by Ruth Belena

Created on: July 29, 2009   Last Updated: August 01, 2009

Writing is not a nine to five job and article writers working at home can easily fit their writing job in with parenting activities. Stay at home moms or dads can care for a baby or young infant, take their kids to and from school, and do some article writing to earn extra income.

There is no expense involved in article writing, other than a desktop or laptop computer with Internet connection. Writing is easier to do when there are no distractions, but article writing can be done in any room, at any time, even when there are children around.

Moms and dads can write quality articles on any topic, and from their own experience they have great insight and knowledge to share when writing about parenting. They can contribute much of value writing articles about issues that are of concern to parents, and will get paid for doing this.

Article writing is a good source of extra income for moms and dads because there are many opportunities to make money at paid-to-write sites that pay upfront. Productive writers can also earn passive income from articles at revenue sharing sites, where they get paid for page views.

Articles written by work-at-home moms and dads can be offered for sale on content sites where clients buy quality articles for their own exclusive use. The best known of these sites are Constant Content and Daily Article.

Parents working from home can find freelance jobs and write articles commissioned by clients. Freelance job sites allow experienced writers to find offers of work and to bid on writing projects. Requests for web content can also be found in some webmaster forums.

It does take time to build up extra income from article writing, but within a few months it is possible for parents who are productive writers to be earning regular amounts at writing sites, and to be getting paid for writing articles by business clients and website publishers.

Parents who want to earn extra income from article writing should also think about creating a blog. This will help them to promote their work and provides further sources of income.

It is helpful for article writers to join social sites where they can promote their online articles and network with other writers. This can lead to discovering new writing opportunities.

The best way for stay-at-home moms and dads start earning extra income from article writing is to read through some of the articles at paid to write sites, to learn about writing effective web content and to discover how articles get page views at revenue sharing sites.

There is constant demand for well written content that is suitable for use on websites and blogs. Many stay-at-home moms and dads successfully earn extra income from article writing. It is a great way to combine caring for kids with working from home.

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