Writing articles online to make money

Canada
November 27, 2009 12:45am CST
I want to start making money by writing articles online. I was wondering if anyone knows of any legit sites that would allow me to do this. Any tips that anyone has would be very useful and greatly appreciated. I am already aware of triond and sites that offer small amounts of cash per page view of the articles you've written. But I am wanting something a little bit bigger than this. Thanks!
9 responses
@Torrs13 (217)
• United States
28 Nov 09
Associated Content is a great site to check out. You submit an article on any topic for review, and then an editor will review it and offer you an upfront payment if they want to publish your piece. You will also get money for page views... $1.50 for every 1000 page views. Textbroker is another good site. Here, you will find articles that need to be written, and your offer price will also be displayed. The client decides whether they want to accept your reject your article. You don't have to be a professional writer to do this or to make money! Both of these sites are legit and are great ways to start your online writing career. I've heard of several people getting exclusive offers from clients who read their work and contacted them personally.
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@kelly10 (678)
29 Nov 09
I have looked into joinig Associated Content myself in the past. The only trouble with this site is that although they will take members from the UK, they will not pay them anything. Sorry, but I am not going to give away my work, what would be the point in that. I don't understand why they will let you join from the UK but not pay you, I'd much rather be told it is open to US citizens only, it would make a lot more sense.
• Indonesia
3 Dec 09
Not to mention that if the other members do not like your work, they can be so mean. The community is not friendly. I would stay away with angry sites like it. Criticism is important to improve your work, but it doesn't help to be insulting.
• Philippines
27 Nov 09
I myself would be interested to know of this. I used to be a student writer and had some articles published on local papers. Now that we are on the internet blogging age I would like to try out online money making by writing articles too. Looking forward to everyone's help in listing good writing sites.
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• Canada
27 Nov 09
Thats really cool that you have been published before, you probably have a really good chance at getting good money by writing online. I wish you the best of luck!
@iamzhh (139)
• China
28 Nov 09
english is sure enough the most valuable language on the earth due to british & american.....
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@anujain75 (1059)
• India
30 Nov 09
I am also one of them who earn money by writing articles online. I got my first job from a freelancing site.Now i have about 100 articles assignment which i need to be completed by 2nd week of december.I got another project of 30 articles but i denied the work because I will not be able to complete assignment in stipulated time.
• Indonesia
3 Dec 09
Hello there! I am a beginner in writing online and this is my experience so far. The first few days I wasn't really satisfied. How would I be, if I only have one or two articles there. But I do not really care about the earnings because I write for fun. But after three weeks, I do see some potential earnings there. Try to write articles catchy tittle. You're not writing for a magazine where sooner of later your article will be read by the readers. Your articles are paid for being viewed, so make sure you make ones that people love. In Triond, the favourite themes are games and health. Forget poems, authspot has the lowest payment rate. It takes time, and do not forget to promote your work. Gain as many friends as possible, by that it's very likely you'll gain loyal readers. Post new articles regularly. Once in every other day is good. Too many articles in one day will only hurt your views. People do not have enough time to read them all. Oh, learn from other members, and read their success stories so it will motivate you.
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@yan_blue8 (1437)
• Philippines
2 Dec 09
I haven't tried any of the above sites and I've heard they are not that really good. Other countries are not eligible for it too. I'm not saying this against those users but I just found a website that I find good and suits me best. Its microworkers. They have a lot of work available for you but since you are only interested for writing, then you can try doing on the articles there. It will pay you $1-$1.50 for each.
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• United States
27 Nov 09
I really like Ehow.com...it's my newest article site--but not only do I write on it, I'm always using it to read other peoples stuff because you can find a lot of help there!! Check it out! :) And let me know if you get an account so I can invite you as a friend! :)
• Canada
27 Nov 09
I'll check it out right now, thank you very much!
@kelly10 (678)
27 Nov 09
I too am very interested in earning money through writing. I have joined Helium, but find that it is a bit too specialised with what they want you to write about so I don't do much on there. I also write on Dooyoo. This is a site that pays you to review things. For example you can review cars, restaurants, films, books, make up, TV programms, shops, survey companies and many, many more things. So if anyone does know of other places to write lets share them
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• United States
28 Nov 09
Hello. I'm not making money online writing articles! The most I am doing is writing on this website, MyLot. I thought they would pay a lot. But it doesn't! I am not complaining. It could be training for something bigger. I don't know of any sites for writing articles and getting paid. This is because I am not looking. Have a good time looking. I hope you find something. I probably won't. But I have other goals I guess. Peace.
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