Freelance Writing Is Funny
Freelance writing is a funny business. What a difference a year makes. At the start of last year I had been freelancing for only a few months and had yet to make any decent money (or any money from writing). I was about a month into blogging and my writing site was just starting to get some traffic.
Searching For My Writing Site
Fast forward to this year and things have changed a lot. The best news of all is that people are now using searches like ‘freelance writing’, ‘ghost writing’ and ‘freelance editor’ to find my site, so all that promotion has paid off. The number of unique visitors to my site has more than doubled. The number of page views has more than trebled. That means that there are more people coming to the site and they are looking at more stuff. That is good news. Traffic to my WritingLab blog is good and my newsletter has a healthy number of subscribers.
So You Wanna Do Some Freelance Writing?
I also have more freelance writing work than I can handle. I am having to turn down work and it’s killing me. So I had a thought – what if I don’t turn down work and pass it on to someone else instead? The person – or people – would need to have a great command of UK and US English. The topics I am asked to write about are quite varied, but I have a lot of people asking for people who can write on loans, insurance, mortgages and credit cards. There are other subjects as well, so if you’re an expert in something let me know. (Update: 14/04/2009 – Thanks for sending your emails, clips and resumes. There are no vacancies in the writing team at the moment, but follow the blog to find out when new opportunities come up. )
Get Paid To Write
The pay is middling. Typical articles are around 500 words and the average pay is around $5-$7. Not the best, but not the worst. However, I have also had ebooks that paid more than 4 pounds sterling for a 300 word page. It evens out in the end. I should know. One month I made nearly $4,000 from writing and blogging. Of course, I didn’t see my family for a month, but that’s another story.
Anyone who’s interested has to be good with deadlines. If you’re interesting in giving it a try, contact me through my blog (http://doublehdesign.com/blog/contact/) or website (contact page on the main doublehdesign.com site). I’ll send you some more information and we can sort out an assignment for you to start on. Happy New Year!
Article by Sharon Hurley Hall
Sharon Hurley Hall has been mentoring writers here at Get Paid To Write Online since 2005 to help them improve and build sustainable and successful writing careers. Check me out on sharonhh.com. Feel free to connect with me online on Google+.
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I would love to get paid to write articles.Although, I am not very experienced in making such. I have written research papers and theses though. I would be grateful to give you a sample article on the topic of your choice. Hope we can do business together soon!
Hi there, I’ve been writing articles for the past 2 years now and i take every opportunity that I have, I would love to offer you my services. I also offer design services.
Please contact me via e-mail and we will get the ball rolling.
Speak to you soon
Arron Davies