Work From Home: Book One

Work From Home Writing

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Now, there are plenty of different ways that you can make money online by writing. The first of these methods is probably a good starting place for anyone seeking to make money online.
Associated Content is a website where you can submit articles, stories, or even poems that you write and have them published on the website. This can help build up your internet name, helping to showcase your skills to others.
But another bright side of publishing your articles by Associated Content is their payment system.
They have two different types of payment: upfront payment and performance payment only.
The best way to start out would definitely be to try submitting articles for performance payment only. This way, you can help to raise your clout level.
This can definitely be a great way for helping to ensure that future works you submit for upfront payment are accepted. If you write articles that do well for performance payment only, then you are helping to show Associated Content that investing in your writing is a sound business move.
Performance payment only works by paying you a certain amount per one thousand page views of your article. This method means that, the more people that read your article, the more money you will be paid.
This can definitely be a hit-or-miss endeavor, and even if it does work out, you will probably not see very much money from it at first.

It takes time to build up a good following, people who want to read your articles every time they are released. One method that can help you immensely is to provide links to your older articles when you are writing a newer one.
This can help to increase your number of page views for other articles, increasing your overall payment.
Of course, be wary of doing this too often, as people often get discouraged when they see that the majority of the page is blue hyperlinks!

Performance payment only can be a great way to build up your clout. As your clout level increases, so does your performance payment, helping to raise the amount of money that you make every one thousand page views.
In addition, this helps to show Associated Content that giving you an upfront payment on your writings is a sound investment.

An upfront payment works by paying you a certain amount of money upfront for your article. This way, you do not have to wait an extended period of time before you find yourself making money from your articles.
You will be able to receive an upfront payment for simply having your article published on Associated Content, guaranteeing that you make money from it.

But do not expect to be able to receive upfront payments for your writings from the start. It takes time, building up clout, before you will find yourself able to receive upfront payment for articles.

Associated Content has to see that people are reading your articles and that you are someone they should invest in, before they will be willing to give you an upfront payment.
So if you submit an article for upfront payment and it is rejected, do not be discouraged. This may have nothing to do with your writing itself. Wait for a while; work to get more page views on your articles, and then try again.

Articles for Businesses

While writing for Associated Content is definitely a great way to help build your online presence and make cash in the process, there are other ways that you can make money from writing.

Many businesses are constantly seeking writers to work for them, providing their website with a variety of articles.
Now, some of these businesses may simply want you to write informative articles on subjects. If this is the case, then often all you will have to do is research and write on the subject. This can definitely be a great way to make an extra buck.
There are some websites that you can put in your application for doing a certain amount of article writing per month.
This can definitely be advantageous, as it helps to provide you with work that fits your needs and wants.
If you are only looking to make a few extra dollars, then you can choose a small number of articles to write, whereas if you are looking to make a reasonable income from it, you can choose to write more articles. Love To Know is an excellent website for this, with many talented writers already working at producing the wonderful content that fills this site.
So if you are looking for a fairly reliable job at writing, whether to bring in a little extra or to bring in a more significant amount, websites like these are definitely a good place to start looking.
But sometimes, you may be required to do a little bit of what is known as SEO writing. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.
This type of writing is geared towards helping to draw search engines to the website. When you enter a search into a search engine, it searches through a list of websites that it has, searching for the best result.
The “best result” has to contain the keyword a reasonably high number of times. In the past, search engines could be fooled by a simply page that would list the same word over and over and over again.
Now, however, search engines look for a certain level of frequency of the word.
Learning to do SEO writing is not hard. There are programs out there that can help to show you the frequency of a specific keyword in your article.
This can help you learn to get the flow of doing SEO writing, helping you to have a good idea of how often a certain keyword should appear.
There are many websites out there that can help to explain the art of SEO writing more in depth, and if you are interested in learning more, it is definitely a good skill to learn. By learning SEO writing, you will be able to market your skills to a more varied audience.
Nearly all websites that exist, at one time or another, looked for talented SEO writers in order to help build up their website.
Some of the most successful websites currently on the internet are also the ones that use constant SEO updating to help draw people into their website.
There are various ways you can find work writing articles for businesses. One of the best ways is to look for what are known as freelance writing websites.
These are websites that provide freelance writers with the ability to find businesses looking for writers, and vice versa, so that they can work together, either for a short project or for a long-term relationship.
These websites help to give you another foundation for supplying yourself with a good revenue stream from your online work.
Freelance writing websites might also lead you to another type of writing opportunity, known as ghostwriting.

Freelance Sites

One of the most popular ways of finding clients is to register yourself on one of the many freelancing websites.
Some of these websites simply provide a means for businesses and freelancers to communicate with and find each other.
Businesses post up projects (e.g. “XYZ Ltd is looking to hire a freelance writer to write 10 blog posts a week) and then freelancers bid on the project.
Freelancers also post up their CV and details of their portfolio onto these sites so that other people can find them.
Some sites will make you take a competency test, and others, won’t. Some of the more upmarket sites will only allow you to register if you have a minimum education of at least degree level.
Let’s take a look at some of the more popular websites you can join...

Freelancer.com
This is probably the most well known freelancing website at the moment. It allows you to find projects you might be interested in working on and then submit a bid.
They have a dedicated ghostwriting section at
http://www.freelancer.com/jobs/Ghostwriting

Odesk

http://www.Odesk.com
Offers lots of freelance work for all different groups. There is one section dedicated to writers and translators. You can search their listings for the type of work you prefer, from Technical through to creative writing.
ODesk is one of the sites that do ask candidates to complete a skills test. Prospective employers will also want to interview you via email and online chat before they add you to their team.
As a worker on ODesk, you have to log in to their system whilst you are working on any of their assignments. The client can then check up on you and see screenshots of you at work on their assignment.
Once you have signed up, registered and verified your account, you need to click on the green
“contractors start here” button.
You will then be taken to a page to create your profile for Odesk employers to view. Take the time to watch their video your profile needs to be as accurate as possible. ODesk, will walk you through their process from start to finish. Create your profile, fill in your past work history and skills.
Next you are encouraged to take a few online skills tests, to verify your skills.
Next you are presented with the opportunity to upload examples of your portfolio and previous work samples that you may have.
Once completed, you can then start applying for jobs. Start with the smaller jobs first because that way you can build up your feedback. Feedback is important and the more feedback you have the better.
To get a good idea of what you should be using for your title and your statement / objective, read a few of the ones already posted by other members.
The skills tests at ODesk consist of multiple choice questions and each test is designed to take a maximum of 40 minutes to complete.
There are a lot more tasks to complete with Odesk. Once you have to set up your payment information, verify you are who you say you are by uploading the required documents to their site.
ODesk is quite thorough in it’s procedures and whilst some workers receive plenty of work, a lot of registered members unfortunately don’t appear to have received any work at all. There is no guarantee of any work at all, ODesk themselves state that you should be able to get a job within a few weeks!
Other Freelancing sites

Whilst not definitive, here are some more freelancing sites where you could obtain work as a ghostwriter.
http://www.elance.com
http://www.paypeopleperhour.com
www.ifreelance.com
www.fiverr.com
http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/
http://www.online-writing-jobs.com
http://www.4writers.net/
http://www.guru.com
http://www.constant-content.com/

Most freelancing sites will not charge you to join. They earn their money by charging a fee to their client and by retaining a percentage of your rates/bid price and the Clients fee price.

Be wary of any site that asks you for a membership fee to join, or insists that you purchase their products.
There is the Warriors For Hire section where you can advertise your writing services:
http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors-hire/
and there is also the Wanted – Members Looking To Hire You section:
http://www.warriorforum.com/wanted-members-looking-hire-you/
Here you can find people looking to hire writers and then send them a message to register your interest.
Looks like the freelancing sites, there is usually no shortage of opportunities available.
I found all of those opportunities literally within 2 minutes of looking!