I’ve got a client who’s looking to publish Kindle books on nearly ANY topic. Pay’s not great – only a penny a word. But word count is low – 10,000 or 15,000 words, which is VERY easy to do if you’re into the topic. It works out to 20-30 pages in Word. If you’d be ...…
I was moved to see this challenge, to perform one random act of kindness in honor of each of the people killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. While my aim is to always be kind, helpful, and responsive to the needs of people around me (and ultimately, we’re all around each other!), I’m glad ...…
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in life and business is to ban the word “can’t” from my vocabulary. Can’t is more like a decision not to find a way to get something done. “But” is a close second… as in, “I’d love to _____, but….” I’ve learned instead to say, “I’d love to ...…
Whether you go digital or old school, this is a crucial piece of equipment if you’re working as a writer. It used to seem funny when I’d hear about people walking into a room and then wondering why they’d gone there. Today’s geek alternative might be opening a browser tab and then realizing you can’t ...…
If you get paid to write articles for your clients, and they use WordPress, you’re in luck. I’ve mentioned before that getting articles written is only half the battle for most website owners. The articles either need to be posted on the website, or distributed on other sites in order to drive traffic, convert the traffic to become ...…
Important guidelines for you if you get paid to write articles for clients. Despite Google’s Penguin and Panda updates, the EzineArticles.com directory is still a valuable place to publish articles for your clients who want to build their online presence. The article directory took a big hit when Google’s updates hit, but it is still standing. If nothing ...…
When you’re just starting working as a writer, it may be hard to believe this could be a real question. The quest for your first gig working as a writer can leave you wondering whether you’ll ever find something, whether anyone will ever pay you for your words. So this is more a question for ...…
Step one as you get paid to write articles is writing… what happens next is what separates you from the pack. Every business needs a website. Every website needs articles, published onsite and in other places online to attract traffic. The goal of publishing articles is to give prospects the information they need to move ...…
I was happy just to get paid to write articles… Probably a few hundred articles into my freelancing business, it hit me… Who were these people paying me to write articles? And what the heck were they doing with all this content? Obviously they were using my words to make money, or they wouldn’t keep ...…
Want to get paid to write press releases for small businesses? The upsides of writing press releases are pretty clear for you as a writer – you can charge a lot more than you’d typically get paid for writing articles, you’ve got a pretty standard format and formula to follow, and most business owners know ...…
