Archive for the ‘Making Money’ Category
Monday, April 21st, 2008
I hear the same question asked over and over again when I tell people they don't have to work for peanuts - where do you get the good gigs?
I give the same answer till I'm blue in the face, but it still doesn't seem to sink in sometimes.
Specialize.
Network.
In short, ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
This is somewhat old news now, but I just wanted to remind everyone that if you run your own blog or site and use Adsense as your ad network, you'll need to make sure you add an Adsense-friendly privacy policy.
If you don't want to write your own from scratch, Jensense ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
There was an interesting question posed over at ChrisBlogging about the effect a US recession might have on freelance writers here:
"Are you worried that things will slow down across all industries, including freelance writing?"
Of course any major economic swings are going to affect us as freelance writers, but personally I'm ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
If you've been reading the blog recently, you'll know that I've decided to give bum marketing a go using EzineArticles.
With only two articles published, I've already had two problems with editors who don't know their own rules. I'm starting to wonder if it's really going to be worth it to ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I just wanted to post a quick update on the bum marketing attempt I'm starting through EzineArticles:
My first article was approved pretty quickly. I was going to post more, but wanted to make a change to my resource box on the first one first (that puts it back in editorial ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
A few months back, I gave Bum Marketing a try. I had a hard time getting into it, but it did bring in a little bit of money. So I'm giving it another go, and attempting to do a much better job this time.
What is Bum Marketing?
Here's the gist: the ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
We've chatted a little bit about digital product delivery here recently (such as when selling e-books). Today's bonus for writers is a code for 104 free days with E-Junkie, where you can sell digital products, run an affiliate program, and more. You can use it with Paypal or Google Checkout ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
There are several different ways to make money with articles as a freelance writer. Here are a few ways articles can help you make money online, whether as a full-fledged business model or as some side income:
Make money writing articles for clients.
Pros - Direct payments, Income can come quickly
Cons - ...
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
You may already know that I'm not a huge fan of sites like Associated Content. However, I do have to occasionally admit that they can be a better option for writers on the low end of the pay spectrum than taking $5 per article gigs where they give up exclusive ...
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