So you know how to write… Now, how do you make money with it?
A lot of people find themselves in the same boat, they know how to write, they can write easily, but they don’t know how to make money with all that.
After all, writing is important, but if the main ingredients: marketing is missing, you won’t make any money with your writing.
So what can you do if you don’t know much any marketing, but you want to write and you want to make money?
1. Freelancing.
Freelancing, i.e. trading your time/skill for money is the easiest and fastest way to turn your skill of writing into money. But how shold you do it, where should you do it, and how long should you do it. Those are the questions you should be asking of yourself.
After all, your ultimate purpose should be to get off the time for money treadmill, and onto the leveraged ways to make money through skillful marketing.
You want to learn as you earn, so you want to take jobs that allow you to glean ideas and methodologies from successful marketers.
How do you do that? One way to do that is to offer free samples of your writing to marketers that you respect, and consider yourself an apprentice, so charge accordingly.
Other ways are to sign up with the many “lancer” websites, including odesk.com, scriptlance.com, guru.com and and bid on jobs.
Your chances to learn anything useful are dim, unless you are lucky, and the competition is fierce.
2. Article Marketing combined with Affiliate Marketing
There is article marketing and then there is Article Marketing.
I have learned a lot about it, and there is only one method I believe is a good return on the time invested.
Four parts to the method:
a. Have a “template” that makes writing the articles fast
b. Do your search engine optimization taking advantage of the new search engine capabilities that are able to recognize related terms.
c. Distribute and promote your articles by linking to them from many sites.
d. Have a method in setting up your resource box that makes clicking on your links irresistible.
3. Write short 7-20 page reports and start building a buyers list. Sell them more on the back end.
A well researched, well written report that gives people a useful but incomplete picture of your topic is the best entry point for a future customer.
If the information they buy at a low price is useful, they will be interested in filling the gaps and buying the complete information. Your most important asset, your buyers list is your goal here… all your future income will come from them.
These three methods are the fastest way to making money with your writing.
In subsequent blog posts I will write in detail about each of them. Want to be notified when the posts come out?
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10 responses so far ↓
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Nancy Boyd
Hi Sophie,
You make some very good points here. I would remind your readers that there are people who will gladly pay someone else to do what they consider “chores”, that they don’t like to do.
You don’t have to be an A-list writer to become a successful freelancer, for instance; just consider what you DO do well — and start looking for people who want to pay for that.
Your other two suggestions will also work.
In my mind, there is no excuse for not creating cashflow; there are too many opportunities out there if you are willing to be creative and think about new ways to generate cash (which means doing things you’ve never thought about doing before, that are actually pretty easy.)
Thanks for inspiring us again Sophie!
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sandra
Hi Sophie,
Your reports and info are invaluable. I finally understand what my mission should be, and with your help will be able to find my niche that was missing.
I am starting to practice your methods and do the projects.
Thank you
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Tom
These three are the basic ways on how to make dollars with writing talent. I am now thinking of developing more of my pen prowess so I can also make a unique article just like this post.
Have a nice day!
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kar
Thank you. I am a writer and i have been on the lookout for ideas to help me monetize mt skills. I think i am home with you. I will follow to the last.
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Edgar Allen
Sophie – I love your style and this post. I’ve had some success with the second method and am now moving onto the third.
As you suggested, I’ve started to link to my articles from anywhere I can for popularity and super-integration marketing. I’m looking forward to your next post (I’m already on your list).
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admin
Thank you Edgar. I’ll make my post soon… if it just weren’t so hectic here… lol
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admin
Welcome Kar… I won’t disappoint you.
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admin
Tom, it is not that difficult… and this is what my teaching is about… creating systems that apply to everything, from research and getting ideas through the actual writing to the making the money… so hang with me… ok?
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admin
Nancy, I like what you are saying. And it is true… I always start to do things publicly before I am a master at them, and I allow the feedback to drive my next actions.
For example: this article is, by no means, complete… but it is a seed for something that can be rich and enriching… Same is true with skills, just like you saying.
Want to contribute an article on this topic? Serious… xoxo
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admin
Wonderful, Sandra. Keep me posted. Good luck.
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