by Ruth Belena

Created on: February 10, 2010   Last Updated: February 22, 2010

You can earn by writing online and make money every day. How much money you earn depends upon what you are writing, where you publish your writing online and the amount you write each day. It does take time to build a good writing income, and you cannot expect to earn a huge amount of money until you have established a reputation for being a good writer.

It is possible to earn enough to live on within six months, by writing and publishing hundreds of articles and quality web content within that time. When you write in your spare time, you will need to decide which is the best way for you to earn by writing online.

♦ Ways to earn money by writing online.

A skilled writer can earn money writing informative articles, which make good website content, or as an e-book author:
 
• Write series of articles, how-to guides or e-books for selling online.

• Get paid by content writing websites where you can earn passive income from page views or a share of ad revenue.

• Earn upfront payments from Helium, Associated Content and other writing communities which pay for quality article writing. 

• Become a freelance blogger and get paid to write sponsored blog posts or earn by writing content for specialist blogs.

♦ What to write about to earn money online.

Subject matter is important for online earning, and you should forget about fiction. There is very little money to be earned from writing short stories online, unless you win a lot of writing contests. You could earn a little passive income from ad revenue, but with factual writing you can earn so much more.

Writing articles and reviews will enable you to earn by writing online, but how much money you can earn will depend on the type of topics you write about or what you review. If you are earning from page views and ad revenue you need to write on topics that are both popular and which attract advertisers who pay more to have their ads appear when certain keywords appear in your text.

Topical items, such as new movie reviews, music reviews and celebrity profiles get a lot of immediate page views, but will not be long term earners. You might be able to sell this type of article on a content selling websites where they could be bought at blog content, but there is a limited market for this type of article.

♦ How to earn passive income from ad revenue, page views and affiliate income.

There are some good alternatives to having a personal blog, where you can use your own affiliate links and ad codes. You can also join sites that pay a set amount per thousand page views or which will pay you a share of ad revenue from your article pages. For any of these options you need to write good SEO content, that means you need to know how to write articles using keywords for search engine optimization.

How much money you can earn by writing online is up to you. Take a look at all the opportunities for making money. Choose which way you want to earn by writing online, and then see how much you money you really can make.  

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