There are many ways you can earn money online as a freelance writer, there are many launched platform you can get prospective clients from and also...
7 Easy Ways On How To Earn Money Online As A Freelance Writer In 2022
Do you want to be a professional writer? Get published and earn enough money to pay your bills and do everything you'd want to use money for!
That's cool right?
That means you'll have to write thousands of words for some months, edit, re-edit and it might even be more stressful to get published sometimes. While you do all this, don't you think you should have something you should be doing that will earn you some cash before that?
Don't get me wrong, getting published is literally the greatest thing or one the best thing to achieve as a writer.
But until then, with freelancing, you'll be able to take care of your bills while you write your books at the same time.
Working as a freelance writer gives you chances at many opportunities that can positively affect your career as a writer
Working as a freelance writer has even become more easier and profitable, as the world has gone digital considering the social media and many ways you can reach for prospective clients online.
Hence, the question! How do I make money writing online?
This article will give you some interesting answers that might help in your career as a freelance writer.
HOW TO MAKE MONEY WRITING ONLINE
There are many ways you can earn money online as a freelance writer, there are many launched platforms you can get prospective clients from. And also, there are many cool cash you can make from this.
And also, you don't need a professional skill to become a freelance writer, all that's needed is the basic skill of writing.
Things to do:
Create A Blog/ Website
Starting a blog is a prerequisite for every writer. It's one of the best platforms to reach out to your audience and your clients to you in return, as well gets your online presence noticed.
Creating a blog is even more easier these days. With the use of WordPress, wix, blogger you can create a self hosted blog and earn from it.
Every blog needs an about us and contact us pages for your clients and prospective advertisers to easily reach you. The most interesting part is that you can even do affiliate marketing and earn in return.
There are many ways you can earn money through your blogs. You can earn money from ads, affiliate marketing, ghostwriting— by giving your contact out on your blog and putting a "hire me" on your blog posts.
Also, you can put up a "donate button" on the sidebar of your blog.
So, think of your blog as your online platform to try monetization strategies as well as support your online writing business at the same time.
Pitch A Guest Post
Pitching a guest post for blogs is one of the easiest ways to earn money online as freelance writers.
Guest posting is when your articles or blog post is published on someone's blog. While you might get paid for this by some blogs, some might not. Hence, it's better to get more details about the blog before pitching them for guest post. Find out if they pay contributors or writers on their blogs.
Ways you can get your guest post easily accepted is by familiarizing yourself with the blogs contents, posts structures and submission guidelines.
There are some platforms, too like FreelancerFAQs which is a contributors blog. From there you can easily get blog owners who are willing to pay you in exchange for your post on their blogs.
Also, on Accessily, you'll have a list of webmasters, content marketers that you can pitch or those that are willing to hire content writers for their blog posts. On Accessily, you'll have to create an account and as soon as you get paid, it'll reflect on the earning board. Once you reach the minimum payouts, you can cash out from it.
But the question. How do you get blogs that pay for guest post? Search for "guest posting" on search engines like Google for more ideas on it.
One thing to have in mind tho, don't switch post topic once you are already approved by the blog owners to write article for them. This is important!
Creating A Gig On Freelancing Online Platform
There are many platforms you can get clients from by creating gigs.
Online platforms like Fiverr, upwork, Freelancers. With these platforms, you can create your gigs, state the things you can do, the payment and other information about you and what you intend to provide if hired.
Fiverr is popularly known for this and the best part is that it's fraud free. You can't be duped. Fiverr monitors the transactions and make sure you get paid and you client received what he or she pitched or hired you for.
Now this is how a gig looks like:
Here are some reviews from clients on a seller's page to get you rest assured:
Enter Writing Contests
Through writing contests, many writers have had their names on a platter on gold and become widely recognized. Writing contest like Brunel International African Poetry Prize, T.S. Eliot and many more are to promote the works of indigenous writers and to have them recognized.
If you are lucky to win a prize, be sure to have some bucks to take home.
The best part is that some organizers of writing contests even tend to publish the works of the contests winners, while some contests are organized for the sole purpose of publication.
Schorlarships are one of the benefits involved.
Here are some writing contests you can enter, all you need to do is follow the submit guidelines.
Here are some helpful tips on how to submit your works for contests, literary magazines and what you should expect after submission.
In most literary contests and competitions, there are some benefit aligned for those in second place and third place, some might even bag some publications. But strictly, that's not advisable.
We encourage you to write at your best and ensure you win the contests.
Become A Copywriter
A copywriter is one of the most sought after by business companies and organizations these days. For those who don't have any idea on who a copywriter is, let's take a brief review on that.
A copywriter is someone who writes a copy to promote a business or product of a company for the sole purpose of driving sales.
Learning how to write a copy takes quite a lot of practice and it's a very interesting things to do. At the same time, one of the easiest and fastest way to earn money as a freelance writer.
You can look for copy sites that connect copywriters with client and comlanies.
Register an account with them and start applying for jobs. Then start earning from your copy.
Here is an example of a copy
Pitch For Job Boards.
Most companies, content marketers and business owners usually post for writing jobs. Job boards is one of the easiest way to get writing gigs and earn money in return.
To have a great chance of being hired, you need to show your value and worth to potential clients, and with that you can get paid more as most job ads start around $40-$50.
Also, you need to watch out for scammers but have it in mind that most jobs ads are of good quality.
To be on the safer side, search for the job board that post new gigs everyday and once you find one, ensure you search for the business that posted the ad.
To get hired, get familiar with their contents and what they are selling, follow them on their social media accounts to get more information as to their originality and specific businesses.
Search For Jobs( Ask Around)
To get pitches for more freelancing jobs, ask around!
Friends and families might just be the right link to your new client.
Also, subscribe to email newsletter of sites that are ready to link you up with content marketers who are willing to hire you. Subscribe to WriteLife, they've got the best available info for that.
You can also put up ads on sites.
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