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 you to write online.
It is important to diversify the sites for which you write. After all, the last thing you need is for one site, housing hundreds of pieces of your work, to go out of business, taking all of your hard earned cash with it. But you can also write for too many sites.
One of the things I’ve learned from reading and participating in these online forums is that the people who are always clamoring to find new sites for which to write, are the people who always complain about how little they make or how hard it is to make a living online.
By that same token, the people who ARE making the most money writing online, or at least doing well, are those that concentrate on three or for high-profile, legitimate sites, and dedicate themselves to producing a lot of content there. It’s sort of like the quantity vs. quality debate. Is it better to write a few articles for a lot of sites? Or a lot of articles for a few sites?
My vote is for a lot of articles at a few sites. By doing this, my income stream has steadily increased every single month. I’ve never had a month where my earnings have declined, even when I’ve taken an entire month away from writing. My strategy is to stick with three high-profile sites (Suite101.com, Examiner.com, and eHow.com) and keep the money there.
I still supplement my income with occasional work at Demand Studios, which pays a flat rate, and I still promote my niche blogs elsewhere. But I keep my money-making content where it will earn, and where I know I will get paid.
