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2. Did you know that if you have good writing
skills, you could be making a living as a
Content Writer?
A content writer is someone who
creates written work that are to be
published to the masses, usually for
profit, but not always. I have a
more extensive definition of a
content writer and how content
writing is a big deal.
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3. Let’s look at how you can get into the
lucrative business of being a content
writer.
How To Start Making Money
Writing From Home
Here are the 7 examples of making money writing from home:

4. Sell articles: Writing articles and selling
the rights to people who want and need
content. Make A Living Writing came up
with this handy list of 10+ Best Websites To
Sell Your Articles On.
1.

5. Creating articles and putting them
in a pool: You can give access to clients
who want to go through themselves and
pick whatever articles they want. You can
charge a recurring fee or by the article.
2.

6. Create newsletters: Online or
offline, good newsletters with a
high readership are ripe for people
who want to pay to advertise in
them.
3.

7. Affiliate websites: Pick items you’ve
purchased, OR (better yet) do research on the
hottest selling items online. Write articles about
them and put them on a blog. Create affiliate
links to the products. Amazon is a very good
example of affiliate links. If anyone buys, you get
a commission.
4.

8. Ghostwriting: You write an article or a blog
post and charge someone else for it. They can
claim authorship of the article. This article
called The Ghostwriting Business by
Priceonomics focuses on novels and
autobiographies, but the same can apply to
high-profile bloggers, journalists and more.
5.

9. Think outside the box: Compose
poetry for weddings, write scripts for
commercials or videos, write ebooks
and sell online, write a blog and sell ad
space – the sky is the limit.
6.

10. Flip a website: Create a website, fill it
with useful content, drive traffic to it and
sell it. Depending on the website, you can
sell them as high as tens of thousands of
dollars. In fact, there is an entire website
dedicated to flipping websites
7.

11. With Google Adsense, you need a website or blog. Install
some code into your blog and the ads will automatically
appear. Put great content on it and drive traffic to it.
A couple other things you can do is using Google
Adsense and writing articles to market your
writing abilities.

12. You can earn money with either
impressions or clicks. Impressions are
when someone opens the page and
potentially looks at the ad; clicks are
when someone actually clicks on the ad.
!
You make more money when they click
on the ad. You need a substantial
amount of traffic to make a full-time
income, but, it is good for some extra
money if you have a site with a lot of
traffic going to it.

13. Check out this list
of top 50 article
directories by
traffic done by
VRE (Virtual Real
Estate) Toolbar.
Next, if you want to advertise yourself as a content
writer, you can submit to article directories.

14. You write about your area
of expertise. At the bottom
of the page, you fill in an
Author resource box. This
contains your name and a
link to your site.
!
People can contact you.
These articles can be
picked up and syndicated
all over the internet,
especially if they are very
good.
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15. How Do Content Writers
Become the Best? Find Out

16. What does that mean for you?
Not long ago, people would write or spin mediocre
content and stuff it with keywords in order to get a
higher ranking in the search engines, namely,
Google.
!
Google has since undergone several sophisticated
algorithm changes, making it nearly impossible to
rank at the top five with mediocre content.

17. As a content writer, it is all
the more important that you
write well.
!
Every piece of written
content you produce is a
representation of how good
(or not) or a content writer
you are.
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18. Most importantly, your post has to keep
people reading. In the information age,
people have a terribly short attention span.
Hold their attention, keep it and you will be
writing your own checks. Which is probably
the best thing you could write.
Your writing needs to be compelling,
well-written, and shareable.

19. There are some choice examples in Robert Beadle’s
article, “How to Write Persuasive, Compelling Website
Copy That Sells, Without Appearing to be Selling.”

20. Please do not feel that “OK” writing will cut it. It won’t.
Not anymore. But I know that if you have read this far,
you are a great content writer. Still, it pays (literally) to
become a better writer.
The internet is saturated with
mediocre writing.

21. Here are some
other tips I can
recommend so that
you can write like a
pro.
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22. Writers start as readers: Did you know
that 99% of millionaires have college
degrees? That the very educated are also
wealthy in many different ways? It is because
reading enriches your mind. Reading opens
you up to new ideas, new styles of writing
and connects you to others who have the
same interests.

23. Develop a system: If you write for a living,
eventually you will figure out little hacks that
are unique to you. From how you put together a
piece to where you like to write, developing a
system streamlines the process. This helps
because you don’t waste valuable time and
energy figuring out how to get things done; you
just sit down and do them.

24. Be clear and concise: Yes, we heard this a lot in
English class, but it is so true. You can reference this
section of the Writer’s Handbook from the
University of Wisconsin. When you are writing, stick
to the subject.
!
Unless your readership are rocket scientists, Harvard
scholars or novelists, don’t clutter your writing with
flowery language or dictionary-level vocabulary. Cut
it down like an overgrown bush.

25. Build a connection with your readers: If
you know your target audience, this should be
much easier. Oh, you don’t have a target
audience? Then sit and think about who you
want as a client. Then, think about sitting with
this person in a room. How would you talk to
them? What would you be doing? What
experiences do you share? Connect, connect,
connect.

26. Spell correctly and write grammar like
a boss: If your English teacher would faint at
the sight of your grammar and spelling, then
it is time to clean it up. Shoot for 100%
accuracy. This is a given. You aren’t texting,
you are writing.

27. Consider the forum: If you are writing on a blog, it is
different from writing a technical manual which is also
different from writing a status update. Also, you may have
more than one target audience you are writing for,
especially if you are writing for a client’s target audience.
!
Example? You would wouldn’t write, “Then I totally said
hey and blew that chick off. What u think?” in a newsletter
for senior citizens. They would think you had a stroke and
you were very rude about it. You don’t want that. This goes
back to connecting with your audience. You also want to
make sure you do not alienate them.

28. The Right Way to Being
Hired As A Content
Writer

29. !
If you are looking for work there are several things you
can do. But, before you do anything, you will need
samples of your work. The more the merrier. At least ten
quality blog posts or articles of 500 words is a good start.
If you say you are a writer, but you don’t have any
samples… well it doesn’t look too good.
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30. Once you got your blog posts or articles ready, you can start driving
traffic to your blog or profile. Be sure that you make it clear you are
looking to be hired. Social media is a good place to start, especially if
you have gotten good feedback about your work.

31. They all have places where you can advertise yourself as a blogger or
content producer. You can pick up work here pretty quickly,
especially if you start out by pricing competitively and raising your
prices AFTER getting good ratings under your belt.
There are faster ways.
You can reference oDesk, Elance or
Fiverr.

32. The single most important bit of advice that
I have to give as an author is to FOLLOW your
instinct.
If you get this feeling about someone, and it intensifies the more you deal with
them, WALK AWAY. There are plenty of honest, paying clients out there. Don’t
waste your time with people who are questionable.
I have heard horror stories from other content producers
on how they knew this particular client was shady or
stressed them out, yet they ignored their instinct because
the offer was too good to resist. They were left unpaid, or
worse.

33. !
If you are doing something right,
you will get to the point when you
will need some help. As nice as it
is to think that you can hire
someone, give them the work and
have it returned to you a couple
days later perfectly done, that is
not how it works.
!
Particularly if you have a small
budget. How do you find someone
to hire?
Hiring a content writer.
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34. Basically, you go to the same places that you looked for work
in the first place: Craigslist, Elance, Fiverr, oDesk.
!
When you get someone you are interested in...
This is important.
Ask them to write you a sample
in your niche.

35. Look at their ad they placed
when looking for work. You
wouldn’t believe how many
people advertise themselves
are writers who have ads that
look like they fell asleep on
the keyboard. Big red flag.
Actually, before you even do THAT
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36. Next, give them smaller assignments. You don’t want to give
them big, important assignments straightaway.
!
And finally, keep looking for writers, even if you have found
one you life. The writing business is very transient – people get
bigger jobs, personal issues arise, all kinds of things can happen to
keep someone from writing for you.

37. Whatever your strengths are in the written word,
you can find a niche and find good-paying work.
!
The key is to build your database of written work
that you can claim credit for, to continue to
improve your writing, and continue to market
yourself.

38. As your value goes up, increase your pricing. There are
plenty of places for you to find work as a content writer.
Getting creative can net you some side income, passive
income or recurring income.
!
Continue to up your game, and you could find yourself
being very well paid even as a pure content writer.

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by: Lawrence Tam