I am not a good writer, but I have good passion to write and improve my writing skills. I try to improve my writing skills by writing and reading. I have plan to join a freelance writing course too in the coming summer. Hope that will further provide some more skills to write. Writing is a skill and we need to know the basic underlying principles to create good content. Language is the tool of a successful writers. They know how, when and where to use it.
If you are good in writing, there are plenty of opportunities waiting for you. Of course, if you are sure that you will be successful in life as novelist, story writer, poet or journalist, you don't need to waste your time to read my blog anymore. I am not writing for such people. My target readers are those who want to utilize their leisure time for making some extra dollars. The concept of using our free-time creatively and at the same time profitably is the motivation behind this post.
Though basically same and possess many similarities, writing offline and online has many differences. For an offline writing job, you need to get a qualification from an institute where you learn some writing courses. I am not talking about gifted writers. It is unlikely to get an employment without proper qualification in a publishing media. There are freelance journalists, but again it takes almost a lifetime to create your reputation and name as a freelance journalist. To get acceptance and then get published is the most difficult part in freelance journalism.
If you have passion to write and something is driving you inside to write, but do not have time or interest to accept writing as a full-time profession, then online writing is the choice. There are many websites and blogs that require articles. Though some of them are not legit, we have a few reputed ones.
I can suggest oDesk, iWriter and Elance. These are some of the sites paying to their content contributors without complaints. You don't need to rely on only one information. Use your own judgment and make an internet research about these companies before you join. These sites have stringent requirements since you can earn more money by writing for employers.
Another site is FanBox. FanBox is a blogging site that allows you to earn money for free or use their IPL feature (I'll Pay Later), like a credit card. Expertscolumn also allows you to write for them and pay for your work.
There are some sites that pay for the page views. This means, you write articles for them and if people view and read your articles, you will get some money. The more number of views you get the more you earn. You can drive traffic to your articles. These sites provide links that can be copied to blogs, social sites and discussion forums to drive traffic. These sites get more number of visitors if you drive more traffic. It is a win-win equation.
Some of the sites where you write and get paid per view basis are Bubblews, Triond, Shvoong and Squidoo. I wrote some ten articles in Shvoong long before. Such sites helps you to get traffic to your blogs as well. More than earning from those sites, my reason for joining was to get visitors to my blogs. It is helpful either way. If you haven't tried till, try now. They allow earning through affiliate program too. If somebody joins below you, you will also get some commission from them. Since the commission is not deducted from your downline, your downline does not loose anything. If you plan to join, consider join in my downline.
You can also try Xomba. Many people make money by writing for Xomba. Some serious online writers make good amount of money in Xomba. If you search in the internet for Xomba, you can read many success stories.
The list I provided is not complete. These are some of the sites that came to my mind when started writing this post. If you know more about earning dollars by writing online content, please share your experience by making 'comment'. Happy earning!
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