Freelance Writing Guide for Newbies

I started off my online marketing career as a freelance writer. Although that was more than 3 years ago, my freelance gigs helped me quit my full time job and launch my Internet marketing business as well. You should try freelance writing as a way to get cash flow.

Although there a really good freelance writing tips available, in this article let me give you and idea of what you can do:

 

 

1. Gost write for other people’s books and ebooks

 

 

2. Write articles for website / blog owners

 

 

3. Become a regular columnist for offline / online media in various topics

 

 

4. Become a paid blogger using get paid to blog like PayPerPost

 

 

5. Become an editor / proofreader and help edit someone else’s work

 

 

6. Become a web copywriter and charge for every web copy written

 

 

Being an editor requires more of a critical eye and amazing grasp of grammar and writing styles. This is a skill not everyone, even world-class writers, possess. Due to the fact that copywriting is a very technical skill, it tend to be out of reach for most people. If you can write a proper sentence in English, most other types of writing is good for you.

Therefore there are only three types of writing jobs you should focus on.

Ghost writing can potentially add between a few hundred to a few thousand dollars into your bank account every month, but the flip side to this is that no one will ever know who you are or appreciate the work you’ve done. In the Internet marketing world, lot of information marketers are constantly looking for someone who can help them write ebooks, instruction manuals and other types of documentation.

Writing on blogs and other online media is a great idea as well. If you write for blogs, chances are you get a link back to your own site. This gets you more exposure than you can dream of, especially if the blog gets a lot of traffic. For the sake of your freelance writing career, writing on blogs is actually much better than ghostwriting.

Another way of making money from freelance writing is paid blogging. Basically, you setup a blog and start writing from “paid blogging” opportunities. Advertisers want to get the word out about their products, and they are willing to pay bloggers to write about them on their blogs. Your blog’s popularity and reach determines how much you can charge.

The plus side to this is that technically you own the articles you have written, which means you can always earn money from your growing blog with Google Adsense or even affiliate offers.