Making money online: writing articles

If you can write articles, you can make money online.

Many new writers are already discovering this - they join one of the ubiquitous content networks advertising on a myriad of sites trumpeting: "Make money writing now".

While you can certainly write for these venues there's a major challenge, and it's this: minimal or low pay.

You can write for these minimal pay venues if you're just starting out, but if you've been published in newspapers and magazines, you should be making print publication rates for your articles - a dollar a word.

Get familiar with the online marketplace so you know what you're selling

On the Web, you need to know what you're selling, who the buyers are, and what they intend doing with your content.

This experience takes a little time to acquire. You can shortcut the learning process with my ebook "Beat Your Paycheck! Web Writing SECRETS."

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