Write Articles for Money
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.
- Publish Articles on LinkedIn.
- Contribute on HubPages.
There are so many platforms that will pay you to write and below are a few of them:
1. PeoplePerHour
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.
