Comments on: Reader Question: Specializing in Article Writing – Where do I Begin? http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/06/18/freelancing/finding-work/reader-question-specializing-in-article-writing-where-do-i-begin/ Your Freelance Writing Resource Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Writing Roundup, June 19 « Jen’s Writing Journey http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/06/18/freelancing/finding-work/reader-question-specializing-in-article-writing-where-do-i-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-10543 Writing Roundup, June 19 « Jen’s Writing Journey Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:35:44 +0000 http://allfreelancewriting.com/?p=2290#comment-10543 [...] Reader Question: Specializing in Article Writing Specialization typically equals higher pay, because the more you know about a topic area, the more valuable you become. But, it can be hard to break into a new field of specialization. Jenifer Mattern provides some ideas that will help you. [...] [...] Reader Question: Specializing in Article Writing Specialization typically equals higher pay, because the more you know about a topic area, the more valuable you become. But, it can be hard to break into a new field of specialization. Jenifer Mattern provides some ideas that will help you. [...]

]]> By: Ed http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/06/18/freelancing/finding-work/reader-question-specializing-in-article-writing-where-do-i-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-10534 Ed Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:02 +0000 http://allfreelancewriting.com/?p=2290#comment-10534 To their detriment, too often newbies confuse writing PLR for actually researching, interviewing and crafting articles offering valuable information. Whether SEO or PLR, the publishers pay peanuts because they don't seek writers, but coders able to string together words that will be read only by a search engine. Because software exists to automatically create such content, publishers think they shouldn't need to pay a person more than a few cents. Only by developing a niche, becoming an expert in that area and marketing yourself to publishers with readers (not robots) will you earn any respectable amount in freelance writing. To their detriment, too often newbies confuse writing PLR for actually researching, interviewing and crafting articles offering valuable information. Whether SEO or PLR, the publishers pay peanuts because they don’t seek writers, but coders able to string together words that will be read only by a search engine. Because software exists to automatically create such content, publishers think they shouldn’t need to pay a person more than a few cents.

Only by developing a niche, becoming an expert in that area and marketing yourself to publishers with readers (not robots) will you earn any respectable amount in freelance writing.

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