by Amanda Evans

Created on: May 13, 2007   Last Updated: November 17, 2008

If you want to find the best online sites for freelance writing and translation jobs the first thing you need to do is decide what medium you want to write for. If you want to write for the web you have two choices. If you want to see your own name in print there are a number of great websites that will allow you to do just this and you can earn cash at the same time.

The first website that you should visit and sign up for is Associated Content. With this website you get paid for any articles that you submit, that is of course once they are approved. Pay is usually between $3 and $10 per article and this is a great way to get your name out there and build your reputation. I should point out, that Associated Content only pays members who live in the US.

Next up is Helium. Unlike other writing websites that allow you to earn money, Helium looks for quality over content and the better your writing the more you get paid.
You also have to rate articles in order to receive payment. Helium also introduced a Marketplace which provides writers with the opportunity to write for a number of different publishers with excellent pay rates.
What I love about Helium is that you get to see your name in print, build up your reputation, and earn money too.

Constant Content is another freelance writing website that allows you to see your articles at a price you choose. When you submit an article to Constant Content you pick the license type and the price you want to charge. The best way to use this site in my opinion is to choose the usage licence.
This allows publishers to buy your article at your chosen price and your name remains as author. Usage licences are unlimited so you could sell the same article over and over again making you plenty of cash and putting your name out there too. With Constant Content you can also receive email alerts when publishers are looking for specific content and these can pay very well up to $50 plus per article.

Now that we have covered the websites that allow you to write, get paid, and build your reputation as a writer, I would like to move on to the next category. If earning money for your writing is more important than seeing your name in print this next set of websites could be for you.

Correctly known as ghostwriting, writing content for people who then put their name to it can be a very lucrative career. There are a number of websites where you can find this work but be warned, these websites work by bidding on jobs so you are not guaranteed the

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