Which freelance writing site is best? Do you prefer Helium over Associated Content? Or is Triond your favourite? One of the ways I compare freelance writing sites is by how much money they pay.
Based on this fact I investigate and calculate my earnings at Helium, Associated Content and Triond. Associated Content and Triond have paid me between $10-$14 in 2009. Not very much at all. I did abandon my freelance writing at both these sites at a stage but I do have over 30 articles on each so would expect greater earnings. Now to Helium, where I had just over 100 articles in 2009. My Helium earnings were much greater than both AC and Triond combined last year as in 2009 I earned around $291. For some freelance writers this is buttons but since I abandoned Helium for a short time I am pleased.
My next step is to earn a four figure income in one year for my freelance writing at Helium. I will still continue with Triond simply because they now offer to pay through adsense on top of page view payments and referral income and occasionally I do get google adsense earnings from Triond.
Aims for this year are to get $50 in one months ad revenue from Helium as well as at least $1000 from upfronts, writing contests, marketplace and stock content. At the beginning of last year I was getting less than $8 dollars a month and now as of today I averaged 85 cents. My Helium balance for this month so far is $11.93, that is made up of $3 from December upfronts, and the other $8.93 is ad revenue.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Why every freelance writer should use twitter
Twitter is one of the best social networks out there and is extremely advantageous to a freelance writer for so many different reasons. Let me consider how twitter can help you as a freelance writer.
1) If you write an article for a paid to view site and you get paid for each pageview then you can benefit massively from twitter. However be cautious not to spam your links. It is best to write a small statement about your article and to enter in a keyword so that any followers that are interested in this keyword may read your article. The earning potential is unlimited. If you have 1000 followers interested in an article which pays 1 cent per pageview then you can have $10 just for posting one link. Gain more followers and write more articles and you could be earning tens of dollars daily.
2) By getting your freelance writing out there someone else may really like your article, and retweet it to their followers, thus increasing your earnings more, or even better may display a link to your article on their website. Going one step further you may even be offered a high paying freelance writing job if someone likes your style of writing. This may seem like a long shot but I have heard of several people getting writing gigs through twitter.
3) Similarly if your have a website and you share your website entries then someone may add your site to their site helping to increase your pagerank and traffic. This can only help your google adsense and affiliate sales. If you display a cpm network like adsdaq on your blog and you receive a good deal of US traffic then you will see some earnings too in your adsdaq account.
Remember do not spam twitter and add quality articles and postings that will appeal to your followers. If you think one of your followers would like something someone else has posted in theit twitter feed then retweet it. There is nothing better than helping a follower share their work and knowledge.
I have to apologise for lack of activity on this blog and lack of earnings updates. This is because things have not changed that much for me. I will update writing earnings soon.
1) If you write an article for a paid to view site and you get paid for each pageview then you can benefit massively from twitter. However be cautious not to spam your links. It is best to write a small statement about your article and to enter in a keyword so that any followers that are interested in this keyword may read your article. The earning potential is unlimited. If you have 1000 followers interested in an article which pays 1 cent per pageview then you can have $10 just for posting one link. Gain more followers and write more articles and you could be earning tens of dollars daily.
2) By getting your freelance writing out there someone else may really like your article, and retweet it to their followers, thus increasing your earnings more, or even better may display a link to your article on their website. Going one step further you may even be offered a high paying freelance writing job if someone likes your style of writing. This may seem like a long shot but I have heard of several people getting writing gigs through twitter.
3) Similarly if your have a website and you share your website entries then someone may add your site to their site helping to increase your pagerank and traffic. This can only help your google adsense and affiliate sales. If you display a cpm network like adsdaq on your blog and you receive a good deal of US traffic then you will see some earnings too in your adsdaq account.
Remember do not spam twitter and add quality articles and postings that will appeal to your followers. If you think one of your followers would like something someone else has posted in theit twitter feed then retweet it. There is nothing better than helping a follower share their work and knowledge.
I have to apologise for lack of activity on this blog and lack of earnings updates. This is because things have not changed that much for me. I will update writing earnings soon.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
How to write your own ebook in under 7 days
I you ever wanted to write your own ebook but dont know where to start. If you are not a natural writer you may struggle to put sentences together never mind an ebook that thousands of people want to read. However help is on hand.
Imagine writing an ebook and selling it for $20 a time, 10 sales gets you $200, 100 sales $2000, and 1000 sales will get you $20 000. There is no limit to the amount of sales you can achieve by writing an ebook, and what is better that once you write it thats it, you can move on and write the next ebook. One you write an ebook once, that is the hard work done, each subsequent ebook will become much easier and quicker to write.
When writing an ebook there are several dos and donts, you will want to do the dos, and not do the donts. Make sure you are up to speed when writing an ebook. The sooner you know what you are doing the sooner you can make some money.
If you want to find out how to write your own ebook in 7 days Click Here!
Imagine writing an ebook and selling it for $20 a time, 10 sales gets you $200, 100 sales $2000, and 1000 sales will get you $20 000. There is no limit to the amount of sales you can achieve by writing an ebook, and what is better that once you write it thats it, you can move on and write the next ebook. One you write an ebook once, that is the hard work done, each subsequent ebook will become much easier and quicker to write.
When writing an ebook there are several dos and donts, you will want to do the dos, and not do the donts. Make sure you are up to speed when writing an ebook. The sooner you know what you are doing the sooner you can make some money.
If you want to find out how to write your own ebook in 7 days Click Here!
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Creative Writing Jobs- November/December 2009
If you are a creative person then creative writing jobs may be just for you. I have searched online and found three creative writing jobs, which are based on gardening story telling. These writing jobs pay $24 each and the articles only have to be 250 words long.
Creative writing jobs
My funniest garden experience: Anecdotes
My true story about gardening with my parents, grandparents, or children: Anecdotes
How my garden helped me learn about love or survive its loss: Anecdotes
These three creative writing jobs have deadlines of December the first so be quick to enter your submission at helium.com/marketplace
Creative writing jobs
My funniest garden experience: Anecdotes
My true story about gardening with my parents, grandparents, or children: Anecdotes
How my garden helped me learn about love or survive its loss: Anecdotes
These three creative writing jobs have deadlines of December the first so be quick to enter your submission at helium.com/marketplace
Monday, 23 November 2009
Free writing competitions Nov/Dec 2009
If you are a freelance writer then what better way to showcase your talents than with some free writing competitions. Luckily there are many free writing competitions available all year round.
I have found some free writing competitions that are currently open
Closing date December 1st 2009, writing cash prizes are $60/$50 for 1st, $40/30 for 2nd and $30/10 for 3rd depending on which contest you enter
New Year's Eve free writing competition
Get into the festive spirit by taking part in a freelance writing contest on the New Year. Titles here are based on how to decorate your house for New year, and best places to celebrate New Year.
New Technologies free writing competition
This category has some great titles, on bing search engine and google wave to name a few. So if you are up to speed with google and new technology in general this may be the perfect free writing competition for you.
College Life free writing competition
A perfect writing competition if you are a student as all 20 titles offered are about student life.
Shopping free writing competition
This title features online shopping and articles are geared towards the online shopper.
Financial Planning free writing competition
If you are knowledgeable about payday and radio loans then you should enter this free writing competition.
For more details on these free writing competitions see here
I have found some free writing competitions that are currently open
Closing date December 1st 2009, writing cash prizes are $60/$50 for 1st, $40/30 for 2nd and $30/10 for 3rd depending on which contest you enter
New Year's Eve free writing competition
Get into the festive spirit by taking part in a freelance writing contest on the New Year. Titles here are based on how to decorate your house for New year, and best places to celebrate New Year.
New Technologies free writing competition
This category has some great titles, on bing search engine and google wave to name a few. So if you are up to speed with google and new technology in general this may be the perfect free writing competition for you.
College Life free writing competition
A perfect writing competition if you are a student as all 20 titles offered are about student life.
Shopping free writing competition
This title features online shopping and articles are geared towards the online shopper.
Financial Planning free writing competition
If you are knowledgeable about payday and radio loans then you should enter this free writing competition.
For more details on these free writing competitions see here
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Shetoldme google adsense revenue sharing site- Will you get rich from shetoldme
As all my readers know I love google adsense revenue sharing sites, and I join all the new ones and test them out to see which one brings me the most google adsense revenue. The most recent google adsense revenue sharing site I have joined is called shetoldme.
Shetoldme is basically like a Digg type site which shares 100% of your google adsense clicks on one of the ads(the one beside the title of your scoop)appearing on all of your scoops. You can submit news, stories, and videos to shetoldme. When you submit your scoop to shetoldme it will appear on the upcoming section, where users can vote for it. If your scoop received a large number of votes, it will appear on the front page of the home page. Appearing on the front page means more traffic, and more traffic means more earnings. You can also earn 100% google adsense from an ad that appears on your referrals sccops, specifically the google adsense ad beside the tags of their scoop.
I personally believe that shetoldme will grow in time and whilst I have not earned anything from there yet, it has brought traffic to several of my blogs, squidoo lenses and websites. Traffic is the thing you need to build up your following, improve your alexa rank, get advertising deals , sell affiliate products and make money, therefore shetoldme is more than about the google adsense earnings. I get paid for traffic from one of my ad networks, so it earns me money in an indirect way.
Would I recommend anyone with a blog to join shetoldme, FOR SURE, join here
Shetoldme is basically like a Digg type site which shares 100% of your google adsense clicks on one of the ads(the one beside the title of your scoop)appearing on all of your scoops. You can submit news, stories, and videos to shetoldme. When you submit your scoop to shetoldme it will appear on the upcoming section, where users can vote for it. If your scoop received a large number of votes, it will appear on the front page of the home page. Appearing on the front page means more traffic, and more traffic means more earnings. You can also earn 100% google adsense from an ad that appears on your referrals sccops, specifically the google adsense ad beside the tags of their scoop.
I personally believe that shetoldme will grow in time and whilst I have not earned anything from there yet, it has brought traffic to several of my blogs, squidoo lenses and websites. Traffic is the thing you need to build up your following, improve your alexa rank, get advertising deals , sell affiliate products and make money, therefore shetoldme is more than about the google adsense earnings. I get paid for traffic from one of my ad networks, so it earns me money in an indirect way.
Would I recommend anyone with a blog to join shetoldme, FOR SURE, join here
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Triond.com Updates- Google adsense, referrals and increased earnings
There is no better time to get a high paying freelance writing job coming up to Christmas and Triond may be just what you are looking for.
I have previously discussed whether Triond was worth it or not and now I have come to the conclusion it is. There are two reasons for this, firstly the introduction of google adsense on our Triond articles and secondly a referral scheme. Google adsense was added to triond articles around the end of October and with a small number of articles at Triond I can say I have received some clicks already making Triond a high paying freelance writing job in my book. Remember if you have a google adsense account to add www.triond.com to your URL channels to monitor daily impressions and clicks. I am getting clicks and have a small volume of readers so my ctr is very good. This gives me more incentive to write more articles for Triond and increase my earnings at this high paying freelance writing site. As you know anything that involves google adsense gets me interested.
Secondly a referral scheme has been introduced to Triond whereby you get 10% of your referral earnings. This is a good way to increase your passive income. I believe in helping my referrals when I recruit them so that they too can be successful. If you like the idea of Triond and want me to help you growing your downline as well as help you get more pageviews, Join TRIOND.COM here and leave a comment below and I will get back to you.
I have previously discussed whether Triond was worth it or not and now I have come to the conclusion it is. There are two reasons for this, firstly the introduction of google adsense on our Triond articles and secondly a referral scheme. Google adsense was added to triond articles around the end of October and with a small number of articles at Triond I can say I have received some clicks already making Triond a high paying freelance writing job in my book. Remember if you have a google adsense account to add www.triond.com to your URL channels to monitor daily impressions and clicks. I am getting clicks and have a small volume of readers so my ctr is very good. This gives me more incentive to write more articles for Triond and increase my earnings at this high paying freelance writing site. As you know anything that involves google adsense gets me interested.
Secondly a referral scheme has been introduced to Triond whereby you get 10% of your referral earnings. This is a good way to increase your passive income. I believe in helping my referrals when I recruit them so that they too can be successful. If you like the idea of Triond and want me to help you growing your downline as well as help you get more pageviews, Join TRIOND.COM here and leave a comment below and I will get back to you.
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