Writing is a creative process, it is relaxing for many, a lifelong dream for most of us and holds a particularly mysterious, exciting aura in today’s society. If you have written a successful report, book, course or other information-based product you are held above your peers enjoying more prestige and credibility.
But…prestige, credibility and personal satisfaction don’t pay the bills do they?
No matter how much you love writing, there comes a time when you realize you must make some consistent money – in fact your love of writing depends on it.
Top writers understand that there are many ways to make money writing and that using these methods they gain more control over their time, creativity and eventually, the writing they want to release to the world.
Even if you’re passionate about releasing your first fiction novel, you may want to consider using your writing talent between to bring in enough money to give you the time you need to craft the perfect novel.
Here are 5 simple ways to make more money with your writing…
1. Start a blog on a topic you are passionate about, offer related products and services through affiliate programs (for example books you sell from Clickbank or Commission Junction can bring in between 20-50% of the sale directly to your bank account). You could also host ads and be paid a portion of advertising revenue from your blog.
2. Hire yourself out to develop content for someone else’s blog – there are millions of blogs on just about any topic you can imagine. You could contract with a top blog owner to write a few high quality articles each week to post on their blog.
3. Package several articles into your own ebook and sell it online. Believe it or not, if you target a highly emotional problem or challenge people have you can sell a 50-page ebook (think 8 6-page articles) and sell it online for $47 or more and you get to keep 98% of the profits (after basic merchant fees). We’re not talking about the traditional publishing industry where the author gets to keep 5-6%, we’re talking about where you get to sell your information at a higher price AND get to keep all the profits. One of the best programs for helping writers and non-writers get started with creating and marketing high-priced informational products is InfoMarketer’sZone – check them out.
4. Put together a training course. I guarantee you, if you put together a training course for a topic that is in high demand (and there are thousands of them), you will not have to worry about money again…these are often $197-$1000 courses that you can deliver electronically through ebooks, audio and online video or physical products that you put together on CD Rom, DVD and/or print products. Once again – InfoMarketer’sZone is a terrific place to learn the details on taking this approach.
5. Build your own content-rich website. By starting a niche website and adding an article a day for 1-month you will notice a considerable amount of traffic coming your way. Once you get that traffic and begin monetizing it (list building, offering related products and services, selling your own products or services) you are building the foundation for a very powerful, automated money making website. You can either choose to build it even bigger or you can choose to part ways and sell it on the open market. Websites that have a solid audience, good traffic statistics and some evidence of consistent income (no matter how small) can net you a very tidy profit as the number of buyers for these types of websites still far exceeds the number of sellers.
There are simple ways you can be using right now to make more money with your writing…pick one and get started now. It doesn’t matter if you are an experienced writer, just starting out or haven’t written a word, these techniques will help you build your own income stream online, pay those pesky bills (and then some) and allow you to focus on other writing passions that may not pay so well, but that you simply MUST follow.
