How to start your online writing career

No matter what you write, you can find a place for it online. Depending on what you want to do with your writing, there a few different ways to start your career. For instance, someone looking for advanced critique should go to a site like Deviant Art, while someone looking to make money should choose Bukisa, Helium or Triond.

Now, when you say that you want to write online, you need to be specific. What do you want to write? Freelancing? Creative writing? Here are a few sites that should help you out

Creative Writing – Deviant Art, Helium (will accept them), Storymash, Wattpad

Freelancing – Helium (marketplace), WritersWeekly, Freelancewriting.com

Articles – Triond, Bukisa, Redgage

Now, many of these sites will also pay you some of the ad revenue that is generated, or for the article itself. Either way, those sites will allow you to get started writing online.

A few tips to get you started

• Make sure that you state something new in every sentence
• Quality over quantity
• Make friends so people can see your work
• Promote, promote, promote
• Aim for 800 words minimum if you’re selling your work
• Write what you know

Using more than one site is a good way to get recognized more, though keep in mind that some sites require that your writing is exclusive. The best of luck, and keep trying even if you fail. All writers get rejected in the beginning. The successful ones keep submitting.

How to Write Online and Make Money Successfully

A lot of people write online, and many get paid for it. However, in order to be successful in writing online, you need to know the ins and outs.

First off, when I say writing online, I mean writing as in an article, a factual piece. While you can get paid for your creative writing online, it is very hard to find someone who will pay you a good sum for it, as most websites won’t pay you all that much for it. This may be discouraging to some of the budding creative writers out there, but with some hard work, you can definitely get paid. In order to be successful online, basically at least 90% of everything you write should be about something real. Think reporter more than author.Secondly, make sure that you write about something that applies to a vast amount of people. An article on personal health and weight loss would get more views than a write up of your local school. Unless your school has something that makes it unique, like raising a million dollars for charity or a shooting. Remember to write about something that you feel comfortable writing, something you can relate to or know about.

Thirdly, watch the news and current events going on in the world. While generally news articles don’t do that well when posted on a site that has other content as well, but if you post it fast enough, you are sure to at least earn a few dollars off of it.

Lastly, post your content to different sites. I personally use Triond, Redgage and Bukisa, with links leading to my content from Digg and Stumbleupon, as well as my blog. Set up a network of promoting tools and publishing sites so you can earn as much as possible, and maybe even send emails to your friends to tell them about your content.

Bukisa vs Triond

I have used both Bukisa and Triond for a while now, and I decided to write an article on the pros and cons of each one. While these are my personal opinions of the sites, I think that they can be applied to other people as well.

Bukisa

First off, it is an excellent site, that allows you to make money off of articles, much like Triond. However, the articles must be at least 250 words, more than Triond, and they take a lot longer to publish. Payout isn't quite as high as Triond either, with earnings being calculated off of an ever fluctuating index, which pays per 1000 views. While it is nice to know exactly how much you are going to get paid, the idea of niches isn't as important, as everyone gets paid the same. Another downside is that they only pay via Pay-Pal, which isn't always the preferred method of payment. Also, you must have a minimum of $10 to be payed, which is 20 times more than at Triond

Triond

With an easy to use interface, this site is great for beginners. You get paid by either check ($50) or Pay-Pal ($0.50) on the tenth of every month. Your articles are published onto Triond's large website network, and you get paid based on the amount of views your articles get. Depending on your subject, you can earn different amounts of money. An article on computers will earn more than an article on socks, for example.

Either way, they both can earn you extra income for your writing. Try out both now :).

How to Make Money Online

We've all wanted to make some extra income at one point in our lives, and what better way to do it other than online? There a literally hundreds of sites that will pay you for content. Lets take a look

Photos

You can sell your photos online, either to a stock photo site (Example) or to a site that will pay you based on views (Example). Either way, if you have enough high quality, great photos, this is definitely something you should check out. Even if they aren't the best photos in the world, anyone with a digital camera can earn off of sites like this.

Videos

You can upload your videos to a site like Revver, and get paid through Pay-Pal based on the amount of views your videos get. Awesome site for someone with a ton of original content that you think would become popular. Metacafe offers a similar program that pays be cheque instead, but the admittance to this program is a lot harder than Revver's, though you can earn quite a bit of money on this site instead. Also, you can make money off of Youtube through their partner program. Read more here.

Writing

You can join a ton of sites that will pay you for articles and opinions. Some sites will buy your entire article and give you a cut, others will pay you a portion of the ad revenue. You usually can get paid through check or Pay-Pal, and if you can write a good article on a whim, this is probably what you should be doing. Triond is a great example of this type of site, and the site that I prefer, but Bukisa, Associated Content, Squidoo and Constant Content are other sites that will pay you for your articles too.

Good luck, and I hope I helped!