How Online Writers Make Money

If you are new to writing online you may find yourself navigating the various sites and wondering which one is the best to write for. That, of course, depends on you and your interests.

I often hear new writers ask which one makes the most money. Again that depends on you. But, we can address that later. Right now, the important thing for you to do is gain an understanding of your options for making money as an online writer.

Basically your options are: being paid for page impressions, which mean the site your write for pays you according to how many readers visit your work, by revenue from ads clicks, or outright payment. You may see terms like "unique visitors"--a fancy way to say that you won't be paid for every time aunt Betty visits if she chooses to read your article a 100 times a day, or Google Adsense and Google advertising programs--those little ads that show up beside your article.

My article The Top Five Ways Writers Make Money Online explains it all in more detail, so I won't repeat myself here. If you are serious about being a successful online writer and making money from your writing, this a good place to start.

I'm so glad you decided to stop by to visit The Freelance Writer's Daily News. Not only will you find the best up-to-date information being tweeted by other writers and researchers, you'll also find articles about important topics to all writers--but especially relevant to online writers.

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If you are new to online writing, you may be suffering from a bit of disappointment that your first attempts haven't worked out so well. Don't worry. That's part of the process of learning to get your work in front of readers who really want the information you have to share.

When I first began writing online, I asked other writers how it was done. They gave me a song and dance about writing high quality content that people are searching for and pretended that was all they knew. I knew they weren’t telling me the whole truth about SEO techniques, using keywords and the value of AdSense. I knew they had a secret formula for writing keyword rich content and improving their search engine ranking. But, they weren’t sharing it.

So, I gathered bits and pieces of SEO information from all the SEO experts, but I didn’t have anyone to talk to about Google adsense and Google ad words. I didn’t have anyone to guide me through the process of optimizing my work, finding a profitable niche or choosing topics that readers really wanted to read.

As a writer, I believe you deserve to know the secrets the successful online writers are trying to keep from you, which is what motivated me to start this blog. Visit the lesson pages to learn the secrets of online writing, best SEO practices to build a reader base and pull traffic to your work, and to refine your basic writing skills.