When a mother or father decides to stay home and raise the kids one of the incomes is lost. The parent that stays home is often looking for ways to earn money to help out without having to leave the home since this means placing the child in daycare. Daycare is an additional expense that those staying home with their children are trying to avoid. Article writing is a great way for a stay at home parent to earn extra income from home.
Earning extra money writing articles isn't that difficult to do either. There are several places online where the stay at home mom or dad can earn from the writing efforts they make. It just takes a couple hours a day which can be squeezed in during nap time. So where can you make money writing articles online?
Online is the easiest way to earn from writing articles while you stay at home so that's what this article is going to cover. The first is Helium.com since that's where this article is being read at.
Helium.com
Helium offers thousands of titles to write to. Each article on the site is eligible to earn ad revenue provided one rating star which isn't that difficult to acquire is had. Qualifying channels provide the opportunity to earn the writer upfront payments as long as they write one of the first five articles to the titles with the first article written earning a small bonus. Writers with five rating stars can earn a small additional amount at the end of the month. The minimum payout for Helium is $25.00 which is getting easier to make with all the new changes.
Associatedcontent.com
Associated Content offers two options for payment. Up front payment and ad revenue. Writers can repost Helium articles for ad revenue alone or submit articles for upfront payment and repost them on helium later to earn additional funds as long as they were non-exclusive. The minimum payout is $1.50 I believe and the more content you have that is searched for the more you can earn.
Triond.com
Triond offers ad revenue on original articles. Articles have to be approved first and can't be published elsewhere first. The articles are then placed on various websites in their network. The minimum payout for Triond is $50.00.
Reviewstream.com
While not exactly articles review stream allows you to review literally anything. You can review books, television shows, even friends and family. The current review rates are $2.00 with a bulk rate of 40 cents but they don't take long to write. The payout for review stream is $50 to cash out.
Getafreelancer.com
You can get either a paid or free membership to bid on projects at getafreelancer.com. The pay depends on the project and who is seeking the writer. You need to meet a minimum requirement to be able to request the funds out of your account.
Elance.com
Elance offers either free or $9.95 a month memberships. You can bid on projects that pay various amounts. The budget for the projects are made known to you by reading the description prior to bidding. There are opportunities for long term work available with the projects that you bid on. There is no minimum required to cash out from Elance.
These are just a few of the places that stay at home moms or dads can earn from writing articles. The amount of time available and the income needs will affect how much is made while writing articles from home.