Knowing how to increase income is important to writers making money from article writing, blogging, freelance writing or selling work online.

[1] Be Productive

Writing and submitting an occasional article is not enough to provide a regular income. Some paid to write sites offer upfront payments and residual income for writing articles, so adding more new titles each month will increase writing income.

Writers who rely on residual income from page views, and shared advertising revenue, need to build up a good list of stock articles. This allows a passive income to continue adding up every day over weeks, months and years to come.

Writers with a blog can increase advertising income by posting regular content. Hundreds of posts on a single blog can appear in many search results. Each post should have a title and tags containing keywords that appear within the post.

[2] Market and Sell More Articles

Good SEO articles can be marketed at sites where web content is offered for sale. Some article sites accept only original pieces, to be sold with full rights, others allow previously published articles to be offered for non-exclusive use. At Daily Article and at Constant Content, the writer can set the price required for each article offered for sale.

Helium Marketplace offers a real opportunity for writers to find assignments from publishers willing to pay for exclusive use of original articles written according to their guidelines.

[3] Bid or Pitch for Writing Jobs

Freelance writers can bid for regular writing gigs, and pitch for writing projects on freelance job sites. Webmaster forums often allow writers to offer their services. Publishers and website owners use these, and other writing sites, to seek paid content.

To be successful in bidding or pitching for a writing job, a writer should have a portfolio of successful work to show potential clients.

[4] Promote links to gain traffic and increase earnings

A writer who takes time to promote can increase income from writing. There are several ways to do this.

A blog or a personal webpage can show links to articles on revenue sharing sites. A blog with a theme, a specialist zone, or a niche website, would be most effective for attracting visitors who will want to read more of the featured articles, and to click on advertising or affiliate links.

Forums where links are allowed give writers the opportunity to post helpful responses, linked to an article on the topic under discussion. A signature link may be acceptable in forums that do not allow links in posts. The signature can link to a profile page, a blog or an article list. An active forum member can generate traffic through that link.

Social networks, social media sites, and social bookmarking, should never be used solely for self promotion. Networking will help to increase article page views or traffic to a blog. A writer can benefit from placing links on a profile at these sites.

Submitting to free article directories will also generate traffic, through a link in the writer's resource box.

[5] Improve efficiency and learn new skills

The best way to continue increasing writing income online is to become better at writing effective web content. To be successful in writing for the Internet, a writer needs to understand SEO and keyword density, and should know how to format articles as web content.

For other ways to earn money writing, it would also be of benefit to gain further knowledge, and acquire appropriate skills, to maximize the potential for increasing writing income.

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