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How to Make Money as a Freelance Writer: Tips and Advice From an Expert

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Did you know that you can make money as a freelance writer&quest; While this may not seem like a lot of money&comma; think about it this way&colon; If you can find a topic that you’re passionate about and you write effectively&comma; you could make anywhere from &dollar;100-&dollar;200 per article&period; That’s not too shabby for a casual writing gig&excl; So&comma; how exactly can you make money as a freelance writer&quest; Let’s take a look at the different ways that you could potentially get paid to write&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Become an Editor<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">If you’re <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;theword360&period;com&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;22&sol;read-our-blog-to-understand-the-best-career-tips-that-you-can-follow-in-2020&sol;">looking to make extra money as a freelance writer<&sol;a>&comma; you may want to consider becoming an editor&period; An editor will usually review articles before they’re published&comma; and if the writer meets their deadline&comma; they’ll usually get an editing pass before the article is published&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">You can get paid &dollar;10–&dollar;50 for each article that you edit&comma; which is probably quite a decent amount of money for the amount of work you put in&period; You can also look into joining a publishing house as an editor&comma; where you can work in a more managerial role&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">There are many freelance editing jobs on websites like Upwork and Fiverr for you to check out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Write for Popular Blogs<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Since you’re a freelance writer&comma; you could also consider writing for blogs that pay you to publish articles&period; There are thousands of these online&comma; and they pay money every month&comma; while some pay weekly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Blogs are generally interested in written content&comma; and they’re willing to pay good money for high-quality content&period; If you’re willing to write quality articles and promote your expertise&comma; you could make around &dollar;5-&dollar;100 per article&comma; or even more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Publish an eBook<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">If you’ve been looking for an easy way to make some extra money&comma; publishing an eBook might be just the thing&excl; Many people are interested in learning new techniques and getting more out of their existing knowledge&comma; so eBooks are a great way to sell products or learn new skills&period; You can choose from a variety of topics and create a guide that teaches the reader everything they need to know&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Once you’ve chosen a topic&comma; find a good writing friend and start beta-reading &lpar;readers working on your behalf to critique your work&rpar;&period; Your friend can help you identify any inaccuracies or grammar mistakes you may have left out&period; Once you’ve finished beta-reading&comma; let your friend know how it went and how you’d like to improve&period; You can then take your feedback and make the necessary improvements before finalizing your eBook&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">You can self-publish on Amazon&comma; Barnes &amp&semi; Noble&comma; and Smashwords&comma; and then distribute it through the various apps for e-readers&comma; smartphones&comma; and computers&period; If you’re not too sure about how to start this&comma; or how to market your eBook&comma; consider hiring a professional to write the content and market the book for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Guest Blog<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">If you enjoy guest blogging&comma; you could write for other websites that pay you to publish articles&period; The catch&quest; You have to be willing to write 500 to 2000 words for every specific topic requested&period; If you don’t have the time or energy to complete that&comma; it’s probably not a good fit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Most bloggers will welcome guest blogging&comma; and you can usually expect to make between &dollar;15 and &dollar;100 for each article you publish&period; You can find thousands of guest blogging opportunities on websites like Upwork and Fiverr&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Write a Book<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">You can also write a book in exchange for a fee&period; The only catch&quest; You have to be able to write decent book-level content&comma; and you <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;theword360&period;com&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;30&sol;five-ways-to-effectively-market-your-product&sol;">have to find a publisher<&sol;a> who’ll publish your book&period; This can take months&comma; if not years&period; So&comma; if you want to make money from writing a book&comma; it’s going to be a slow and steady process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Create an Editorial for a Magazine<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Let’s say you want to write an editorial for a magazine&period; You can usually find freelance writing gigs like this through various online services&comma; or you can approach magazines and freelancers directly and ask for work&period; When you’re submitting an editorial&comma; you want to make sure that you follow these three steps&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ol class&equals;"wp-block-list" type&equals;"1"><li>Find a topic that you’re passionate about&period;<&sol;li><li>Find a journal or magazine that you’d like to guest post for&period;<&sol;li><li>Contact the editor and let them know that you’re interested in publishing an editorial piece&period;<&sol;li><&sol;ol>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">If you have experience writing for a variety of different publications&comma; you could charge &dollar;60-&dollar;500 for the article&comma; which is decent money for the amount of work you put in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Write an Online Course<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">If you’ve wanted to start teaching but didn’t know where to begin&comma; consider offering an online course&period; Courses range in price and can be distance learning or online seminars&period; You can find a ton of different topics&comma; including business&comma; marketing&comma; psychology&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The great thing about these is that you don’t have to be a published author to write them&period; You can start out with &&num;8220&semi;how to&&num;8221&semi; eBooks on how to start a blog or &&num;8220&semi;how to&&num;8221&semi; eCourses on how to become a better manager&comma; etc&period; And there are lots of different categories you can choose from&comma; so there’s something for everyone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Wrapping up<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">As you can see&comma; there are many different ways that you can make money as a freelance writer&period; There are also many different ways that you can make money as a blogger&comma; a guest blogger&comma; or an editor&period; There are many different opportunities available to make money online&comma; and it’s important to consider what you’d like to do for a living and how you could best use your skills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Author&&num;8217&semi;s Bio<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Success <em>Osahenkhoe<&sol;em><&sol;em> <em>is a PR expert&comma; writer&comma; and content creator who has served in many parastatals&period; He loves writing&comma; speaking&comma; and composing great content that helps brands achieve their goals&period; Success Osahenkhoe is also a former special assistant to Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Edo state government on gender issues&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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