12 Ways to Make Money Writing Online

Write Articles for Money

If you’re looking to make some extra money while at home, typing for money is a job almost anyone can get. For you to manage to do this, you will be required to have a laptop, a strong WIFI connection, and of course decent writing skills. The good thing is that there are many apps  available to help improve your writing  skills if you struggle with this.

Put a Writing Portfolio Together

If you want to write articles for money when you apply they will probably ask for a previous work sample. it’s a good idea to put a few samples together. Put a small portfolio together to show people if you haven’t had any articles published.

A writing portfolio is like a CV. Here are some places you can add your articles to for free;

• Start a Blog.

 Here’s how to learn to start a blog.

• Publish Articles on LinkedIn. 

You can publish articles straight onto your feed for brands or agencies looking for writers.

• Contribute on HubPages. 

HubPages is a very good place to share and read articles that interest you.

There are so many platforms that will pay you to write and below are a few of them:

1. PeoplePerHour

PeoplePerHour is one of the well-established, and popular freelancing sites. PeoplePerHour gets lots of traffic and therefore ample writing gigs to choose from. There will be competition so you’ll have to come up with ways to make your profile stand out. Maybe set your prices a little lower in the beginning and explain to the client that you are trying to get your first gig hence the lower prices. This will stop them from being suspicious as to why your prices are low. PeoplePerHour makes money by taking a percentage of the client’s deposit for payment. Be proactive and apply for writing jobs daily that interest you.

2. Upwork

Upwork is yet another very popular and well-reputable platform where you’ll find a heap of writing projects to apply for. fill out your profile completely. Focus on one particular writing niche that you have an interest in, e,g. Travel, beauty, or business. Being a specialist writer will lift your credibility and people will start to see you as the go-to person for that particular niche. Upwork’s profile setup is for free, but they do take a cut from your paid gigs. As you complete work and get testimonials, you can now increase your rate and earn more money writing.

3. HubPages

HubPages has a great reputation. They hire writers from all over the world. Create a HubPages account at www.HubPages.com for free and start earning money writing articles online. It is very easy to create a profile. You earn money by clicks on advertisements with Google AdSense, being an Amazon and eBay Affiliate as well as through referrals. It’s easy to become an Amazon Associate and eBay Affiliate. You need to create an account on www.Amazon.com and after being accepted a few minutes later, you can start selling and promoting Amazon products on your HubPages and earn passive money. Passive earning means the money you get paid through clicks as the money adds up as time goes on.  You will be provided with a link ID for you to start earning money. 

 

The money is not much but it accumulates with time every time a buyer clicks on your links. With eBay, you have to create a store for the products to be bid on and sold at the eBay Partner Network. It has to be on 1 product niche. Once you have your EPN account, get your Campaign ID number and you are ready to roll. You will earn between 50% and 75%  commission of their revenue on winning bids as well as by buy-it-now transactions. EBay also pays you between $25.00 and $35.00 for each new user that registers through your site, and affiliates performance rewards. All you have to do is build a lot of hubs and great content then watch them gain traffic whilst you earn money. Make sure you advertise your hubs so as to gain followers and traffic and remember that the best way is to provide very useful and great quality content.

4. Textbroker

 

www.Textbroker.com  is free to register. They have simpler and shorter projects and pay less. They accept articles of about 200 words and up and almost every topic. You don’t need to have a Google AdSense account to be accepted. All you have to do is take on the assignment and do it on time. To make money article writing on Textbroker, you first need to submit a test article which will be rated by the editors. This is judged on your spelling, grammar, punctuation, style, argument strength, and use of fillers. The higher your rating, the more you will earn per word for each article you write. You get paid from $2 to $8 by PayPal as soon as the client pays your article. Textbroker only hires people from the USA and recently has another one called www.textbroker.uk that hires people in the UK.

5. Brighthub

BrightHub is an upfront payment website. BrightHub.com pays only US citizens upfront payment and users from international countries are accepted for page view bonuses. They pay about $10 per article and $3 for 1000 page views. They pay through www.PayPal.com and their minimum payment is $20 monthly. It is difficult to be approved. You have to be an expert in technical and Science fields of some sort. You have to apply and go through several channels and once accepted you will write by selecting topics from their dashboard.

 

6. DemandStudio

 

www.DemandStudio.com  hires title editors and article writers. The writers are paid from as much as $7.50 up to $20 for an article of 500 words and more. Demand Studio hires people from the USA and Canada only. They have guidelines to follow and a lot of articles to choose from. They pay bi-weekly by PayPal.

7. Helium

www.Helium.com is good for new and inexperienced writers. You will create a new account and start writing. Helium accepts US residents and other countries as well and pays between $0.50 - $2.50 per article. They pay a minimum of $25 by PayPal and $100 by check monthly. Helium is also an Ad revenue and referral money revenue website. The good thing with Helium is you don't need to have an AdSense account.

 

8. Lionbridge

www.LionBridge.com is a search engine evaluation website. They hire both Search Engine Researchers and Google Interface Raters. A Search Engine Researcher does research on the internet. You get paid between $14 and $20 per hour at the end of the month by PayPal. Work as an independent contractor whether it’s part-time or full-time. Send your resume on their website and if you get accepted you can work from 10 hours a week and no more than 30 hours per week. They hire writers inside and outside of the USA.

 
9. Ehow and LiveStrong
 

With www.eHow.com  and www.LiveStrong.com, you can write “How To”, short informational articles, and other topics such as science, fitness, home, garden, auto, careers, etc. They pay from $15 to $50 per article. The Payment is twice per week for accepted articles and is done through PayPal and check. You need qualifications, a bit of experience, and writing skills. You will have to provide a 400+ word writing sample. If you are approved for a section, your first few articles will be thoroughly checked, but after that, you will usually be able to choose as many of the suggested titles as you want to write about.

10. Guru

www.Guru.com  is an online job board sort of website. You apply for a free or premium membership account and then bid on jobs. The premium starts from a month to a yearly subscription. Set up your profile, and upload a resume with references and credentials as well as sample articles. Alongside uploading your CV. Put links to any published work you have. You can also take ‘skill tests’ within the Guru platform. This helps to build your credibility in the eyes of potential writing clients. Start bidding for work. Remember it takes time and effort. The pay depends on the client.

11. Upwork

www.Upwork.com is a website where bloggers can make money writing, creating webpages, creating brochures or reports, making illustrations, photography, programming, and other graphic design works. It is free and legit. Upwork pays very well. They start from about $28 per hour and the good thing is that they hire people all around the world. You as a blogger/writer bid on a job and when the client chooses your creation and wants to learn about you before giving you a go-ahead, you will be sent an email by Upwork. That email will be your means of communication with the client. The emails will go through Upwork always. Upwork pays through PayPal.

 

12. Scripted

Scripted is a decent-paying article-writing service. You need to set up a profile for free, pass a test and if you get accepted you’ll be able to propose jobs and talk to customers. Scripted writers earn on average 10 cents per word and you have full control of your workload.

Thanks to the internet we can make money by working from home through freelance writing wherever you stay.