article writing

Philippines
April 5, 2011 7:02pm CST
is article writing can earn a good income?
11 responses
@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Apr 11
If you can write, yes. If you have trouble getting your ideas put into words clearly, then you'll have problems making money. There's a lot more to it than that. Who you write for, what types of articles you write and how disciplined you are all make a difference.
@jazzsue58 (2666)
6 Apr 11
That's the ticket. Find an agency who requests content, and needs you to submit an article "on spec" first, as I did, and it's a career. But oh, the RSI ...
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
6 Apr 11
From my opinion, if your article is accepted, you should get better earning than mylot here, and you might make much more money from writing too. But you might have significant knowledge on specific topic, or you might need to do some research on specific topic. So, good luck! Try it out and let me know what you think.
@jazzsue58 (2666)
6 Apr 11
Funny, cos I entered the heady world of pro article writing via some Sharon Bucks tasks I did. It gave me the confidence to take it further. If you want to see if you can cut it as a writer, keep an eye out for SB tasks (don't bother with the others). Natural Keyword insertions and a high standard of English are required, but if you can get your articles accepted, then you're good enough to call yourself a writer. I find tasks here remarkably similar to the briefs I'm given from WOW. My editor denies all knowledge.
• India
11 Apr 11
Article writing could really make some money with all those your efforts. i think you should make up with your articles and then publish in some article hosting sites that could earn you some real money. God bless you.
@jazzsue58 (2666)
6 Apr 11
It depends on your standard of English. If you can't write proper sentences with good SPAG (spelling/pronunciation and grammar) then no. Put another way - could you earn a living as a chef if you didn't know how to cook? People think internet writing is an easy earner. It's not. It's a professional career and you need skills and know-how to do it. But if you're good, you can name your price. I'm currently working on some easy rewrites for around $20 each. They take around 45 minutes and I've got 30 to do, though the research for the first one took half a day.
• United States
7 May 11
Article writing is by far the best way to promote your own website; brand yourself; or promote an affiliate website as long as whatever you are marketing is based on YOUR passion not someone-else s. However, if you are thinking in terms of writing articles for sites that pay peanuts for the privilege of doing so, I'd say forget it.
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
6 Apr 11
You can get good income writing articles but that does not means writing one or 2 articles would give you a good income write at least above 300 articles and hope for the best to get view on your articles the more you write the much better and always chose good topics to write articles which you think people search for
• Philippines
6 Apr 11
Yes, I know somebody earning and the only source of her income. Article writing is a good idea if you want to earn a good income. But ofcourse if you are good at it and still you need to work it out.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
6 Apr 11
no, personally i dont think so because there are too many writers out there now on the internet. back when i started writing for the net, i used to get upwards of $10- per 500 word article; now you only get a dollar or two.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
6 Apr 11
You can write articles online and of course off-line too. The monthly magazines is a huge market for article writing if you have a passion for that. There are very sires online too where you can submit articles. Earnings will of course vary.
• United States
6 Apr 11
I think it is a good hobby and if you are really good someone might pick you up and supply you with work but I so far have not gotten very far. I have been published on some online magazines and blog spots as well as in local papers and a few in national magazines but nothing I would call money making.
@wiggles18 (2506)
• Canada
6 Apr 11
If you know what you are doing, YES! I make close to 100 passively just using Triond(after only putting in around 65 hours into the site) :D *I think I may have gotten a little bit lucky with some random popular articles...* I just read today about someone on Triond who had earned over 600 dollars last month :O