Best Sites for Freelance Writing?

by J Bold
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Ok, so I was commenting in another thread and this got me thinking.

Offering a writing service in the Warriors for Hire section has probably become more competitive and a lot of writers who saw a lot of interest in their services before are probably not seeing as much these days.

Also, some sites which before had a lot of articles and a lot of opportunities for even average writers are just not the same anymore. If you want to make money freelance writing for upfront payment for specific sites, it's not as easy as it used to be, in my opinion. Or is it?

I still think it's a viable option if you need definite money when just starting in IM, to write for hire, but what is everyone else finding the best sites for freelance writing are, now?

I know of Demand Studios, but my friend who still writes for them says he goes in there to look at titles and just can't find anything to write like he used to be able to do. Demand used to be my favorite freelance writing site, but no longer.

I know of iwriter, but the rates are outlandishly low if you're American, as in $1.62 for a 300 word article, or something like that. It's obviously going to make more sense for someone from India or PI, and if you are from those countries go for it, but c'mon, for the standard of living in the U.S. that's just not going to cut it and it's practically obscene to write there.

Then there's sites like Constant Content, Break Studios and others.

Someone mentioned needanarticle and I checked it out but the "apply to write" link just takes you to their support page, and their website seemed extremely unorganized and confusing.

I just think it would help anyone and everyone who wants to do some freelance writing, the best places to go and make some money writing articles and such.

So, share any other sites you've had luck with or you can even comment on luck or lack thereof you've had with the sites I've already mentioned.
#freelance #sites #writing
  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    I guess nobody really cares, ha ha.

    Another one I thought of was Writeswap. Not used it but it's a fiverr-like site but for writing gigs only.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnWiz
      Have you thought of finding clients offline?

      You can easily compile a list of local businesses in your area (probably hundreds) who might need a freelance writer, spend a day emailing or calling them up, demonstrate value to those interested, and instantly get your schedule booked for weeks and months on end.

      Best part is, based on my past experience, the rates are much better than these online freelance sites.

      Of course, you also need to market and 'position' yourself to command fees much higher than the few measly bucks.

      -John
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Callen
    Hi, iWriter is actually not as low as appears. Standard writer rates are indeed low, but it doesn't take long to be promoted to premium and elite writer status. In which case, you're going to get paid more there than other writing websites. Until yesterday we didn't display premium and elite writer requests to standard writers, but now when you login, you can see the premium and elite jobs and can see how much they pay. This way you'll know exactly the payment you'll receive per article once you're promoted.

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    • Profile picture of the author wordwizard
      Check Jenn Dize's WSO's - she has one on good sites to write for, and you might find
      something that works for you. And then, she also has a product called "Beyond PLR"!

      Great stuff! Highly recommended.
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      • Profile picture of the author J Bold
        Originally Posted by wordwizard View Post

        Check Jenn Dize's WSO's - she has one on good sites to write for, and you might find
        something that works for you. And then, she also has a product called "Beyond PLR"!

        Great stuff! Highly recommended.
        Ya I know plenty of WSOs with this info, thanks. Just thought it'd be nice to have a thread in the general forum with people's real opinions on certain sites and perhaps reveal some places that most of us wouldn't have heard about it.

        Do you have any sites you could recommend?
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        • Profile picture of the author richrowley
          I think there's a lot of opportunity with oDesk. I spend quite a lot on this site and I pay quite a lot for writers. Sometimes $6-8 for a 400 word article as long as its good.

          However I think writing for an offline client is incredible. I have written for many offline clients and the profits are much larger than any freelance site.

          Imagine writing 5 articles for $100 and posting these to 10 directories. You could do this yourself or outsource it and many offline companies would love the content floating around the web.
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    Thanks for the responses but it wasn't necessarily for myself, more for the forum. I just thought it would be a useful thread to see some talk on freelance writing sites and perhaps any sites I hadn't heard of.

    So Brad, if you come back here, would you mind sharing with the forum what a a writer promoted to "elite" status gets paid for a 300 word and a 500 world article?

    Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author Brad Callen
      Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

      Thanks for the responses but it wasn't necessarily for myself, more for the forum. I just thought it would be a useful thread to see some talk on freelance writing sites and perhaps any sites I hadn't heard of.

      So Brad, if you come back here, would you mind sharing with the forum what a a writer promoted to "elite" status gets paid for a 300 word and a 500 world article?

      Thanks
      Hey, it can vary a lot. The way it works is that requesters (when selecting premium or elite articles) input how much they're willing to pay for a 500 (or however large they want) word article. We set the minimum, but leave it up to the requester to determine the amount.

      The more they pay, the faster it's usually picked up by a writer. So, there's an incentive for requesters to pay more than the minimum.

      You can go to iwriter and create a free account and then click on the "write article" link on the top of the site. Then you can see exactly what prices everyone gets.

      The projects highlighted in blue are for elite writers. Yellow are for premium and elite. And everything else is for Standard.

      Hope that helps!

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    • Profile picture of the author nellterry
      wiseGEEK pays $10 an article and requires a long testing period, but they pay for your test articles even if they don't take you. Textbroker is a site many freelancers are using, pays more than iwriter, but not much unless you are on at least Level 4 or 5, so it's not that great. Demand dried up, obviously. There's Merchant Circle, Search Influence is rumored to pay well, Cloudcrowd, WriterAccess (doesn't have much work unless you get on Love Lists), and sites like Break Studios that have really specialized articles for guys mostly. I can't really write about how to fix a transmission, sooo...

      Anyway, many getting started use sites like these. Another good option is to Google blogs that pay for guest posts. But the single best way to get writing work online is by building a list of private clients. Similar to building a list in IM, your private clients are your goldmine. Once you have one, you can send emails running specials, etc. to keep the work flowing. I do this and I'm always overbooked...

      The best thing I think a writer starting out online can do is put up a simple writing website with samples and a contact form, do some free work for testimonials and put those on the site, and then do some serious forum marketing. Pretty cheap way to get going - just pay for the domain name, hosting, and you're in business.

      This all hinges, of course, on actually being a good writer.

      Hope this helps someone...
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      • Profile picture of the author J Bold
        Originally Posted by nellterry View Post

        wiseGEEK pays $10 an article and requires a long testing period, but they pay for your test articles even if they don't take you. Textbroker is a site many freelancers are using, pays more than iwriter, but not much unless you are on at least Level 4 or 5, so it's not that great. Demand dried up, obviously. There's Merchant Circle, Search Influence is rumored to pay well, Cloudcrowd, WriterAccess (doesn't have much work unless you get on Love Lists), and sites like Break Studios that have really specialized articles for guys mostly. I can't really write about how to fix a transmission, sooo...

        Anyway, many getting started use sites like these. Another good option is to Google blogs that pay for guest posts. But the single best way to get writing work online is by building a list of private clients. Similar to building a list in IM, your private clients are your goldmine. Once you have one, you can send emails running specials, etc. to keep the work flowing. I do this and I'm always overbooked...

        The best thing I think a writer starting out online can do is put up a simple writing website with samples and a contact form, do some free work for testimonials and put those on the site, and then do some serious forum marketing. Pretty cheap way to get going - just pay for the domain name, hosting, and you're in business.

        This all hinges, of course, on actually being a good writer.

        Hope this helps someone...

        Great post, nellterry, I am sure that will help someone!

        I am not sure I have ever heard of wisegeek. And a lot of those other sites you mentioned are new to me, as well, so I'm sure they'd be new to many!

        I've heard of a few of the standard ones thrown about, so it's awesome to hear some new ones.

        Ya, Demand did dry up, definitely, for sure.

        I agree with anyone that says to build up your own clientele to get paid much more and if helps to be a good writer.

        But I think some people just need that boost to get them started and are looking for the most simple solution in the beginning. I don't think many writers should get stuck at some of these freelance sites and getting less when they could get more if they just marketed themselves a little, but I think that some people maybe just want a little extra cash, and others just need a boost to get started and later on will get away from writing for freelance sites.

        So it's cool to know as many as possible for which you can write.
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        • Profile picture of the author nellterry
          Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

          Great post, nellterry, I am sure that will help someone!

          I am not sure I have ever heard of wisegeek. And a lot of those other sites you mentioned are new to me, as well, so I'm sure they'd be new to many!

          I've heard of a few of the standard ones thrown about, so it's awesome to hear some new ones.

          Ya, Demand did dry up, definitely, for sure.

          I agree with anyone that says to build up your own clientele to get paid much more and if helps to be a good writer.

          But I think some people just need that boost to get them started and are looking for the most simple solution in the beginning. I don't think many writers should get stuck at some of these freelance sites and getting less when they could get more if they just marketed themselves a little, but I think that some people maybe just want a little extra cash, and others just need a boost to get started and later on will get away from writing for freelance sites.

          So it's cool to know as many as possible for which you can write.
          Totally agree. I threw out the names of some content mills that I had luck with in the past since you asked, but you're right, the best way is to market yourself and do the writing thing on your own. It's surprisingly easy, too, I went from 0 clients about a month ago to 20 clients currently, and I just put up a simple html site and did some forum marketing. I mean that's it. So it can be done.

          And I TOTALLY agree about the low-paying content sites. It's why I noted the pay on the ones I mentioned. No one trying to make money with their writing online should EVER start at one of these - especially certain ones that start off paying $2 an article. Even if there is the *promise* of more lucrative work (like $8 articles) to come. Writers can do it themselves and START OFF making $10-$12 for each short article, then up their prices as they build their client list.

          I'm proof. It CAN be done, and really fast. I already had 13 clients by the time I hit the 2 week mark.

          It's just that people who work so hard for so little end up in a hamster wheel, they keep working and working to get very little money coming in, so they don't have time to look for better paying gigs - or research branching out into IM like I am doing right now.
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  • Profile picture of the author NddS777
    Hi,

    Just putting it out there:

    I pay my high-quality content writers $2-3/100w, and am always looking for more...

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  • Profile picture of the author deannatroupe
    I have had pretty good results with seoclerks.com which is a site like fiverr. The only difference is you get to set your price and the work is just SEO related.
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  • Profile picture of the author Blogger2012
    I think that some Best Sites for Freelance Writing can be like blogger.com and also a new site whose name is corlif.com. blogger.com belongs to Google where as corlif.com is a new & fresh website which apart from Social Networking, also provides it's members with a feature of Desktop e-Journal for writing blog posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author onegoodman
    If the writing task is article, I guess fiverr and sites like fiver probably are the most affordable and reasonable solution.

    If you looking for Press Release writing, I would say some of warriors here doing a good and affordable job. You can find more professional on elance, but is really costy (PR writing goes to $500 but these are real pros with outstanding writing skills and portfolios, like journalist, ... etc)
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  • Profile picture of the author Challendge
    I agree. Elance is a good avenue. Create a profile and make it appealing. There are over 150,000 clients looking to hire contractors for work and writing is in very high demand.
    You'd be surprised as to how much work a writer can find on Elance.
    The key is to not be cheap. Pay $10/month for the individual plan, use the connects to bid on jobs and, once you build up your profile and portfolio, sit back and watch the jobs come to you!
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    • Profile picture of the author nellterry
      Originally Posted by challendge View Post

      I agree. Elance is a good avenue. Create a profile and make it appealing. There are over 150,000 clients looking to hire contractors for work and writing is in very high demand.
      You'd be surprised as to how much work a writer can find on Elance.
      The key is to not be cheap. Pay $10/month for the individual plan, use the connects to bid on jobs and, once you build up your profile and portfolio, sit back and watch the jobs come to you!
      I'm on Elance and I didn't really have that experience at all. If you have a great profile and a great record, and then you write a great proposal, you MAY get a job here and there. But the overwheaming majority of people posting on there are looking for article writing work done REALLY inexpensively. Like $50 for a 10-pack of 500+ word articles inexpensively. There were always people in other countries willing to do work for way less than me (and my rates were meager at the time), so I was always outbid.

      Now, that was just my experience, maybe you or others have had better luck. But I know for a fact you can't just sit on Elance and "watch the jobs come to you," you have to be proactive to get a lot of the work there.

      I still think that having your own site and marketing is better than Elance or any of the other bidding sites. Just throwing that out there!
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      • Profile picture of the author Challendge
        I completely agree. I stated that jobs will come to you after you have built a solid profile with a great portfolio. Until then, you're definitely in hunting mode.

        Even if Elance is not your only or main source of income, it should be in your arsenal.
        There is no get rich quick strategy and you have to work your butt off for everything.
        I know many writers who have succeeded on Elance and some that haven't just like any other business strategy.
        I'm glad that you are doing well with self-marketing and I wish you all the best!
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    • Profile picture of the author nshadab
      Originally Posted by challendge View Post

      I agree. Elance is a good avenue. Create a profile and make it appealing. There are over 150,000 clients looking to hire contractors for work and writing is in very high demand.
      You'd be surprised as to how much work a writer can find on Elance.
      The key is to not be cheap. Pay $10/month for the individual plan, use the connects to bid on jobs and, once you build up your profile and portfolio, sit back and watch the jobs come to you!
      he suggested you the best. i thinks that's the best option,

      elance is a good choice.

      i have hired writers for some of my projects from
      elance.com
      odesk.com
      freelancer.com

      i found elance is the best with quality providers.

      at such kind of websites i also fall pray of some cheap writers, but quality speaks itself.

      elance offers a free profile initial stage, and if you feel like you can move to paid subscription.
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  • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
    I'm just not a big fan of writing for upfront payment.

    I do feel that upfront payment is the "safer" option, and for those with IMMEDIATE income requirement (I know, we ALL do...)...however, if at all possible, I'd encouraging others very highly to diversify into residual writing if at all possible. On one hand, writing for residuals can take a bit more time for articles to mature and it also requires skill that typically comes from trial and error, although, if one has the time to "figure it all out", it can be extremely lucrative.

    I've literally written 2 articles this month, while I'm engrossed in complex operations here in Kuwait, and those residuals keep coming.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Coutts
    Originally Posted by redicelander View Post


    So, share any other sites you've had luck with or you can even comment on luck or lack thereof you've had with the sites I've already mentioned.
    The best paying freelance writing site I know of online is Distilled (distilled.co.uk).

    They are British, but they have a US presence too. They typically pay 60 UK pounds for a short article of at least 500 words, and around 100 UK pounds for a longer one of about 750 words.

    I have been paid the equivilent of around $150 per article many times with them, so they are worth considering. They are very particular about who they take on, understandably, and you will be tested initially. They don't tend to have a lot of work available, but only several articles with them a month adds up to a nice side income.

    Go to this link: SEO jobs and other roles at Distilled and look for 'Freelance Writers' in the right-hand column. That link takes you to their online application form.

    I also made this post some time back about how I broke out of the $5 an article treadmill. This is the easiest way I know to earn a sensible amount as an article writer:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post4967505

    I hope this helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author minisite
    This is an awesome thread with many awesome ideas and most of them are certainly doable.
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  • Profile picture of the author vybz
    Fiverr and other micro job sites are a great way to get new leads and get your 'foot in the door' IMO. If someone orders your work and likes it, chances are that he will want more work done in the future. Try posting on as many popular job sites as you can to maximize your reach.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarkar1990
    Which are the places where I should look for some decent paying writing gigs. I want a place somewhat like Textbroker but something which accepts worlwide authors and is not location restricted.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Coutts
      Originally Posted by sarkar1990 View Post

      Which are the places where I should look for some decent paying writing gigs. I want a place somewhat like Textbroker but something which accepts worlwide authors and is not location restricted.
      As I said in my last post, Distilled.co.uk has one of the highest payment plans for article writing. They pay the equivilent of just over $93 for a 500 word article. Is that "decent paying" enough for you?

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    • Profile picture of the author textbroker
      Originally Posted by sarkar1990 View Post

      Which are the places where I should look for some decent paying writing gigs. I want a place somewhat like Textbroker but something which accepts worlwide authors and is not location restricted.
      Hi Sarkar,
      We just launched textbroker.co.uk last month, and anyone from anywhere can register and write there.
      Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author Challendge
      Originally Posted by Chris Ditfort View Post

      Try Fiverr.com
      It amazes me the different things/services you will find on that site for only $5 bucks. I'll pay $5 bucks for some of those services anyday!

      As for writers, I've never hired one from there so I wouldn't know the quality.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I wrote for Demand for awhile. They used to have subject titles in areas I needed to research anyway, so I was killing two birds with one stone. They are NOT someone I would consider writing for again under any circumstances even if they could supply relevant work - which they no longer seem to be able to do since Panda slapped the crap out of them. The services that used writers because they are content farms aren't doing very well anymore. Frankly - research for me has become a lot easier since panda and despite the fact I made a few little bucks here and again using Demand, I was kinda glad they got smacked. Having their crap stuck all over the first pages of anything I researched was frustrating my efforts to make any real money.

    My suggestion to new writers is that you might want to check out a few of the writing services just to find out where you stand as a competitor in the field. Then get the hell out fast before you fall into the trap of getting paid so low for your time that you have to spend all of your time hustling a buck and never get to do anything really productive. Other than keeping a few well paying clients around for general purposes and to diversify your resources - sell what you are writing as PLR or put it in a report or ebook form and sell it on your own pages or on kindle where you can make a small amount over and over again. Your earnings from it will add up to a lot more than you can make from one source in the long run if you can actually hold water as a writer. If you are selling a decent article via a service for 5 bucks - and you can sell that same article 5 to 10 times or more as PLR for 5 bucks, you are winning the game.

    Some people think working "smart" instead of "hard" is the difference between working in a factory vs online. That's not even starting to be true. You can still work hard instead of smart in your own chosen field if you start falling into low payout service traps. It might take you a little more time to write something you can make money from on your own, but in the long run, you will make more per time spent and be able to move up more quickly if you start out working smart right from the get go.
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  • Profile picture of the author YasirYar
    You should definitely consider vWorker.com: How work gets done. Guaranteed! . I know people who put up their own articles on Triond - Publish Writing, Poetry, Music, Video & Content Online also - you can integrate your adsense account with it and if people click on ads alongside your article, you get paid a small amount. It's good to have random stuff up there, stuff that you could see become popular in the future. Sadly most buyers of articles etc are willing to sacrifice on quality to save a few bucks, so there is not usually that much money in the field.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony J Namata
    I'll tell you what. Plug your writing skills to businesses in your local area. Physically. Well, you can call to pitch them and then follow-up with a letter, whatever, but I think your local area, if you can grab a niche to write for...here's one example: the travel industry! You should get regular work.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Copy Warriors
    Three immutable laws of making decent money off your writing:

    1. If you want to write articles, pitch to editors.

    When internet marketers say they're looking for "writers," they're really looking for people to do a kind of glorified data entry job: getting as many keywords into a page as possible. They might claim they're looking for "quality articles" or whatever, but in reality, they just want keywords to bump their SEO, and for the most part, the people who do this job for them are just cramming these keywords in to a 60%+ pre-written template and then spinning it. Rail against this all you want, but most IMers don't really have the budget to hire people who write decent content, so their business was never yours to lose in the first place. There are a handful of exceptions, but a general rule is that you're better off pitching to editors at publications than trying to make it providing articles for IMers.

    2. If you love internet marketing and see writing as your start in this business, learn copywriting.

    Yes, you can make decent money by taking internet marketers as clients, but it's not by writing articles for them. It's by writing their sales copy. Learn more about this by reading the copywriting sub-forum.

    3. In the long run, you're going to want to learn to write video scripts.

    Without question, video is what's booming in marketing right now, and the future of writing as a profession probably involves more script writing than content writing or even sales page copywriting.
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  • Profile picture of the author lastreporter
    Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

    Ok, so I was commenting in another thread and this got me thinking.

    Offering a writing service in the Warriors for Hire section has probably become more competitive and a lot of writers who saw a lot of interest in their services before are probably not seeing as much these days.

    Also, some sites which before had a lot of articles and a lot of opportunities for even average writers are just not the same anymore. If you want to make money freelance writing for upfront payment for specific sites, it's not as easy as it used to be, in my opinion. Or is it?
    What I am going to tell you is not what many want to hear.

    I am a professional journalist with 20 years of writing experience and have been paid as much as $5,000 for an investigative article. That was in 1998.

    Today, there is no market for freelancers or professional writers that pays well. In fact, most freelancers that advertise on this board are fighting for the bottom by offering their services for about $5 or less -- per 500 words. Plus, they relinquish all rights.

    Reality Check


    This is not to demean them, but most of the so-called freelance writers that advertise here or on the many sites you mentioned (1) have few or no credentials, (2) live in a country where $1 buys three bags of groceries -- or (3) they are running outsource sweatshops in such countries taking their cut off the top.

    That's the way I analyze it.

    There are some credentialed and experienced freelancers that make money pumping out PLR, or have some steady clients that like their work and pay them a bit more -- topping out at $75 an article. There are some exceptions, but all in all, the market is cheap and overrun with third-world providers and buyers who are willing to pay little and settle for less.

    Sorry... .

    Kindle Publishing

    In my case, I now exclusively write original e-books 99% non-fiction for Kindle. I have been doing so since 2009. It has paid off handsomely. I am making a living off of my monthly royalties.

    However, I research, write and edit my books 6.5 days a week and a minimum of 30% bomb and don't sell well -- no matter how I promote them.

    Forget about the Kindle get rich reports you see touted here and elsewhere. You can make an income writing e-books, but you (1) must be good; (2) must work like a dog; (3) must find a niche you know and care about and (4) forget about getting rich quick.

    If you want to build a long-term passive income; if you want to get paid what you are worth; let the market decide by publishing your work on Kindle.

    If you want to join the crowd of article freelancers working for peanuts writing about subjects they could care less about, continue looking for gold among the leaden and dead freelance market.

    That's how I see it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Webpromotion
    If you want to write and get paid top dollar for your articles you must:

    1) have a very professional and presentable standalone website.
    A sales thread at WF does not count.
    2) You must have articles that have been published on real magazines and
    authority sites (about.com does not count). If you do not have that, then write
    free and submit to real world magazines. Do anything to get published.
    3) Make your writing portfolio as good as you can. Have someone else read your stuff and critique it.... then fix it. Polish it. Pick a niche but be ready to step outside of it too.

    If you stay at the level of writing for blogs--- your money will be severely limited.
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  • Profile picture of the author jphilips
    Elance is my favorite. I can usually get $10 per average 500-700 word article and if I can't I just won't do the gig. Elance does charge to bid on jobs but it isn't much. It is very hard to make decent money even for top writers because so many people are willing to pay for junk at low prices.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hemingway
    One site that is garbage is freelancer.com. They allow you to bid on jobs, and the marketers go with the cheapest rate. Usually the cheapest writer is someone from a foreign country willing to work for peanuts. The truth is, quality content is becoming more and more important. Google is cracking down on sites spewing bad content. The need for a good native English speaker and writer with actual experience is more important than ever. Marketers and websites can go to these bad sites to find the low quality freelance writers. However, they lose more money in the long run by compromising their ranking status and online reputation. It's like anything in this world. You pay more up front for quality, and save a whole lot more over time.
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    Thanks for all the responses.

    The main point of this thread was to find places where even average writers can write articles for a quick buck for those who need a boost in their IM efforts to start or who can't wait for possible sales of products they create but just want a place where they could get a few hundred in a week just writing articles.

    So, I got some great new recommendations where I can point people to if they are looking for that. Obviously those content farms are not guaranteed money anymore for average writers. Thanks everyone for that!

    As for the issue of getting more out of your writing, I agree most of these kind of sites, even the ones I've looked for suggestions for, are bottom-feeding in terms of the payment and in terms of the type of writers they allow to submit articles.

    I would never recommend anyone stay writing on one of these sites for more than a month or two, believe me that. But it's nice to know those places where people can go and make a few bucks even if they are not Pulitzer prize winners.
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  • Profile picture of the author fahmi22
    All I need traffic to my blog and writing for freelance. Can you mention more sites for freelance writing please?
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Miller
    I advice you to make a detail research. Search on the internet for a new information (different forums, blogs, directories etc.). You will find a lot of different resources there.
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  • Profile picture of the author cassandraw
    Textbroker is a pretty good writing site, especially if you start out at level 4. Level 3, on the other hand doesn't have much work most times.
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  • Profile picture of the author nudelkuchen
    i guess its fiverr.com
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  • Profile picture of the author CyborgX
    Elance
    oDesk | Outsource to Freelancers
    iFreelance.com
    ScriptLance.com
    GAF
    RentaCoder
    Guru

    are the large freelance websites
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  • Profile picture of the author magiclouie
    Originally Posted by J Bold View Post

    So, share any other sites you've had luck with or you can even comment on luck or lack thereof you've had with the sites I've already mentioned.
    Have you tried this one buddy, Application to Write | The Content Authority by any chance?

    I haven't tried applying there as a writer but I have tried ordering few articles and so far I am very much satisfied.

    Thanks,
    Louie Tugas
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