the path of writing!

If you have focus and if you are ready to learn how the IM space works then YES you can surely make this an income and that too a full time income...

Stay focused and stick to one plan at a time

You might want to write a few articles on the child care or baby supplies market.

These could include reviews of strollers, cribs, and other baby items on Amazon.

Or titles such as:
Surviving the First Six Months of Motherhood
7 Ways to Help Your Baby Fall Asleep
The Ten Most Popular Picture Books for Toddlers

etc. etc. You get the idea. It's simply using what you're doing everyday as article topics. You could use them in your portfolio or sell them as PLR. If you decide to look into selling PLR articles you should check out the courses by Peggy Baron and Tiffany Dow. Both are good.

Resist the temptation to price your services too low.

Feel free to PM me with other questions.

Rose

You are insane..

I hate writing man..lol

I recommend posting up a gig on Warrior Forum - webmasters need content, so give it to them!

Congrats on choosing freelancing. It's a great place to start, especially if you want to learn about IM while you earn.

You could also try other freelance sites like Elance, and Freelancer... but I HATE the fact that people bid low and throw up junk content. If there's one bit of advice I could give you, it's that you don't compete with low quality writers.

Since you love to write, I'm guessing you are a good writer... so make sure you charge what you're worth

Good luck!

Dean

Hi, and welcome :-) You can certainly make money writing. You don't need to spend anything to get started, but if you want to save time, there are some very good and not too expensive reports out there that will get you going faster.

If you're interested in trying the freelance sites, have a look at Nick Brighton's WSO on making money writing on Elance.

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ws-inside.html

I can also recommend Peggy Baron's book on getting started writing PLR -

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...delivered.html

And, when you're ready to take your plr business to the next level, Tiffany Dow puts out a great report about setting up a website selling plr -

PLR ATM Official Site By Tiffany Dow

I have no vested interest in these products, I'm just doing fine as a writer and I found all of them very useful. As I said, you don't need to buy anything to get started, but they outline successful business models that you can start right now, without having to reinvent the wheel.

All the best

Audrey

Write an Amazon Kindle book, set the price and upload it.

Some good advice already posted here.

If you are a good writer, a great place to start to get good value for your services would be a place like Constant Content. They are extremely strict in terms of what they approve, but they allow you to sell your articles for top dollar or fulfill content requests made by their customers.

I wrote a full review of their service for authors looking to sell content:
Sell Your Writing Service – Constant Content Review - Robert's Review Blog

You can read over that and see if you meet the criteria and decide if you want to pursue business through their site.

Other good places to market your services:
Warriors For Hire - Warriors are always looking for quality writers it seems. This is a good place to let people know your services are available.
Unique content - Textbroker.com - Sort of similar to constant content, but they don't pay nearly as well and are not as strict in their review process. So this may be a good place to start if you need to brush up on your skills first but still earn some money.

start your own gig here on the WF, you will not only make a few bucks but learn a great deal also.

There are great people in here to learn from.

Have you explored the possibility of writing sales copy?

Okay, first of all you say you love to write, yet noone has asked you what you love to write or write about? What do you have skills and/or knowledge in? Are you confident in your abilities to research topics which you have little to no prior knowledge about?

You say you would like to start your online venture with writing. Again, writing what? You say you can write well... at least judging from articles you have read online. What kind of articles that have been published already that you are comparing your competence to?

All of us believe we can do certain things well, but is it good enough that others would pay you to do it for them? Compare it to considering yourself a good driver because you've never had an accident... however, do you have the skills, knowledge, and abilities to be paid, and make a living as a NASCAR driver?

I learned at a very early age that no matter how good you are, or think you are at something, if you expect or want people to pay you for doing it... you have to do it their way, and in the timeframe they want it done.

You also ask "Can a hobby become income?" Generally, when one turns a hobby into a money maker, it is no longer a hobby, but a business. You may have a hobby of collecting model train, but when you start getting paid to find and collect model trains for others, it is no longer your hobby. It is then a business, and you have to find what your customers(not what you want, like, or enjoy) want with the exact specifications, and in the timeframe they want it in.

So, I think before anyone can point you in a fruitful direction, there are factors that need to be known, considered, and answered first. Personally, I would not feel comfortable trying to give you any advice or suggestions until I had all the facts from you to analyze and evaluate.

what is your price per 100 words ? pm me. I wanna order some articles if your price is okay for me.

There's no doubt a hobby can become an income and a big one at that. The more you spend time on your hobby and investing into it the better you'll become and people who don't have the skill you have will be willing to pay for it as long as you put yourself out there aand build a reputation for yourself.

Of course. A hobby can bring you a good amount of income. And this is because you are doing something that you like, so you are doing it the best way possible!

It's almost exactly how I began working online many years ago - pursuing
a love of writing

Now, I teach information marketers how to do it. You may find my book
"Think, Write & Retire" of help, or if you'd like to start a writing career
with freelance articles, one of my other guides may be helpful.

Either way, don't get bogged down (over-)thinking the process. Jump in,
test out one way of doing things, see if it works (and you like/enjoy it).

Scale what works well. Drop things that don't pan out. Stay curious.
Keep experimenting. Learn, listen, but then ACT on your instincts

All success
Dr.Mani

Hello,

You can either offer writing services or write an info product. You're decision will have to depend on a number of factors such as your target income, how much effort you are willing to put, and flexibility among many others. Freelancing can be profitable as long as you choose a specific niche. Avoid competitive niches like weight loss and Internet marketing unless you gained extensive knowledge in promoting stuff online. Most freelancers had to start small like getting lower rates than usual. In my experience, I started writing for a business outsourcing company and wrote 500-word articles for $3. I know, that's outrageously cheap but that's just how it works at the start.

Alternatively, if you want to "work for yourself", I suggest you write ebooks. These are a great source of passive income. You can earn money for many years to come. Again, keep in mind the importance of choosing a niche. I recommend Yuwanda Black's ebook "How to write an ebook in 30 days" You can find it at her site inkwelleditorial [dot] com. Great stuff about writing ebooks.

Good luck in your writing venture!

The answer is a definitely YES. A hobby can provide you with an income. The best business success stories of this century have been built out of passion. Remember, what you call hobby many people may call work!

Absolutely! Go on websites like elance.com freelancer.com, odesk.com and fiverr.com

Make a profile and apply for jobs!
You will have work in no time

-Yury

If you can write, I would not recommend to write for others. Instead use that skill and write for yourself. Find a subject you enjoy writing about, start a blog, build it up. Get original content, put related products on it from amazon or adsense or something. I would not recommend to write for others, because you only get paid like $5-$15 for a short 300 word article. Where if you wrote for yourself, you can build a good income over time. So I guess if you're looking for something short term, you can write for others, but long-term I would recommend to write for yourself.

If you really want to make money writing, you should write for Constant Content. You get paid very well there, but you have to follow their complicated guidelines. Once you get used to them, you can make a lot of money, and without having to promote your work because CC already gets a lot of traffic.

Write about money-making methods, weight loss, and in-demand topics.

Send me a message if you want to learn more details about working at Constant Content.

I just sent you a rather lengthy PM with some tips for getting started. In short, PM me if you have any questions, and get a website set up with some samples! A .info will work fine for your writer's profile and that coupon code will get your first month of hosting for only one cent. Like I said, if you don't have that on your Paypal to pay for it, let me know and I'll buy an article to help you get the money. That will even get you your first testimonial for if/when you post a Warriors for Hire thread!

Heres how:
1. Find paid work, good places to look are like here or DP (Build long term buyers)
2. Freelance
3. Web 2.0 and article writing (affiliate, squidoo, AC, etc)
4. Blog about what you love, find ways to monetize it
5. Write an ebook and sell it
6. Self Publish at amazon kindle or lulu
7. Build a portfolio first (use above methods) then go for the big guns (copywriting, mags, ezines, newspapers that pay big bucks)

Hope this help, i love writing and would love to be a successful writer some day, i have done 1 to 4. But unfortunately managing university, personal life and making money doesn't go hand in hand.

good luck,
SJ