Can we really earn money from free lance writing?

@Jenaisle (14078)
Philippines
May 30, 2009 5:44am CST
This is a question that is oftentimes asked by many. Can we really earn from free lance writing? Free lance writing may involve writing for sites, or writing paid reviews. Here is one unbiased post by Brady Frost of earning particularly from helium. http://www.huntingthemuse.com/2009/05/writing-for-heliumcom-2.html Do you agree with his observations? Can you recommend a better site? What other methods do you do to earn as a freelance writer online? Do leave a comment at his post to help clarify or confirm some perceptions.
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@babblu14 (66)
• India
30 May 09
my dear friend you can earn a lot of money from freelancing if your serious into it.I am a writer and i out source articles for other people since i have a huge amount of work with me.So if your interested in freelancing then mail me to srisruthimk@gmail.com
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
30 May 09
Thanks, but I also have several writings sites to attend to. Good luck to both of us.
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@Raven1 (577)
• Australia
31 May 09
I earn a full-time income from freelance writing every month. Before I was a writer, I worked as an investment banker for a very large bank. I'm earning MORE money from writing than I did as a banker. I don't believe in the slave-labor sites like Helium or Associated Content. I think they're unfair to writers. There are far better-paying places to sell your work and get your name out as a freelancer. My entire blog is dedicated to helping freelance writers earn a proper income from their writing efforts. http://ravens-writing.blogspot.com
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
31 May 09
Thanks raven, will visit you sometime. Happy mylotting.
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
31 May 09
Thanks,I'll check the site.Cheers.
@jakill (835)
30 May 09
If you really want to earn decent money by freelance writing, you have to look outside the internet as well as within it. Even poor paying print publications pay more than most buyers on the web. My favourite content site, as you already know, Jena, is Constant Content. When I sell non-exclusive rights there, I leave a decent amount of time and then rework those articles for a Helium title, so while they are still for sale at CC, they can also earn a little at Helium. I have neglected Helium for a few months and lost my writing stars. I agree with Brady Frost about the ratings. It's very disappointing when an article initially rated high drops to a low rating, and what appear to be less deserving articles slot in above. For one of my articles I received a commendation from a Helium steward, but it was rated bottom of the pack. Of course peer rating has to be subjective and you just have to take a chance on this. I believe that quantity is more important than quality for earning at Helium.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
31 May 09
Hi Jean, I too, experienced that, but it is from helium that I have earned more compared to associated content and triond. As for constant content, they're very strict with regards to grammar and punctuation that I could not seem to compose an article fit for them as I don't pay much attention to my punctuations. I hope you'll get your star back at helium, I heard there is another rewardathon and the responder next to you said he earned around more than a hundred dollars...wow... good luck. and God bless.
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@Archie0 (5636)
30 May 09
The genuine freelancers pay you really good.freelancing pays you good but they are not regular they delay the payments many times, but they do pay you.It Also matters whether the work you are doing is under a genuine freelancer and not any fraud.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
30 May 09
I agree, so one must be careful what site to select. Thanks and all the best.
• United States
31 May 09
A great site to check out is textbroker. Get paid 0.01 a word or more to write short, easy articles, usually SEO kinda jobs. A great deal of the articles just write themselves. You could clear hundreds easily for little effort. A great place to check out for a little scratch, if you know what I mean. Some of these freelance writing job end up only for pennies. Not Textbroker. That site is pretty good.
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
31 May 09
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll try it sometime. Cheers.
• India
30 May 09
ya I am very much confident about it that we can earn from free lance writing...Previously I was working on those kind of sites..But it was boring.Now I dont work on those sites moreover I have names of those kind of sites U can check my blog and take name of sites from there...
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
30 May 09
Thanks for the offer puneet, happy mylotting.
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
30 May 09
yep.im into.the downside is that you'll commit to our boss with 15 articles daily.please send me your email add so i can send you the details.just PM me.
• India
31 May 09
hey flagella i am interested in writing.can you pm me
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
31 May 09
Personally I have never tried to make money that way.....free lancing though I have made some.....I have written and had my articles in magazines and they do pay....not well but they do pay....I tried Helium for a while and that just didn't do anything for me.
@paid2write (5201)
30 May 09
I agree with what Brady says about Helium there is a system to making decent money with Helium, it has to be with accumulating enough published content to increase your upfront earnings and including a decent percentage of empty title submissions. I don't think of my participation at Helium as freelance writing, except for articles submitted to the Marketplace. I think of Helium as a long term writing project that produces income in a variety of ways. Building up a good list of stock article, and maintaining stars for quality writing and rating, provides me with an ongoing source of income. My earnings from writing at Helium and other sites steadily increases the more I write and the more I learn about how to write good web content that gets found in search results.
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
30 May 09
I agree with him too. You're an expert on this so your thoughts count. This is a very good contribution to the discussion, Thanks Ruth. Good luck.
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
1 Jun 09
hello my friend janaisle... i am so interested with this stuff. how could i do it anyway? please do inform me... i am quite interested and the same time curious on how that one goes. i hope i could also be in it and earn some too. thanks my friend hope you could explain it to me as well. thanks again and happy mylotting. pm me... jhelai
@Bradpete (822)
• Philippines
30 May 09
Not yet but I keep on have patience and planted so that I will reap the fruits or money. If you know how please tell me.
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@tundeemma (894)
• South Africa
30 May 09
yes you can actually make money through freelance writing just like i make around 200$ or more every month, you can do this and get registered with freelance websites, when you register you can bid for writing jobs and then get paid through several ways