Higher pay for writing articles...

I forget the names of those sites, but I do remember the ones that paid $50 per article were very selective, and they were on very technical topics. If you're looking to make money for writing articles and stuff, it might be a good idea for you to focus on branding yourself as a ghostwriter instead of publishing stuff on free sites.

You might want to check out Tiffany Lambert's (formally Tiffany Dow) Ghostwriting Cash (.com) course. In addition to learning how to do basic ghostwriting business stuff, you also learn how to run ghostwriting specials and stuff like that.

Good luck,
Joey

You can also try reselling writing services from one forum to another. Some people make a decent profit flipping fiverr writing gigs.

You can contact customers that pay a customized amount.

iWriter : Article Writing Service | Get Content For Your Website, Cheap! is a good place to start, if you're good at writing you can "grow" and get to choose higher paid jobs. The site works pretty smooth, the best writers are paid well (based on reviews and feedback) while the average writers is paid about $3 per article.

Actually, I've only tried oDesk, Freelacer and Elance among many outsourcing sites. I have acquired good-paying clients from oDesk and Elance but never on Freelancer. I abandoned my Freelancer account already, actually.

I get more clients from oDesk than Elance, however. Sometimes, I'm lucky to get high-paying clients from oDesk. Sometimes, they are only willing to pay $0.01 per word.

Have you tried any of those three outsourcing sites, Joseph?

You may want to check out this thread here on the forum; some people recently listed content sites in response to this post, too.

I would suggest you try to become a ghostwriter (the warrior forum can be a great place to sell your services). From there you can break the market at a low price and raise it as you build a reputation (I can charge 4-5 times more now, then when I started ghostwriting a couple of years ago).

If you can write great content then you can make that kind of money. If you can't then clients on such sites won't accept garbage. Try "Writer Access".

I have recently revamped a book on this very topic so pm me if you want a preview.

(not pushing...but he did ask)

I am a former news reporter and made a living writing for about 20 years.

Today, I make my living as a full-time online marketer via ebooks and selling hard goods via ecommerce sites.

I love to write; it was my life, but the market is so poor, I have dropped out of the game, as have a legion of my fellow journalists and copywriters. A researched, quality article takes at least three hours to write and revise. I can't work for minimum wage.

$50 for a quality article is far too little, unless you are willing to crank out crap.

That's the long answer.

The short answer: today's freelance writing market is dead, unless you want to work for pennies.

You can get assignments on elance or guru.com for $50 articles, but in order to satisfy a demanding customer, you will have many rewrites and will spend 5 to 7 hours to get them to approve it.

Not worth it for me.

You asked a question; this is my experience. Maybe others can paint a prettier picture.

That's why I am out of the writing biz.

But, you are not the target customer.

Bill, The site looks somewhat like fiverr. I will give it a try all the same and see how it goes.

Joseph

Is is worth specialising in one topic, so you become an expert in one specific field. People will always pay more money for something that requires technical knowledge. You want to become to 'go to' guy for dentist articles, or virus removing software articles or.....you get the idea. This is just my thoughts, I could be wrong.

Phil

That's what I'm looking for! Thanks

You can bid on the freelancer.com there you can get this types of projects.

Here is a comprehensive list of 45 websites that pay $50 or more to contribute an article

45+ Websites that will Pay You to Write

That being said, if you're going to have a shot at them, I'd suggest that you tighten up on your grammar.

i charge $25 for 500 words. the articles are basic and informative. no real research and then i outsource it to fiverr. i make 70%-80% net.