Because of a recent argument I had with a professional writer, I thought I would talk about writing as a primary source of income. The argument was that you should not accept peanuts as a pro writer when you can find legitimate writing gigs. I argued heavily that you should not just focus on an immediate chunk of cash, but work on residuals as well. I do totally agree that you need to make money right now as well though.

As a writer who wants to make money right now, I totally recommend Constant Content because you get decent payouts for your articles. You can also earn residual income with them.

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The reason I love Constant Content is because I can earn residuals with them even if I am not actively writing articles. I make money when my referrals sell their articles. I have already earned residual income this way a couple of times, and am expanding on that with a few niche sites specifically for recruiting referrals.

You want to seriously consider making money through the referral route because this is done using leverage. Over time, you can build up a massive income this way.

Also as you know, writing articles is a great way to establish yourself as an expert on a subject. You can get a request by a ‘buyer’ who loves your writing style and wants you specifically to write their article. This kind of thing happens all of the time.

One of my referrals has made $300 from less than 13 articles in 2 months time to start. That is great for a “usage” fee on his articles, and shows that you can make some ok money with part time effort. Imagine if he spent once every two days writing articles for Constant Content.

Not the only game in town

Constant Content may be one of the best for income and a large buyer database, but it is definitely not the only game in town for a writer seeking an income. Associated Content is another source of cash. I know that the initial $2 range for upfront payments can be discouraging, but you also get paid per CPM (thousand page views) on your articles. If you utilize associated content like you would a social network and connect with other writers, you can easily drive that traffic. Not to mention the traffic you can already bring your articles from your social profiles like Facebook and Twitter.

The great thing is that you can establish a large residual income every month by adding content to AC regularly. It takes time to establish, but consider it to be an extension of your blog. Never keep all of your eggs in one basket. The immediate term from AC comes with driving traffic to your blog or website.

Not just for spam

Craigslist is known for the millions of visitors it gets daily. It is also known for lots of spam, but the good thing is that most of that spam gets flagged off quickly. As far as writing gigs go, I have been contacted by people looking for ghost writers to author their book or screenplay. In addition, I have found writing jobs posted in the writing gigs section that have panned out pretty well.

Alternatives to Craigslist is Kijiji.com and Backpage.com but they are less popular and contain more spam. Once they have had more time to establish themselves, one would think that the spam will go down and more relevant posts will be added.

Freelance is more than a name, it’s a place.

And the place is… Freelancer.com and other sites that help freelancers find work. These sites have categories for writers. Take into account the requirements of such gigs though. If they require complete rights to the article but only pay a few dollars, then it simply is not worth it. Remember that you are not getting traffic that way either so there is no benefit in doing cheap work.

Conclusion:

As a writer, how do you find paying work? If you don’t write for cash, what do you do it for?

Is Your Content Constant?

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