Freelance Writing Guide for Newbies
by habits on Sep.28, 2009, under investment
Freelance writing help me get a start in my online business. Although that was more than 3 years ago, my freelance writing gigs helped me quit my full time job and launch my Internet marketing business as well. I highly recommend everyone who can write, or want to write, to get a few writing gigs as a legitimate and sustainable way to improve your cash flow.
Although there a really good freelance writing guide available, in this article let me give you and idea of what you can do:
- Become a ghostwriter for other people’s books and ebooks
- Write posts for website / blog owners
- Become a regular writer for offline / online media in various topics
- Become a paid blogger using get paid to blog like Review Me
- Become an editor / proofreader and help finalize someone else’s work
- Become a web copywriter and charge for every web copy written
Being an editor requires more of a critical eye and amazing grasp of grammar and writing styles. Not everyone has this specific set of skills. Copywriting is another highly paid skill that requires creative thinking and therefore it not really in the reach of most people. Every other type of writing however, is a great opportunity for anyone who can construct a proper sentence in English.
Therefore ghostwriting, paid blogging and content writing is what you have to work with.
Ghost writing can help you make a pretty amazing sum of money, but the flip side to this is that no one will ever know who you are or appreciate the work you’ve done. A lot of content publishers and ebook sellers are on the lookout for ghost writers or ghost writing services.
Writing articles and web content for blogs / websites is another great opportunity, plus in most cases you also get a “byline” for your work. If you write for blogs, chances are you get a link back to your own site. This helps others identify with you and know who you are. It’s much better for your career if you write on blogs or anywhere else where your name is published.
The final type of freelance writing you can do is paid blogging. Basically, you setup a blog and start writing from “paid blogging” opportunities. Your job is to write about the advertisers products and create some sort of buzz for them. How much you can demand per article written depends a lot on the popularity and traffic of your blogs.
The great part of this is that technically you own the blog posts you have written, which means you can always make income using your growing blog with Google Adsense or even affiliate offers.
