Make Money From Writing

My last post Make Money in a Niche, was a long time ago I know as I don't get much time to write in these blogs much. But here is an article that might be of interest to anyone who is reading this blog! Its all about how to make money from writing:

Being a freelance writer, or writing content for your own websites is a necessary part of developing a readable SEO friendly home where visitors can be certain of a good read.

But it doesn't stop there. I’d like to highlight the virtues of a truly exceptional additional source of income for anyone who is interested in making money from writing. That’s a place known as Constant Content.

Constant Content are an article/content brokerage website not unlike the popular Associated Content (AC). The difference between the two is that Constant Content takes written work from writers situated worldwide, whereas AC accepts only writers that live in the United States.

The potential amount of money that can be earned from Constant Content are far in excess of you would expect to earn from Associated Content. This is chiefly due to the fact that the method of selling your articles is rather different for each company.

AC will take your article and pay you straight away for it. The amount is normally around $5-$7 per 500 word article, although that figure may increase the longer you are a member and the greater the number of articles you submit (which are accepted) to approximately $10 per article. The articles you submit then become the property of Associated Content, which they can then offer for sale to website owners as “usage” rights. This means they are able to resell each of your articles over and over meaning they are not unique.

Constant Content, alternatively are rather different. When you submit an article to Constant Content, you specify the way you desire it to be sold. It can be from a choice of either "usage", "unique" or "full rights".

This is so good to know. The majority of content buyers make use of Constant Content looking to obtain "full rights" articles. This means they become the sole owners of that article and can put their name to it as their own work, which is the main reason why it's the most taken. It is also guaranteed as original and unique content, which further adds to its appeal.

As to making money, for a 500 word, "full rights" article, the usual fee is around $40. Of this, the author receives 65% ($26), while the remainder is taken as commission and expenses by Constant Content.

Another difference to be considered is that Constant Content do not pay you, the author for your article right away as does Associated Content. What occurs is that your article remains in your own portfolio on the site and waits for a customer to choose it. That’s the main downside and one reason why so many potentially talented authors drop out. People are often impatient and don't like to be made to hang around for their article to be sold.

However, for those writers that are prepared to wait, once an article is sold, you get paid by Constant Content at the start of each month. Logic dictates that the more articles you store in your portfolio, then the more articles you will sell. Over time, your portfolio will expand and provide you with a constant flow of cash as long as you continue to keep submitting more articles in order to keep it swelling. As an author, you will begin to become known by a few of the regular content buyers and if they like your articles in your portfolio, you may very well be asked to do private work for them, which many of the regular authors there do. This can actually turn out to be very lucrative.

Wouldn't you rather make $26 for a 500 word article and maybe wait a while for it, than get a cheap $5-7 straight away.

I personally recommend Constant Content if you would like to make extra cash from your writing work and aren't bothered about being patient.

Here is how to get the best out of CC:

Always keep submitting good quality articles. While you might not sell any right away, be patient but submit more articles and before long, your first article will sell. Its a great feeling and will spur you on to submit even more. By submitting your articles constantly and often, other sales will soon follow.

To help you choose what subjects to write about, Constant Content publish a list of content requested by buyers both on the site and via email to each author. Even if they don’t buy yours, it increases your chances of selling your artucles to someone else. Its also a perfect gauge as what topics are hot amongst buyers.

So the very best of luck with making cash from your articles!

More later,

Ronda,
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