Category Archives: Beyond Freelance Writing

Make Money Blogging: 20 Blog Revenue Streams

By on March 27th, 2013

The post below was originally published on my small business blog after a friend asked me some basic questions about how he could begin to make money blogging. I’ve since shared it here as a way to help freelance writers build an additional revenue stream (originally on October 16, 2008). And I’ve now updated it for All Freelance Writing readers with even more blog revenue streams you can choose from. – Blogging has been a hot business concept for quite a few years now, but many people blogging for income are still baffled about how to make serious money. “Is it …

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Building New Income Streams When Client Work is Slow

By on October 16th, 2011

This article is a part of a five post series for Demand Media Studios writers and others interested in leaving content mills and other low paying freelance writing jobs behind.  We’ve already looked at why freelance job boards aren’t the best places to find gigs and how you can make it easier for clients to find you through your writer platform. But what can you do in between client projects, as you wait for responses to your pitches or while you’re still growing your platform? You can build additional non-client income streams (and some of these are actually a part of your writer …

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5 Ways to Turn Your Freelance Writing Services Into Products

By on January 18th, 2011

When you work as a freelance writer, you’re a service provider. Selling products is technically something different. But that doesn’t mean you can’t incorporate other income streams into your business. Sure, you can remain a freelance purist if you really want to. But if you’re looking for new ways to make money with your writing without having to be too reliant on client projects, why not turn your writing services into products you can sell? Need some ideas on how you can get started? Here are five examples of ways you can use your freelance writing skills and knowledge in …

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Freelance Writers: How to Prioritize Your Own Projects

By on September 28th, 2010

I made a comment on Twitter (@queryfreewriter) last week about blog posts. I mentioned how my titles for client blog posts tend to be much better than those for my own sites, and how maybe I should start treating my own projects as I would a client’s. Others chimed in with similar sentiments and LaToya thought it would make for a good blog post idea. Let’s talk about the issue of taking our own work as seriously as we take client projects, and what we can do to make productive changes. How Serious Are Your Own Projects? Whether you write …

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How Writing E-books Can Save You From a Low Pay Rut

By on September 25th, 2010

We’ve talked a lot about using e-books as platform pieces for freelance writers. And we’ve looked at how they can be used as residual income streams to complement your freelance writing work. But they can do more than supplement your writing income. If  you find yourself stuck in a low pay rut, e-books might even be your ticket out. Let’s look at a somewhat extreme example of someone trying to make content mill writing their full-time income. Let’s say you’re a freelance writer working for a mill where you earn $15 per article on average. You need to earn at …

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Sell Your Own Information Products with E-junkie

By on March 7th, 2009

One of the best things you can do as a freelance Web writer is diversify your income streams by creating, and selling, informational products. I would hazard a guess that the most common informational products for freelance writers to be selling would be e-books or reports (you also might sell membership to premium content on a website though). Now I’ve tried a few different services or methods of selling informational products, including manual delivery with Paypal payment buttons, E-junkie for payments and secure delivery, and Clickbank. E-junkie is by far my favorite of those methods from a seller’s perspective. Here …

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To Flip or Not to Flip?

By on December 24th, 2008

Uh oh. I’m facing a slight dilemma. I’ve started preparing my quick flip sites to be sold. They all have their new themes, and this evening I started adding content and ads to one of them, dealing with free online courses. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing, right? So what’s the problem? The problem is that I’m falling in love with the site.  It’s not the theme, domain, or any of that. It’s the niche. I’m a total education junkie. I love to learn new things. This site is about free online courses you can take, and I set …

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Interested in Flipping Websites? – Follow the Process

By on December 7th, 2008

I’ve been surprised by the interest other writers have had in flipping websites. I’ve posted about it as an additional income stream in the past, and it’s something I’m still asked about. I also have a goal for 2009 of flipping a few sites, as a means of monetizing some domain names I have sitting around. This weekend I’ve started preparing the first of those sites, and I thought I’d do a series of posts here along the way for those interested in trying it themselves. The Site The first site I’ll be working with is eWritingJobs.com. I’ve had this …

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My First Content Site (And How it Helped Me Get Into Freelance Web Writing)

By on October 21st, 2008

Now I work as a full-time, Web-based freelance business writer, but that wasn’t always the case. When I first went into business for myself, I specialized in music PR – writing on the Web was something I soon after started doing on the side. But how did I go from music PR to freelance Web writing? A reader emailed me yesterday asking me to share a bit more about my music background. I agreed – so I’m going to give you the brief background about how my music work led to my very first content site (since we’ve been talking …

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Flipping Websites – An Additional Income Stream for Freelance Writers

By on October 20th, 2008

As a part of our series on additional and residual revenue streams for freelance writers, today we’re going to talk about flipping websites. I’ve discussed flipping websites in a previous post here, explaining it in a very general sense and discussing some past sites I’ve flipped myself. Let’s go more into how flipping websites can earn you more money in freelance writing, and what you need to do to be successful at it. Different Ways to Flip a Website There’s more than one way to flip a website. In some cases, the website is a long-term investment – you build …

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