Sell Your Writing Online NOW Blog

As a Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) member, you receive a free listing on ContentBee.

Here’s how to maximize the value of this listing.

1. Reference your entry in ContentBee (and your SYWON) membership when you apply for writing jobs.

As a new Web writer, you need to show that you’re efficient and trustworthy. (No one wants to hire a "writer" who may skip off into the sunset with their money and confidential company information.)

Your entry in ContentBee shows that you’re serious about your career, and that you’re training in Web writing.

2. Reference your entry in ContentBee on your Web site. Again, your entry in ContentBee shows that you’re a trained Web writer, rather than someone who just calls himself a writer.

Your links on ContentBee and Writing Hacker are valuable; so use them.

If you haven’t yet sent me your link and Contentbee blurb, please do that today. 

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Are you setting your goals too low? In next week’s Fab Freelance Writing Ezine our topc is “Create a Six-Figure (and Beyond) Writing Income”.

Learn more — Make money writing | Work from home | Writing jobs — Angela Booth’s Fab Freelance Writing Blog:

"Are you setting limits on your success as a writer? Most writers do; they’re setting their sights too low. They may achieve small success, but never achieve their potential, because they aim too low. Want to free yourself from self-imposed limitations? That’s the theme of next week’s issue of Fab Freelance Writing Ezine."

 You have all the information you need to become a six-figure writer in Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON); just remember to be aware that only you can limit your income.

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If you’re a Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) subscriber, you know that I recommend that you get comfortable with Squidoo, and use it in your writing campaigns.

I don’t use Squidoo as much as I should, and that’s only because I don’t have enough time; I always seem to be working on one of my sites, or creating a new product.

One of the debating points in the Squidoo community is: should you have one account, or many?

I’m in the one account camp, chiefly because I don’t have hundreds of lenses. If you do get around 200 or more lenses, I can see where additional accounts would make sense.

Captain Squid, in “When Are Multiple Squidoo Accounts Useful?” says:

…you are seriously diluting a lot of the power you can get from having a unified account.

From the dashboard, lens labels are spectacular for handling different sections of lenses or groups. I have labels for both verticals or themes as well as by aff. network or marketing strategy. Multiple accounts make tracking this stuff a total pain.

I agree. Unless you spend all your time in Squidoo, there’s no point in having more than one account. However, to each his/ her own. It may work for you.

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Many writers are making the switch to Web writing. One of the benefits of writing for the Web is that you can use your skills to make money — you can create websites and monetize them in various ways.

I’ve got several hundred sites and I know writers who have 1000 sites. This perhaps seems incredible. If you’re a new writer, or you’re not used to Web writing, you’re thinking “why would anybody want that many sites”?
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I’ve just posted a new article at the Fab Freelance Writing Blog which will help you to get writing jobs.

Here’s an excerpt:

Are you a new freelance writer who’s worrying about the competition? Relax. To all intents and purposes, your only competition is with yourself. You’re unique, and so are your clients: you just need to find the perfect clients for YOU.

Here are four steps to boosting your freelance writing income, and beating your “competition.”

Enjoy.

“3. Develop Your Writing Skills: Spend Time Learning Every Day” is especially applicable to your work with Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) — at the end of your Web writing training, you’ll have great writing skills, and these translate to money.

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If you’re looking for a part time job, consider using your writing skills and writing Web articles. You can make more than you would doing other part time work, and you can work from home.

When you write online, you don’t need to be a literary genius, because people are not reading online, they’re skimming for information. This means that writing speed and efficiency are more important than talent.

In next week’s Fab Freelance Writing Ezine, I discuss making money writing articles.

Here’s an excerpt:

It’s very easy to make money online with articles; the more you write, the more income you make. However, it’s essential that you PLAN and take a long term view because you need to get known as a competent, reliable article writer first.

Once you’re known for the quality of your work, you can charge more, and you’ll quickly build up a stable of clients who buy articles from you every month.

Subscribe now — you may find a whole new career.

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In Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) you discover how to set up websites and monetize them quickly. As a writer, you’ve got endless opportunities for making money online, once you know how to set up websites.

I’m often asked by subscribers: “What kind of site should I set up first?”

I always advise them to set up their “name” site first. Your name site is the site which has your own name as the domain. For example, my name site is angelabooth.com.

Once you’ve set up your name site, you can set up other sites to make money.

Many of my sites, especially many writing-niche sites (like this site), tend to have lots of content. I also have lots of review sites, in many niches.

Here’s what “Choosing A Topic For A Website” says about review sites:

Review Sites – Review sites are great because all you have to do is review different products and/or services. You can review anything and still make money. You could review cell phones, credit cards, insurance companies, digital cameras, baby products, home and/or garden products, office supplies, books, movies, bedding, clothes, food, or virtually anything else that someone would have an opinion on.

Review sites have many benefits:

* They’re small — usually from three to six pages;

* Because they’re small, they’re fast to set up (think minutes, rather than days)

* They can be highly profitable.

So, get started — set up your first site, and then set up another one. Every site you create is another way for you to boost your income. Enjoy the process: I love creating sites, and once you get into the swing of it, you will too.

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Although the outsourcing sites are great for finding freelance writing jobs fast, many freelance writers avoid them. If you’re spooked by having to compete and make bids the information in this article will help you.

Here are some tips to turn you into a bidding dynamo.
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Your writing business can be more profitable that you imagine. Want to double your income from your writing this year? It’s more than possible for you, if you set that as your goal. In fact, just by setting the goal, you’ve gone a long way toward achieving it.

Here’s what you need: the desire to achieve your goal, backed up determination, then you need a daily FOCUS on that goal. If you have these three attributes, not only will you double your income, but you’ll be amazed at how quickly it happens.

There’s no limit to your income from your writing on the Web. Some bloggers are making $30,000 a month from their businesses — if it’s possible for them, it’s possible for you, too.

Dissolve Your Disabling Beliefs by Writing Them Down

To clear the way for your accomplishment, take a few minutes to dissolve any disabling beliefs which may be standing in your way. The challenge with deep-rooted beliefs is that they become unconscious. They affect our behavior because we don’t know we hold them.

Open a new computer file, or get a notepad and pen. Set a timer (a kitchen timer will do) for five minutes. Complete this sentence: “I can’t double my writing income this year because____________”

Write, without pausing or thinking, until you hear the timer.

Excellent. Now you’ve made your disabling beliefs conscious. You know what they are, and because they’re conscious, you can refute them, so that they can no longer affect your behavior. Rip up the paper, or delete the computer file.

Think About Your Goal Morning and Evening

Did you set any New Year’s resolutions this year? If you did nothing other than set a resolution, it faded from your mind by the end of January. Here’s how to prevent that happening with your new goal.

Every morning, before you get out of bed, think about what doubling your income would do for you and the people you love. Do the same thing before you fall asleep each night.

Just think about having achieved your goal in a relaxed manner. This builds your desire. The more you day dream about your achievement, the more you’ll build you determination, and that determination will develop into a complete focus on your goal.

You’ll have a new outlook on life, and because you’re thinking and behaving appropriately, you’ll have the outcome you want. 

You can make money writing, and can achieve any income goal you care to set. Discover how to make money writing with Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) — you get all the tools you need for an outstanding writing career.

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Do you want money sent to your PayPal account every day? Many new writers hunt for “writing jobs” online when they want to make money writing, but this is a mistake. If you want success, you must do what others don’t do.

Here are three easy steps to make quick money from your writing and quit your day job within a few weeks — a writer I know used this method and had so many  writing jobs lined up that he quit his job after three days.

1. Get Your First Testimonial for Your Writing

The people who hire you to write want to know that you CAN write. You’d be amazed at the number of “writers” who take people’s money and run. Therefore, your very first step must be to get at least one testimonial for your writing.

This testimonial should include some way to contact the person who’s given you the testimonial: a Web address, an email address, or a phone number. In other words, this testimonial must be genuine.

There are various ways to get your first testimonial. One way that works is to create a listing for your writing service on eBay, with a BIN (Buy It Now) option. If you’re familiar with eBay, and have good feedback, you can leverage this to sell your writing services.

Another way that works to get your first testimonial is to advertise on Craigslist, although this takes more time, because you need to create several unique ads.

Here’s a third way that works. This method is fast and simple, and I’ve no idea why more new writers don’t use it. Just contact a professional writer who has a blog, and offer to write a guest post. You’ll be writing for free, in exchange for a testimonial. If you’re a reasonable writer, it shouldn’t take you longer that an hour to write the guest post, and you have your testimonial.

2. Leverage Your Testimonial in Your Signature File on Forums

Now you have a testimonial, you can leverage it. Here’s how: visit forums where people who buy writing hang out. These are forums for webmasters and  Internet marketers. (Avoid writers’ forums; they can’t hire you.) Join a couple of busy forums and start interacting with others.

Your signature (the blurb at the bottom of your forum posts) must contain a snippet from your testimonial.

Like so: 

Betsy Anne Newwriter, Article Writer and Blogger

A comment on my writing: “Betsy Anne’s fast and reliable: a pleasure to work with” — hire me today to help you to build your business with my writing skills.

Be professional and courteous in all your interactions on a forum: don’t spam, just become a part of the forum, and people will hire you.

3. Offer Something More: Become an Expert

Now you’re getting writing jobs, it’s time to specialize. As a specialist, you can charge more, and you’ll be hired by clients who have larger businesses with writers on retainer.

So there you have it: three steps to make quick money writing and quit your day job. Have fun, and enjoy writing: you’ll agree it’s the best “job” you’ve ever had.

Discover real world testimonials from Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) subscribers, who are making money writing and loving it.

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