Sunday, July 29, 2007

Work At Home – Write Articles For Online Earnings

Many online publications will pay for well-written, grammatically and factually correct, interesting, original articles with proper use of keywords. You can create articles based on your own ideas or use topics suggested. Websites accepting articles from many authors for pay do so because they earn revenue from other companies, like Google’s Adsense or other affiliate marketing.

Revenue is generated when someone reads your article and decides to click on an advertisement(s) on the same page (oftentimes the advertising will be right inside your article, and your wording will scroll around it). There are various ways that websites can do this. Some are pay per click and some will receive a share of revenue generated or when others sign up for a service.

Needless to say, if there are matters that you do not want to promote on the web, do not write about it or use alternative words that the search engine can still pick up in lieu of the most common words normally used.

Payment to the author is not usually very much, and not all articles submitted will be accepted. I have seen reports from forums on the net ranging from a dollar or two up to $12 or a little more. Some websites pay only by revenue sharing, so the more you write, the more potential or actual income you should receive. You need to know the terms of the particular site to determine how to earn and how much you might receive.

If you have the talent, ability and interest to produce articles that are accepted for payment, then you can earn some extra cash. It would be a good way to put some extra funds away for something special, but for most people, it will not be the way to earn a living.

Websites will require you to accept their terms if you want your articles to be considered for payment. Some will let you choose between exclusive rights and non-exclusive rights. When you give up exclusive rights in return for payment, that site owns your article.

Your article can then be re‑sold to other sites or used on other sites, and you will not receive anything more. You no longer have any rights to use or republish that article yourself or earn any money from it. Read the terms carefully and make certain you can agree to them before you sign up and begin to submit your articles.

If you are a beginning writer and need online exposure, this could be an opportunity for your particular style to be noticed. In any event, when applying for other writing jobs, you can link to what you have written to provide examples of your work.

Here are a few sources below that you can investigate to determine whether or not you want to try writing for them. There are many, many more on the net. When you search, save the website links you find of interest and then search the internet again for more information on them (try Better Business Bureau also).

http://www.associatedcontent.com - wants a minimum of 400 word articles and will consider articles sent for payment or just for publication if they are rejected for payment.

http://www.constant-content.com - lets you put your own articles up for sale as web content.

If you have your own website and it meets their criteria http://payperpost.com – has ways to be paid by writing articles promoting various companies.

http://www.problogger.net - is an informative site that also helps bloggers find blogging jobs. Currently, 451 Press is listed as looking for writers (they have a lot of websites).

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