Friday, January 27, 2012

The Current State of Freelance Content Writing

These days, a lot of people are becoming more interested in being a freelance content writer. It's an excellent way to earn money on the internet, especially if you have some skill as a writer. Of course, it's not exactly easy to write articles or web content; you have to know a bit about grammar and spelling, not to mention SEO if you want to earn money doing it.

Nevertheless, the potential is out there to make thousands of dollars a month with nothing but freelance content writing. If you want to get to that level, you have to be able to write well, fast, and research quickly in order to get your articles written.

The way it stands, freelance content writing is one of the best ways to increase your online earnings, even if you only do it part time. You can do it in several ways: either write for pay per view (PPV) sites like Triond, Hubpages, or Helium, or work for clients directly and be paid for your writing up front.

In my experience, it is more difficult to work directly for clients, but the trade off is that you get paid more, and best of all you get paid up front. With PPV sites there's a cumulative effect in place and as a result you might not see any revenue from an article for a few months until it has earned enough views to warrant a payout.

A lot of people are earning money like this these days, myself included, but the key is to hone your skills, just as you would with any other craft. If you want to become a successful freelance writer, you have to work at it, improve your grammar and spelling, and learn how to do the required research quickly and efficiently.

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