How to make between $612-$962.25 writing articles in 1 month...

Ok...

Thought I'd update everyone with my article writing experiment... Basically, wanted to see 'how much' money it would be possible to make, by working fairly hard at it. (This is simply writing articles for other people, not doing my own article marketing or anything like that)... (For 'reference', I "made" about $919.63 last month. I wanted to continue this experiment for another month to see if it would grow significantly, but it seems to have remained around the same amount...)

Anyways...

Basically I "made" $612 as of today's date (or $962.25, waiting for an additional payment of about $300, the work has been completed, just waiting for payment)... for approximately one months "work"... I probably spent about 60 hours doing that... (maybe a bit less, I didn't track it as much this time, so it is a bit of a guess. Maybe 40 hours). But basically about $10.20/hour, or $16.04/hour)... Not necessarily any 'sexy' amount, but here is what I figured out.

Conclusions:

1. It is possible to make money writing for other people.
2. You will actually need to 'work' at it.
3. You probably won't get super rich at it (i.e., no get rich quick scheme here). But, you can make a 'basic' living at it if you wish.
4. Most of the people you will write for will be great, but you will get the occasional idiot (i.e., someone who is 'upset' that they 'have' to pay for quality, and can't talk you down to $1/hour -- and someone that accepts your work, but then tries to talk you down again -- just exceptionallly 'cheap' individuals, not 'thrifty' -- but literally just cheap so that you won't want to work with them again because of their personality). But again, there are still some great people you 'meet'. You also do get some idiots that make outrageous requests and/or demands. (I.e., write a 100 page fully edited, fully researched, book, be of publisher quality, etc, for $100 or less). When I see that, I think it is really funny.
5. It is exceptionally competitive. You actually do have people that are willing to work the equivalent of anywhere from $1-$5/hour. The quality may not be that great (or even good), but not everyone cares. (Some people just want to plaster content on their websites in the hopes of getting a few ad cents here and there, so $2-3/article works for them). And you will most likely be competing with 'teams' of writers from India, and other teams that don't necessarily write quality content (but rip it off from other sources)...

So.........

Would I continue to do this? Probably at least a bit, because it is kind of fun. Would I recommend that you do this? If you need some quick cash, then yes, I recommend it. If you love writing, and are perfectly happy sitting at home, watching t.v., playing the occassional computer game, and eating/sleeping/going to the washroom when you feel like it, then yes, I would say it is good... But if you are looking for 'financial' freedom, then I would say it might be a bit challenging/difficult. It will give you some financial freedom (obviously with the extra cash you make), but you would basically need to work at it/work fairly hard to probably make more than $30k/year...

So was it a good experience? Definitely yes. Although the money wasn't necessarily 'spectacular', I did learn a number of things (including learning about a lot of different topics I probably would have never thought to have researched on my own)...

Would I recommend it? If you are new to IM, and want to get your feet wet, then definitely yes... When you make your first "dollar" online, it will be a great feeling. Of course, you can then start to do something else , but this is 'one' way of actually 'making' money.

Anyways, hope this helps!

Thanks,

Johnathan