Not long ago, a whole new industry that pays you to write sprang up online. In this industry, you have webmasters paying you to write articles, and you also have websites hungry for content and will compensate you for your articles. There are also sites that will list the articles that you want to sell, and still others that will pay you for posting to your blog.
While it might seem the same, getting paid to write online is very different from what you might be used to in the offline world. The following is a short introduction of what to expect if you want to get paid to write in the online world.
Who Is Qualified To Write For Money?
Well, you don’t have to be William Shakespeare or have any sort of writing qualifications. What you do need is a good command of English, and that means being able to write grammatically correct sentences, and have the discipline to spell check your work.
What Topics Can I write About?
Just write about what you are familiar with and what you are passionate about. Your expertise and passion will come through and result in a well-written piece. But there will be occasions in which you will be constrained to a certain topic, but you can always choose to reject the project or look at it as a chance to learn something new.
Do I Get Paid Based On How Many Articles I Write?
Normally, you get paid by the article. There will be some cases in which you will get paid through royalties. Online, there are a lot of different ways by which you can get paid. The following are the more common ways through which you can get paid:
- Paid By The Article Or Post. Some sites or webmasters might pay you the normal way, that is, by the article or blog post. Current rates would be in the region of $1 to $2 per blog post, and $5 per 500 word article. Remember that these rates are representative only and would probably vary widely on a case by case basis.
- By The Number Of Words In The Article. Some sites or webmasters will pay you based on the number of words in your article or blog post. While rates vary widely, I would expect that a rate of one to two cents per word to be representative.
- By CPM. You publish on the site. The site will then pay you by the number of times the article is viewed. You can expect to be paid about $1 – $2 per one thousand views of your article.
- By AdSense And Other Ads. You publish your article on the site. Along with your article, the site will display pay-per-click ads like Google AdSense and Kontera ads. Some sites will also display ads from sites like eBay and Amazon. A certain percentage of the ads impression will have your tracking code, and that is how you get paid for your article.
And In Conclusion,
The paid to write industry has evolved along with the Internet. Much of the demand comes from the SEO sector, which uses the content to get backlinks, improve page ranking, and increase traffic from long-tailed keywords. As the search engines evolve to take these SEO activities into account, it is very likely that there will be changes in the SEO sector in the near future and this will impact the paid to write industry.