Best Sites for Freelance Writing?

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.

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.

Brad

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

Hi,

Just putting it out there:

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

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.

Sites for writing gigs:

Freelance writing work, freelance writers job, job for writers,essay writers,online writing jobs
Write for About.com - Freelance writing jobs, work at home
Articles for Sale
Articles for Sale
Writing Jobs, Freelance Writing, Jobs for Writers, Online Freelance Writing and Online Writing Opportunities
http://www.animationarena.com/arenawriter.
html
https://publish.associatedcontent.com/signup.shtml
Write For Us
Blue Mountain Arts :: About Us :: Writer's Guidelines
Bright Hub Writers Wanted - Overview
Join Bukisa
http://www.constantcontent.
com/area/registerauthor.htm
Write for ConsumerSearch | ConsumerSearch.com
DailyArticle.com
https://www.demandstudios.com/applic...ml?role=Writer
http://www.developertutorials.com/pay-pertut.
php
http://digitaljournal.com/user/signup.php
https://forms.ehow.com/register.aspx

There's a ton of sites. I would check out "Elite Content Cash". It lists most of them (where I got those links from). Hope this helps!

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.

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)

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 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.

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.

John.

This is an awesome thread with many awesome ideas and most of them are certainly doable.

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.

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.

Try Fiverr.com

www.iwriter.com

The Content Authority

www.constant-content.com

www.fiverr.com

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

All I need traffic to my blog and writing for freelance. Can you mention more sites for freelance writing please?

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.

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.

i guess its fiverr.com

Elance
oDesk | Outsource to Freelancers
iFreelance.com
ScriptLance.com
GAF
RentaCoder
Guru

are the large freelance websites

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