How to Earn Money With Your Writing

Posted Nov 17, 2008 by icybcdoan / comments 21 comments / Print / Font Size Decrease font size Increase font size

If you want to make money with your writing, here is a short summary on how to do it.

Every day, I receive emails asking how a new user should go about earning money with their writing.  Some think that I should just stop my life, hold their hands, and walk them step by step to the road of success.

It does not work that way.  If I have to find out from the ground, do it on my own, then so should anyone!  What I can suggest is the following ideas.

Get a Feel for the Site

If you sign up for a writing site, such as Bukisa, spend some times on that site, and get a feel for it. This means you have to read some articles, making some comments, and be a part of that community.

Have Some Specific Goals

· How many articles do you want to write in a week?

· How are you going to promote your articles?

· How much time do you plan on spending to achieve this goal?

· How much involvement are you planning on with your community?

· How much do you want to earn?

Now, Get to Work

After answer the questions above, you will need to find a topic that interests you, and start writing. When your article is published, promote it using social bookmarking sites, and email it to your family and friends.

My last advice: be patient! You are not going to earn big money, or get thousand views right away. Success comes with hard work and persistent. Keep writing! Keep your dream alive by doing what you love to do.

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Comments

PrincessAyelotan
PrincessAyelotan said... on June 18th, 2009 at 8:35 PM

Wise words! Thanks for this article, l'm a newbie here so it's great to read this. Many thanks.

swatilohani
swatilohani said... on May 29th, 2009 at 7:19 AM

highly informative article, thnx for sharing

AnnWhite
AnnWhite said... on May 28th, 2009 at 11:22 AM

Good practical advice in that last paragraph!

NuttyMomma
NuttyMomma said... on April 21st, 2009 at 9:43 PM

good advice. thanks

melissajustina
melissajustina said... on March 6th, 2009 at 12:37 AM

Short and sweet, i liked it. It was straight to the point. Thanks.

bukblogger
bukblogger said... on February 20th, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Great article. Simple to the point and easy to follow.

ansh08
ansh08 said... on December 26th, 2008 at 1:47 AM

great stuff

BrianJames
BrianJames said... on December 24th, 2008 at 7:46 PM

When I first started to write content for various sites, I had no idea how necessary promotion was. Now I know, and yet I am still not very good at it.



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