Are You Thinking Of Writing For Pay: Affiliate Marketing - Hopping On And Off The Tracks

COMPLETE 5 Part Series: "Write For Pay"

FIRST: I will tell you what some popular ways to make money with your writing are, and how exactly those ways can work for you. (click link and scroll down)

SECOND: I give you a list of ten different websites that will allow you to generate an income and get paid using your writing and the methods I discuss here. (click link and scroll down)

THIRD: I share a short description of three particular websites where you can start writing for pay and generate more than one source of income. (click link and scroll down)

FOURTH: I give you some Special Tips about your writing that will help you no matter what site you decide to write for. (click link and scroll down)

FIFTH: I provide links to ALL the articles I’ve written containing information about the specific website you want to write for. These articles are written in a clear and concise way and provide step-by-step details about writing for pay. (click link and scroll down)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Affiliate Marketing - Hopping On And Off The Tracks

When we use the term affiliate marketing, to some people, it conjures up images of used car salesmen trying to sell us a bunch of junk. Yes, affiliate marketing is the stepchild of online writing. Her other children (writers) don't look too kindly on their step sibling.

That is the overall feeling about affiliate marketing. No one seems to like the ideal of someone selling them something, no matter how much they may love, or need to buy! Maybe that's why I always try to shy away from the kind of writing that I am constantly drawn to doing. I keep hopping on and off the track when it comes to affiliate marketing. I see a lot of great products that I think about advertising, and in a number of ways. But if things don't work out like I want, and when I want, I get discouraged, and move on.

Yet, I love this kind of writing and I end up returning! I am a freelance writer, first and foremost, but when it comes to the things I like to write about, making money online happens to be top of the list. If that puts me in the category of step child, so be it.

Why the conversation about this topic today? I've gone back to one of my previous blogs that I started, and began posting on it again. The title of the blog: Motivating Marketing Newbies(MMN). I loved creating and writing it, because, like the Motivating Constant Content Writers blog, I felt that I was sincerely helping new writers. This getting paid online business is not an easy thing. It can and probably will, wear your spirit down if you're not taking some kind of safeguard to stay plugged in to like minded people and stay motivated.

Those who do a little marketing on the side (and that should really be ALL of us, even if it's only self-promotion - remember the last thing I posted here?, I encourage you to pop over to my Motivating Marketing Newbies blog and check it out. I plan to provide some really great resources, specifically for those who do affiliate marketing for other people's products, so stay tuned.

ttfn - ta ta for now
Charm

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Blogs To Help Writers Earn

Ghost Writing And Article Writing On “Spec"

Ghost writing is when you write and get paid for supplying work that will specifically be published without your byline. Writing on “spec” is when you take on an assignment, either solicited or non-solicited, and you write the article with the hope that it will be accepted for purchase by the customer. Typically, a customer will request you to write something on spec and you don't get paid until the writing is completed and the customer is content with the results.

Some websites actually provide you with a list of assignments that you can write on spec. In many cases, but not always, the customer will want to buy full rights, so they can remove the byline and modify the article as they please. This amounts to ghost writing on spec. It is, however, possible to do one without the other. That is because some spec writers only sell usage or unique rights, thus limiting what the customer can do with the writing.

(See the links provided for you in the Second segment of this "Write For Pay" series)

Writing & Contextual Ads

There are some great websites that let you write articles on whatever topic you want to write on and Google Ads, Amazon and other advertisers pop up to generate ad revenue for you. Ads are based on whatever your writing is about.

>>>>> HUBPAGES <<<<<

One of the most popular places for getting paid to write what you want is HUBPAGES

because they have such an easy and laid back format, plus the other writers (Hubbers) are really friendly and! You can learn a lot about writing, writing for pay and just about anything there. HUBPAGES allows you to make money in a number of ways:

YOU CAN GENERATE the following:

3 Different Kinds of Income

a) Ad Impressions – Get paid for “x” amount of “page views” (when Traffic visits your article page)

b) Ad Clicks – Get paid when someone actually “clicks” on the ads on your article page

c) Ad Sales – Get paid when someone actually “purchases” something as a result of your ads

Contextual ads are the most popular and most profitable ways to earn money with your writing. Of this type of advertising, Google AdSense is the leading source of most writers’ income. Not only do you generate cash when someone clicks on one of the ads and actually purchases something, but you also earn a profit simply for them clicking on the ad. To sweeten the pie even more, you generate additional income from having a high number of visitors go to the article page containing the ads.

Writer Referral Programs

One great form of passive income that writers can make involves getting paid to refer other writers to the website you write for. Some sites even allow you to earn money when you refer your readers to articles that other writers have written. This is easy to do when you add links to related information at the end of your articles.

Be sure to find out about writer's compensation programs when you sign up at a website to submit your writing. This is one form of income that writers often overlook, or take for granted.

(Most Writer sites have a referral program. See the links to various sites, provided for you in the Second segment of this "Write For Pay" series)