Make Money Writing Articles

Whenever you look up making money online you will find people talking about content writing.  So you may wonder what is this content writing thing?  Well what you are reading right now is content. 

I have found that this is one of the ways that you can make some steady money online.  Of course, as with everything on the internet, you need to be careful who you go with.  There are a lot of people who offer to pay you to write content for them but not all of them are legit.

If you decide that you want to write articles or web content then here are some tips and hints to help you along the way:

• Never join a site where you have to pay to get work.  Think about the logic of it.  Why should you pay someone in order to write articles so you can get paid? 

• Write a sample article.  If you are going through a website like oDesk or Elance some potential employers will want to see a sample of your work.  It would be best to have a sample that you have already written.  Personally people who want you to write a sample on a keyword they provide make my spidey senses tingle.  I applied to a few people like this in the past and found that they get a bunch of free articles and then take the job offer down.

• Be realistic about what you can do.  I think everyone believes that they can do more than they can.  With article writing you need to be realistic with how long an article will take you to write.  This is very important if you are bidding on work and need to quote how long the job will take. 

• Start with articles in your comfort zone.  If you know a lot about one subject then try and find people looking for articles on that.  This way you can start your article writing with something you have information about and you don’t feel too out of your depth.

These are just a few tips that you should look at.  I’m not saying that you have to go with them.  Working online is really about what feels good to you.  So if you want to start out of your comfort zone then go for it. 

Now there are a lot of article writing websites out there and here is a link to my master list that I have of some that I have come across:  Article WritingMasterlist