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Confused/lost about where to start in IM

by Jason Pollard
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Greetings everyone in the warrior forum. I'm very new to this place and to marketing, and I'm not sure exactly what I should be doing first in all of this. I've bought a few OTO and its helped a little bit. The way I would like to make money is from writing articles for the most part. I just want to be self-employed because working a physical job ain't for me lol.
#confused or lost #start
  • Profile picture of the author solae
    You can try by registering with "iwriter.com". You can also offer writing gigs on Fiverr. Also offer your services in this forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by solae View Post

      You can try by registering with "iwriter.com". You can also offer writing gigs on Fiverr. Also offer your services in this forum.
      A Warriors for Hire thread would be better, as they could start off charging a bit more (assuming the OP is able to write at all. We don't know from one post). The ideal long term solution is to start your own website and target clients outside of the IM niche, as they pay a lot more for quality content.
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  • Profile picture of the author Silentkiller1
    You can try offering services on fiverr or try freelancing. You can create website to make money with adsense and affiliate networks.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Ellenwood
      If you have a little bit of money to invest it would probably be worth it to do a search on the wso forum on writing or writers as there may be some good information there on how to build a writing business.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ronin X
      Learning A Marketing Skill like writing or copy writing is a great way to generate income because you can start making income write away without all of the upfront costs. Jason Fladlien has a product called 7 Minute articles http://7minutearticle.com/ if you want to write articles you will have to be fast or you won't be able make a living.


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  • Profile picture of the author louie6925
    Have you tried doing a forum search for 'article writing jobs'? plenty of info in the forum!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Pollard
    Yeah I'm pretty good at writing and will probably be getting into that to make some money first. I have a question about writing for other people. Do people write contracts or something when it comes to making deals like that? Or do they have to just hope they'll send the money to their paypal account.
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  • Profile picture of the author Leanne King
    I've had my writer for over 3 years and have never had a contract - I send her the topics, she sends me the articles, I send her the payment. Simple. If you are concerned about it sign up with iwriter or the other services that will deal with the money side. You can tout your services on the WF, Warriors for Hire, Freelancer, Vworker, iwriter etc. Personally, I'd make a plan to do work for your clients x amount per week and work on your own projects at least once per week eg building up a website/squidoo lenses/reports/plr/books etc so you are building multiple streams of passive income.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Pollard
      This sounds like a good idea. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Joey Babbs
    Originally Posted by Chris- View Post

    Yes, you can make money writing articles. The easiest way of doing that is by creating Squidoo lenses,
    I would have to disagree that this is not the easiest way to make money from articles. To make money from a squidoo lense you really need to understand SEO and how to get links to your lenses and how to get traffic to your lenses....

    Don't think that just by writing a bunch of lenses that you are going to magically get a bunch of money in your paypal account because that is false.

    If you are going to put in the effort of trying to monetize your articles by getting traffic to them (rather than selling the articles) then this is a completely differnet ball game! And requires a lot more experience in Search engine optimization and how to monetize your own content on the web....

    You need to make the decision now as to whether you want to sell article writing services, or you want to monetize content on the web...

    If you choose top monetize content, Squidoo is definitely not the easiest way to do it...
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Pollard
      I would like to sell my writing services to people to get a little bit of money first.
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  • Profile picture of the author dndoseller
    1. Start with Fiverr to get some experience and money coming in

    2. The move on eLance and oDesk (better pay)

    3. Once you have samples and you cam make a resume... (best pay)

    Then put ads on Craiglist for "real" freelance jobs.

    You can get $75 per article from offline clients - but you need a resume and great samples.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Taylor
    Bear in mind that you have a finite amount of working
    or writing time available to you. Therefore, if you write
    full time, there is a maximum amount of money that you
    can earn.

    Your income will be determined by how many articles you
    can write and how much you can charge for each article.

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    • Profile picture of the author cashp0wer
      Put an ad up in the Warrior for Hire section here on this site. I think it costs around $20. You should be able to get some clients that way.
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  • Profile picture of the author jbsmith
    Jason, I would strongly recommend that you move as quickly as possible from writing "articles" to writing information products (ebooks, reports, books, training programs" where YOU market these as full products on your own.

    You can ghostwrite when needed to add more income, but ideally you want a few of your own products earning you passive income as well.

    With your own products you can have other people promote them for you (affiliates/joint ventures) which makes your income much more hands-off than writing on a strictly project basis.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Pollard
    Oh yeah I had another question. I'm thinking about making a blog too, but I'm not sure how I can profit from it. Don't I need ads from other websites to make money for myself? And how would I go about getting ads from websites onto my blog?
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    • Profile picture of the author Lance K
      Originally Posted by Jason Pollard View Post

      Oh yeah I had another question. I'm thinking about making a blog too, but I'm not sure how I can profit from it. Don't I need ads from other websites to make money for myself? And how would I go about getting ads from websites onto my blog?
      My advice would be to not get spread too thin when you start. If you're going to write for other people, then write for other people. If you're going to blog on your own, then blog on your own. If you are capable of making a detailed plan of how you could do both and stick to it, you might be alright.

      The main thing is to get going and make some money to prove to yourself that you can do it. Learn from your mistakes (you WILL make mistakes, don't get discouraged) and build from there.

      It would be easier to help you come up with a plan of action if we knew more. How much money can you invest to get started? Which niches/markets do you prefer to write for? How much time can you commit to your new endeavor?
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  • Profile picture of the author ultimuw45
    The advice is to maximally exploit the golden opportunities available to you in this forum. Develop your skill more with experience and good exposure this forum can offer you to build your profile. Once you perfect your skill and attain a high profile on your field, you 'll soon get to global arena where clients and jobs would be chasing you. Good luck !
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  • Profile picture of the author jimmyab
    Originally Posted by Jason Pollard View Post

    Greetings everyone in the warrior forum. I'm very new to this place and to marketing, and I'm not sure exactly what I should be doing first in all of this. I've bought a few OTO and its helped a little bit. The way I would like to make money is from writing articles for the most part. I just want to be self-employed because working a physical job ain't for me lol.
    Hey Jason... if you love writing articles, then that goes a long way toward good search engine optimization... and good SEO will get you on the top of the search results, which allows you to create passive online income... if you know the best way to monetize your sites.

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