The simple answer is no. It isn’t. As someone who has spent countless hours learning how to be successful in the world of online content, I know first-hand at how easy it is to fall into the trap of believing that the online world is just a mecca of wealth waiting to open its arms [...]
It’s no secret that my favorite site to write for is Suite101.com. It’s through that site that I learned how to write for the web, and it’s also through that site that I have been able to “meet” and network with some of the best writers on the web. One such writer is Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen. [...]
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It has been some time (embarrassingly so, I admit) since I’ve updated this blog. But I haven’t abandoned my online marketing, writing, or niche blogs business. In fact, quite to the contrary. And all of the crazy goings-on in my life have inspired this post: What writing online for cash can do for you. When [...]
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Back in late November, I wrote a review of Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. As I mentioned in the review, I consider myself to be an above-average skilled blogger (hey, I actually make a living at this) but I still learned a fair amount. Anyway, I wanted to let all of [...]
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Earlier, I wrote an entry about another site that pays you to write, Constant Content. Though I have been a member for a long time, I had never really taken the time to get to know the site, or how it works. But that changed, and so far I’ve submitted a handful of articles. I [...]
Last April, I wrote about talking about how, with affiliate marketing, timing is everything. And it is. This week, I was able to cash in on another piece of timely content that earned incredibly for me back in October, and then again this week. One of the ways I find interesting content that will likely [...]
One of the sites I signed up with a long time ago, but have only recently started to really work with is Constant Content. Unlike some of the other sites that pay you to write, which base their pay on revenue sharing and referring other writers, Constant Content is a platform for people to buy [...]
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One of the ways I make a handsome chunk of change is by writing niche blogs. Niche blogs are blog-style websites that provide valuable information along with product resources. In the most basic of terms, they are websites that are built around a niche, making a profit by offering advertising for that niche, and some [...]
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While it is typical that the more you write, the more you earn, it is possible to write too much. The inspiration for this post came from my perusal of a variety of “writing online” community forums. It seems like every day, there are several posts made by people looking for new sites that pay [...]
After you’ve been writing for money online for awhile, it’s easy to slow down, get a little complacent, and feel a little stale. It’s a repetitive business in many aspects, and mentally, it can take a lot out of you. Sometimes, all you need to get going again is to find a motivator. For me, [...]
Ask a lot of people in the online writing business which affiliate programs they use, and you’ll hear a lot of them say “Clickbank.” It’s recommended in a lot of the online courses in affiliate marketing, and I used to promote a few products in the Clickbank line. But now? I don’t even touch it. [...]
Anyone entering the world of online writing for the first time is bound to have questions about keywords. I cover keyword research extensively in my book, and on this site, but I’ve never really gone into where keywords should be placed in an article or other online content. As a writer, I know that every [...]
In my popular posts about sites that pay you to write, I gave a nod to Squidoo. At that time, I was fairly new to making “lenses.” Lenses are the pages that you create at Squidoo, instead of articles or blog posts. I created a few lenses, and then I just forgot about them. Until [...]
One of the easiest ways to monetize a blog is by using Google Adsense. One of the most popular blog monetization tools available, I recommend that many sites use it as a way to generate revenue. That said, there is another way you can utilize Adsense as a tool for your blog.
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I’ve said this before, but I think that it is worth repeating: earning money online is not easy. It takes time, effort, and sometimes sacrifice. I can think of many times I would have rather been gardening or hiking, or even getting household chores done, but my writing had to come first. One of the [...]
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Even though I consider myself to be a fairly seasoned blogger, I still like to learn from others. I am an avid reader of Problogger, which is a great blog for anyone aspiring to write for cash full time. It’s through this blog that I learned about 31 Days to Build a Better Blog ($19.99) [...]
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As I go forward with this site, I am going to start increasing the amount of information I present about niche blogs. Niche blogging is a rapidly growing segment of online income earning, one with which I have been quite successful myself. But having a great niche blog doesn’t mean anything if it isn’t being [...]
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Getting a Google Adsense account isn’t always easy, but it can be. It used to be that Google required you to have your own domain, and great content, and then you could apply. While having those things is a good idea, it isn’t the only way to get started. If you’re looking to get a [...]
It’s been slightly more than four months since I have updated this blog. And while that is far too long, personal circumstances have had me away from a lot of my online writing. Fortunately, it was nothing so serious that it hasn’t passed and now I am back with a vengeance. I the last four [...]
For some people, one of the hardest parts of writing online is promoting their own material. But with millions of other websites writing about the same things, promoting material is essential for success. Social bookmarking is one of the easiest ways to promote your content. It’s free, it’s fast, it increases page views and expands [...]
When people search for content online, they often want to find “how to” do something. That’s exactly why “how to” sites, like eHow and wikiHow, are so popular with the search engines. Here’s an example: The term “kite flying” is searched approximately 40,500 times per month, and when entered into Google, there are 1, 900,000 [...]
People get into making money online for a variety of reasons. Maybe they’ve always wanted to have a job that allowed them to work from home. Maybe the tight economy has them searching for ways to make a few extra dollars each month. Regardless, the number of people seeking to make money online has grown [...]
When writing content for the web, it’s easy to get caught up in all things SEO. We do keyword research, we look for expensive keywords, and we spend time researching content to make sure our time produces earnings. But more and more, search engines are turning to a technique called Latent Semantic Indexing, or LSI [...]
Do you use images when writing articles and online content? If you answered, “no,” you’re missing out on some search traffic. Using images when you post online content not only enhances the experience for the reader, it provides you, the writer, with another opportunity to add keywords to your content. eHow is a great example [...]
