Rewriting PLR Content for Money?

I, personally, have PLR content re-written on occasion

Why don't you take it a step further. Instead of just offering to rewrite the content, why don't you also offer to improve/add to the content. I think that you could probably attract more people to your rewriting services, if the client knew they were getting an improved version.

Article spinners don't add value to the content... and depending on how it's spun, some value of the content could be lost.

But, if you're offering a service, where you add to the content and make it even better than what it was before, in addition to rewriting the content, you're giving people more reason to choose your services.

Thanks for the great comments here. You've kicked my thinking cap into motion. I'm not sure about what to charge for something like this, but I'll get it together.

go ahead and do it. PLR business is still rocking, make sure your products are of tough quality.

No. There is virtually no money in rewriting any content today. Unless you call $5 for 500-word articles money.

In fact, there is very little real money at all in writing anything these days. Most of the professional writers and journalists I know are out of the game for this reason.

The market is saturated with content providers from non-English speaking countries in sweat shops pumping out crap for pennies to buyers who think that this junk will somehow rank them with Google.

As a full-time writer myself, I make a living from Kindle and other marketing projects. I got into Kindle early and have about 200 titles. However, Amazon has make it tough for new writers to get in the search engines because it was bombarded with an avalanche of crap PLR rewrites and phoney 5-star reviews. Many of it inspired by WSOs touted on this site that were nothing more than a pure hustle.

After purging both, Amazon then added thousands of free books and a borrowing library to its Kindle section cutting the sales of many independent publishers and authors like me.

I still do ok, but sales are down 33 percent from same time last year.

So, writing content other than for selling your own product or service is an exercise in poverty. Just check out how many of the major news organizations like the New York Times and the Washington Post are losing millions and cutting their staffs. If the best can't make it, the least will starve trying.

Sorry for the bad news. But at least I'm giving it to you straight -- as I see it.

You'd better to offer rewriting services, people always need rewrites, I just bouht 55 rewrites, lol, so its an ever green niche.

there is definitely a niche, all you have to do is position your service so it looks appealing to that niche.

I think still big chance to rewrite PLR content. Just add your uniqueness to it.

Hi Michelle,

There's definitely money to be made with PLR. It's a fantastic way to kick start your internet success before you take your marketing up a level. Just recently, I created a whole funnel in a niche I knew nothing about with PLR. 2500 subscribers added to my list and over $1k in sales. Good way to make some fast cash or enter a new marketplace if your knowledge is limited. Hope that helps Kerry

Michelle

As a freelance writer myself, I understand what it's like to have clients up and disappear on you. Personally, I don't think there's any decent money in rewriting PLR - not worth the time and hassle to scrounge up low paying clients.

My advice would be that you seriously look into utilizing your writing talents to create a passive income source that doesn't rely on the fickle nature of freelance clients. This involves product creation.

I too have a Kindle account and have been steadily building up my earnings for the past year. I suggest you look into joining the Warrior Kindle Book Club on this site and beginning that process. You can create both fiction and non-fiction books that sell to niche buyers.

But, I also believe in multiple streams of income.

I have recently discovered another good income generator that involves some quick product creation (piece of cake for experienced writers). I'm just starting this weekend, but already very excited about the possibilities.

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Moving into product creation on platforms already filled with buyers is a good way to supplement (and eventually replace) your dependence on freelance writing. Yes, it is tougher to find good paying clients, but there are still some out there.

A third option is to sign up with Textbroker.com as a writer. They don't pay much, but you can earn fast cash and get paid each week if you are in a financial jam.

I hope these suggestions help.

Michelle,

This global economy has changed a lot of things. In the 9 to 5 world I used to be a full-time medical transcriptionist. When the outsourcing game increased, American transcriptionists lost big time as hospitals nationwide sent work to places like the Philippines and India. The cost savings were staggering for the hospitals, but with the increased work force and use of speech recognition software systems hospitals began cutting hourly wage staff demanding that American transcriptionists get with the new program of increased demands of productivity with less pay. It has gone from producing quality work to how much volume of work can you spit out per shift which heavily decreases the quality.

The writing community is going through the same thing. There will always be those willing to write for cheap coming from other nations where the cost of living is different from ours, it is just the way it is now, but you can still compete by offering quality. There are still people out there who will pay for quality.

The medical transcription world makes crazy money for CEOs but those at the bottom creating that income don't reap those benefits. It has been downgraded to slave wages. I have gone out on my own and placed out my own shingle to work for myself. I do medical transcription work and have broadened my transcription pool by doing general transcription, proofing, editing, and writing. You have to learn to adapt in order to continue to be profitable.

People in India and the Philippines are just offering a service just like I am. I was bitter and angry for a long time, because I lost two jobs that were really a high rate of pay with the standard medical insurance and benefits, but then I realized, they have to work too and if I were offered the same opportunity and I were in their shoes, I would take it.

This is business and in the world of business, you have to make yourself stand out from the pack. What can you offer that is different from the average writer? Offer something unique and establish a great reputation and I think you can make it.

P.S. I also use my writing for myself creating my own niche websites, blogs, videos, and Kindle books as well.

I'll check into the Warrior Kindle Book Club. I do have plans to write books this year, but the problem is deciding what to write about. In the meanwhile, I've got some popular PLR topics that I want to write about. My plan is to sell, instead of rewrite, PLR.

I know that there are still plenty of PLR re-writing gigs on Fiverr; it might be worth checking them out to see if they are still getting sales.

While there is clearly a demand, there are also thousands of people out there willing to meet the demand - many with very poor quality and cheap services which nonetheless sell.

If you are going to succeed you will need to come up with a very specific business plan which offers a unique writing service at an affordable price. Developing such a plan however and then getting it in front of your potential clients is harder now than it has probably ever been so it will take a lot of hard work, quite a bit of time and a sprinkling of luck.

I wish you success!