Creative Ways Money: Writing Articles

Creative Ways for Money Flow: Writing Articles

This last six months I have been researching ideas for creatively earning more income — mainly by writing articles. I’ve just listed 10 websites where a novice writer can try publishing their articles or essays and get paid. It’s in the back of ‘Creative Ideas for Making More Money’ – a freebie.Writing Types for Money FlowWriting freelance articles is just one way to earn more money if you’re an active retiree, stay at home parent, or lucky book writer. There are of course other writing-for-money ideas: copywriting of business marketing materials editing and proofreading essays (if you’ve done a course) creative writing of short stories and entering loads of competitions ghost blog writing for busy information or SAAS businesses ghost writing books  Kinds of Freelance Writing SitesFreedom with Writing site offers a huge list of publications who pay for writing.…
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contributing articles guide

Influential Author: A Contributing Articles Guide

In this series, I hope to give you some ideas for contributing articles to magazines and other places like major blogs, newswires or news platforms. When time is short, you must only work on what matters. So, select the magazines and sites that already have a following, one who may be interested in your work.As well, think of your friends in business who may have blogs or Instagram followings, and on top of this, add podcast guesting or local magazine columns.One way to manage this is to have a master spreadsheet. I use Google Sheets for sorting out list of partners for marketing, places to post, and lists of niche bloggers.I know it takes a long time to find these lists of niche blogs and magazine editors, so another idea is joining in with another author or two in your…
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freelance writing jobs
Freelance writing

Why the Freelancer Lifestyle and What Writing Jobs Can You Get?

False pretense aside, yes I have a short book coming out next week, entitled ‘How to Start a Freelance Business in Australia’, so of course I’m somewhat selling the benefits of a freelancer lifestyle. But as an experienced freelance copywriter and editor, I can shed some light on the truth of it.  If you’re new to looking for freelance writing jobs, you might have these questions: What kind of money can I expect… What hours can I work… Do clients expect a miracle? What kind of money will I earn… To which I answer:  Your income will reflect the confidence level and expertise of your promotional skills – which you must deliver on. So anything from $20 an hour to $180 an hour is possible. The more specialised your writing (read, pandering to the needs of the corporate world), the more you can potentially…
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