Making Money As A Writer ... What's The Best Plan?

1. You should be writing for yourself everyday. Keep a blog for example or
write an ebook.

2. Offer your services at bargain prices at first to test the waters and get
testimonials. Use those testimonials to advertise your services at normal rates.

3. Decide what kind of writer you want to be. Ghost writer, article writer,
copywriter, etc.

If you are good at what you do you'll rise above the noise and clients who
are satisfied with your service will keep you busy. If you are not good, you'll
struggle at the lower end of the totem pole.

Do not spend all your time writing. Spend some quality time promoting what
you write as well.

-Ray Edwards

Hi,

A few things:
1. If you're already talking about how easy it is to discourage you then you should not be a freelance writer. You should go get a job.

I'm not saying this to be harsh. It's the truth.

I myself have interviewed and tested 6 writers in the last 2 weeks to find ONE who may be ok. I'm a direct response copy writer who doesn't have time for all my sites content.

2. Most writers stink. So, if you're good, then you should have little to worry about. Make sure you never sacrifice quality and deliver on time.

3. You didn't say what type of a writer you are. So, I'll presume you're not a direct response copy writer.

So, I'll presume you want to write articles and such.

If yes, then you can start a thread here and offer your services. Find some Warriors who have a good rep and decent post counts. Offer them a free article as a review copy. Put their reviews on your thread.

Have a great day, Patrick

My advice is to create and sell info products around common problems found in popular industries. Focus on 1 problem, 1 solution, content creation. Then package it as an ebook, write a sales letter, and drive traffic to it.

The key is working in a market that's big enough to have backend potential. This way you can sell multiple complimentary products to the same customers and multiply your earnings without having to always find new customers.

Unless you're desperate for that extra money, try to find someone to pay you for what you love to write. I'm assuming you already write regularly.

Tailoring your writing to the demands of clients is a fast way to turn what you currently love doing into a chore.

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Also think about what kind of writing you enjoy doing, what kind of writing you are good at, and how to make those things work for a source of income. Obviously there are loads of ways writing can make money in IM, but it could also be ebooks sold on amazon, etc. Narrow down areas that you feel best about writing in and then research those a bit more.

Well...PLR is a good one.
You can also offer your writing skill in warriorforum or write kindle and generate commission from amazon kindle

Sometimes the best plan is not necessarily doing what you're great at.

I'm saying that *maybe* the best plan should be selling ebooks... or doing affiliate marketing... or selling rockets... or being a consultant to Fortune 500 firms... or even going back to college.

Or.... making money as a writer.

Get yourself on as many freelance sites as possible, sign up to Fiverr and promote, promote here on the forum in the available outlets, and definitely promote via your own website. Good luck, but sometimes if you're in it for the money and security in life.... you have to do the things that aren't exactly familiar with you....yet.

Yeah, PLR can be a lucrative business if you are a quality writer and learn how to promote yourself.
Get your name out there. You can start right here.The more you Post with good, helpful, and well thought out answers and insight ..the more you will start to see your credentials increase for the better.

And this will get things rolling for you


- Robert Andrew

SPECIALIZE in a particular range of topics

Keep a blog.

Learn from other bloggers by incorporating some of their blogging techniques.

Get published on other blogs (this helps your site's SEO tremendously too!)

Build a writer services page on your blog and post links to your portfolio

Hit freelance sites and forums

I have no idea, but I've been waiting patiently to get 4 star articles written at textbroker. It's kinda slow. I don't remember it ever taking so long.

I think Writing is a great way to make money online. Especially if you are very good at writing and experienced in a niche.

Let me tell you some of my experiences online .....

I never thought about becoming a freelancer and selling articles. I love blogging and that is what I do. But, I have been noticing that people ask me if I can write for them, and how much I would charge, just because they read my blog posts and read my content online.

So, running your own Blog, is a great way to showcase your writing skills, drive traffic, and offer your writing services!

You can get some free traffic from the search engines, and from social networks. And at the same time, you can also get some traffic by offering your services through sites like Elance. You can also try Fiverr.

What I would do with Fiverr - since they actually help you get in front of people, the more you sell - is offer simple writing gigs, rank in Fiverr, sell a good amount and build a relationship with your customers.

Build yourself a good customer base from these freelancing sites - and then you can sell to the directly if you want. You just show them your blog, and a page where you offer your services - and tell them that you are going to stop selling through fiverr soon and if they want to continue doing business with you, they can find you through your blog

You gotta be smart in this freelancing game!!

I hope this helps!!

You totally have to get your blog up and running.

It is very important to stay focus on one niche at a time. (Think the different rate between a surgeon and a medical practitioner.)

Get to know all the big sites who are already have decent traffics.
Check how much they charge to put an ad there.

Contact them and offer to write them a series of articles for reasonable price (use their ads rate as your guide), if they refuse to pay in cash, offer them to exchange it for exposure on the site (writer's biography and backlink to your blog.). The point here is to get your name, picture and backlink on their site.

When you already write to those sites, use it as your leverage when contacting other sites, or when you are looking to get paid for your articles.

To Make money in the wring field you should consider following steps
. You should write the content considering your audience
.You should write online content
.Your content must be composed of greetings
>Self_Publishing a book

Hello. There are very many writing jobs that are available on the internet today. One of the best websites when it comes to writing is upworks.com. It is the former odesk and has qualified proffesionals. Honestly speaking, writing has a lot of money. people today are coming up with websites that do need content and this can only be achieved through writing. Be sure to find the top paying platforms so that you can make good dollars from the whole experience.

Good freelance writers will need to learn how to sell, market themselves, and build relationships anyway.

I don't understand why people wouldn't put these skills towards their own business instead of writing for someone else, unless they're desperate for quick cash and can't wait around for too long. It's okay part-time or for a few years, but it will kill your spirit over time.

And it's a job.

Directly contact business owners who use writers. It's fast. It works. And you don't compete on price. Because you are not "bidding" for work. You are letting them know who you are, what you provide, and putting yourself on their radar. And because most won't do this no matter how many times they hear it, in combination with the hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide who use freelance writers ...

Means there's usually next to no competition for getting the gig. Often, you'll find yourself being either the only option ... or maybe one of 2 or 3 options.

So you might have a 50% chance of landing the gig or a 33% chance of landing the gig, no matter what you quote as long as it's within reason. Reason being what they are willing to pay, top-end.

(Even if you are the best writer in the world and the only option, it's not reasonable to assume that quoting $ 1 million for an article would be accepted.)

Be weary of freelance sites when it comes to writing.

Most freelance sites are based on the bid system. Downward. Yes, some folks do find a way to big high and still get the gig. But in the sense of basic economics, bidding to provide a service puts downward pressure on price. If you look around the world, there are plenty of bidding systems for gigs and contracts. And most of the time, the price spirals downward until it finds a floor. Unless you are in the mafia and you are rigging it. Haha.

Learning the basics of economics is a must if you want to run a profitable business with the best chance of succeeding. Bid systems are designed to self-correct. If price goes up, eventually it will come back down. Supply and demand will swing back and forth, and that provides the correction.

The stock market (when it's not being rigged) is an example of this.

When entering the online arena, there are tons of options, tons of advice, and tons of opinions as to what you can or should do.

Four years ago, I didn't know what copywriting was in the marketing world. My background wasn't direct sales, journalism, or anything directly related to writing at all.

Thus, when I look back on people suggesting I start a blog, or website... it opened "Pandora's Box" so to speak.

Instead of writing or taking up gigs for content, I dove head first into the "rabbit hole" - and after a slow and steady crawl, throwing in the towel a few times, and then getting back in the ring... I learned some valuable things from several people here on this forum.

While only you know what you truly desire to accomplish as a writer, my suggestion is start writing reviews, articles, guest posts, etc... All centered on a solution you can provide through affiliate offerings, whereby you can earn 50% - 75% commissions for successfully turning prospects into buyers, and get paid using other peoples products, services, and sales funnels. (*You can learn a lot from this practice).

Learn what top-selling product or services are doing, how their sales funnels work, and most importantly; what writing sales oriented web content is, does, and can do for your desire to earn a good living from writing your own products, books, salescopy, etc...

Ironically, for all the sleepless nights cussing my computer trying to understand "How to set up an autoresponder" - or- "How to use FTP to upload my "download" files after a customer made a purchase... and for the other 100 miles of shit that I spent 1000's of hours learning...

I've come to one conclusion.

Everything, I did has a direct connection to my desire to market my writings, as it was my original inquisition here on this forum roughly 4 years ago... when I was as green as anyone could be.

Only now, I can say this... No matter what you write, or what you decide is your best fit...

Every piece of content you write should either invoke the reader's further interest, compel them to take a specific action, or engage them in such a way... They want whatever it is you are essentially offering!

Ultimately, the more you understand your reader, and the tools you'll need to deliver solutions through various marketing channels, the sooner you will know; their is no ceiling to what you can earn as a writer.

Especially, if you publish 'action provoking' and 'pursausive' writings.

Definitely learn "list building and email marketing" - as nearly anyone will attest; a responsive buyers list is your golden goose.

All the Best,

Art

First, if you are a good writer which of course you must believe that then you can write your own book/e-book. Write a guide about something your really know. You can either sell this book/e-book online to get a great amount of money. Of course this will only happen if you are able to write a very good content. Sell it on ebay or amazon. Or find someone (marketers) to promote this. You may also sell this to clickbank where internet marketers usually finds some products that they can promote.

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There are many ways you can earn a lot by writing and just writing but it depends on you how professional you are ... here is the site Upwork.com may be you have heard about it or not but let me twll you something you can use your luck and professionalism here.. if you are that much professional you will be picked so early and you will have the work.. the work that will never end.. if you are really hard working you can go for it and i can say that you will definitely earn a lot from this.. keep your level up and your writing and you will be professional... wish you good luck dear......

1. Write on a freelancer website for clients.

2. Write content for your own website or blog to get SEO traffic or social media traffic then monetize it.

3. Write ebooks and sell them at places like Amazon.

You can make money in many places. You can write Kindle books (for others or for yourself), you can write blog content, you can write erotica (pays well), or you can start a blog to monetize later (and writer what you enjoy).

Websites/platforms where you can earn money - iWriter, Fiverr, Freelancer, Upwork, KDP

I made some decent money with textbroker.com and iwriter.com

You might want to check out those sites.

Instead of giving the OP advice, I think we should ask him how the advice given served him - the thread is more than 3 months old.

If you are good at writing then go ahead..write something which attracts your readers.
My friend used to write and I must say he earns a lot.

Blogging is the best way to make money online I would definitely say! Go for blogging now and start making money online with softwares like Tips to Earn Money - Make Simple Money

1) Formulate a plan

2) Work out out to TAKE action.

3) Actually TAKE action.

Do you realise so much money is either lost or made inbetween steps 2 and 3 its not funny.

The most important is TAKE ACTION, do not get things perfect, just take action first of all, as you can perfect things later.

Too much time is spent by novice marketers who want to and beg to make their first million online, however millionaires, basically take action and perfect things later.

So as a writer you have to do your 2 parts, get your message out there, and make your mark.

As a writer, your best jobs will come from referrals, and its how you get the big $$$ income.

Also have a list can be essential to getting consistant gigs. A few warriors do this, and their email marketing is ok, but after a few months of testing, you can see what works. But having a list and email list of clients, and people who can take you up on samples can bring you to $5k a month income pretty fast. That is if you are a fairly decent writer....no doubt.

you can use talent and income some extra money at freelancing site or warrior forum also blog site you can do.

Why didn't you come in Fiverr.com? You can be the Great writter and earn a lot of money with your service at there!

You should write your own books on Kindle. Start a new story line, price the first one at $0.00 (perma-free) and get to work.

This isn't my career, but I freelance edit and write on fiverr and reached up to 1,000 dollars a month. It's a great supplemental income source, with full-time potential! After a year of experience and 500+ positive ratings, I put together a how-to article that I have a feeling you'll find pretty helpful: How to Earn an Extra $600+ a Month Using Fiverr

I also highly suggest you create a blog, and after you get a good following, create ebooks and make them available to your audience. (It's obviously easier said than done, but it can be done if you're willing to put the work in ^_^)