Okay,
so writing doesn’t seem to pay. You spend hours
researching, writing, and editing. Then
you spend time trying to sell your writing to a magazine, website, or book
publisher. Then you spend time marketing
and promoting your work. Is there a way
to make a few bucks from being a writer?
1.
Seek Donations
That’s
right, act like a non-profit and ask people to give you money – like a tipping
jar. If you have a PayPal account you
can create a PayPal Donate button and embed it into your site.
2.
Digital
Subscriptions
Get
people to pay for content as a subscriber, the way magazines or newspapers
would charge people. Use chargebee.com
or easydigiitaldownloads.com or woocommerce.com. You can share content on a regular basis – daily, weekly, monthly or
quarterly – or find a way to post content at your leisure but to charge in set
amounts for increments of time.
3.
Online Course
Similar
to charging for an e-book, you charge for an online course that could include
video, worksheets, podcasts, or written content. Some helpful sites include teachable.com,
bigmarker.com, zippycourseplugin.com, zoom.us, and gotomeeting.com/webinar.
4.
Sell Your Work
You
can write for publication with magazines or sell your work as a freelancer to a
news organization -- or sell your book to a publisher.
5.
Self-Publish
Create
a book or file and sell it online via a self-publisher like Amazon’s Create
Space. You can sell information products
through gumroad.com or ejunkie.com.
6.
Consulting/Coaching
Create
written materials as part of your one-on-one trainings with people. Let’s say
you write about losing weight. You can
consult a group or an individual and support your teachings with written
documents.
7.
Company History
You
can offer to write a company or organization’s history-for-hire.
8.
Write For Free
Use
your writing to showcase your abilities, knowledge, and writing style -- give it
away -- with the hopes it lures paying customers for some service or bigger
writing project.
9.
Get Advertising
If
you have a big enough online following you can charge for advertising to your
blog or website. To accept advertisers,
look into litbreaker.com or google.com/adsense.
You
can also use your writing to boost your credentials and visibility with the
hopes of using it to get hired, promoted, or as a lead-in to launching a
business. Being a good, prolific writer
should net you some greenbacks. In fact,
you can make money off of the writing of others. You can join a program that gives you
commissions on book sales (affiliate marketing). The biggest one is affiliate-program.Amazon.com.
Now
go write your way to success!
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