Making Money as a Freelance Writer

I'm sorry it's been a month since I updated this blog. I've been busy writing. I took my first payout three weeks ago, it was for 100 bucks. since then, i've made close to a hundred bucks per week just doing part time freelance. I know it's not enough to pay all the bills, but it's one heck of a good start towards what I want to do, which is to quit the 9 to 5 rat race.

I know there will be small challenges, i'm facing one right now, but with perserverence, you really can make money out of nothing online. It's really true! I can hardly believe it myself.

You Really Can Make Money Online!

I'm sorry I haven't posted in here for the last week. A lot has happened. I made my first bit of money online since starting this blog, about $45 bucks. A forum posting site was a little late with my payment, but they did pay. Also, I was introduced to something called "content writing". You write articles for various clients on a variety of subjects, and they pay you money!

Forty five dollars is what I have been paid, but I have about sixty five more coming my way as of right now. I know it's not enough to make a living from, but it's a positve step towards that goal! I'm really excited.

I did have to take a wage paying job, but as my writing income keeps growing, I think this will be temporary.

How much money can you make online?

It's been about a week since I posted in here, and I wanted to give an update.

The site where I was supposed to get paid per post, for posting on message boards hasn't paid me yet. I've made about 35 bucks there.

On EBay, I don't have anything worth listing there.

The site I joined where I get paid to post ads on my other blog is going well. I've made $8.50 for one post, but it's been hard to find posts I qualify for. I won't get paid the $8.50 for about a month.

The paid to review site was a washout for me, they don't want to pay more than 40 cents per movie review, and they are worth more than that to me. I've made about $6.80 there, but I'll never see it because it's a $50 payout.

So, I should have about 43 bucks coming to me, but I haven't got it yet. I've found that making money online is not an overnight thing, it's something you have to work at.

Get Paid to Write Posts About Products on Your Blog?

I joined a site that says I can get paid to write about products on my blog. How it works is, companies put in an order for posts, and if you are a member of the club you can go to a listing of orders.

Here's the drawbacks. The higher rated blogs make the most money. Google has a Ranking system going from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest. The lower your blog ranks, the less money you will make. Also, your blog needs to have been around 90 days and have 30 posts. Once you submit your blog for approval, it takes them about 30 days to give you a yes or no. Accounts are paid VIA paypal, and I don't know what the minimum payout is.

I am currently waiting for my blog to be approved, and if this site is legit I think I can make about 35 bucks a week with a #2 ranked blog.

As I said before, this site is to track my progress making money online, and two weeks later I don't have a dime from it. I don't think the whole idea is bogus, but it's definitely not instantaneous.

Get Paid to Write? Rough First Week

When you lose your job, most folks go on unemployment to help with stuff until they can find another one. When the unemployment runs out, they dip into the savings to mostly buy gas in order to find employment. What happens after that? Well, things start getting shut off. I lost my cable last week, Internet services may be soon to follow.

I have joined a couple of money for post/review sites, but one seems to pay only when they feel like it, and the other one I'm not sure about, so I will have to withhold judgement.

I did find a blog site that has been helpful and honest, and I have linked it to the right. Am I going to make it? I don't know, I started this blog to document my progress, and so far I've made a little headway, but I still haven't made anything.

Paid Forum Posting

I saw an ad for paid forum posting, so I thought I would give it a shot. I've been posting on message boards for years, and I have always found it fun. For those of you who don't know what paid forum posting is, companies will often have a forum (Message Board) attached to a main site they are trying to drive traffic to. When there is slow posting, they will contract a company to provide quality posts.

So there I was, posting away on boards where I sometimes knew nothing about the subject of the forum, and for the most part, having a good time at it except when my com would sometimes freeze. The compainies pay anywhere between 10 to 15 cents per post. 100 posts per day was pretty reasonable, it amounts to about 12 bucks a day. the problem is, when it came time for me to get paid, no payment came. From talking with the other "employees", I found that the site does pay, but sometimes they are late. When you are desperate and starving, this really sucks.

I won't use the name of the company, lest they see this post and decide not to pay me after all. Is paid forum posting worth the time? I'll just say the jury is still out on this one.

Find E-Bay Inventory Cheap and re-sell for Huge Profits!

Ok, So I will tell you the truth. While I was doing research for how to make money online I noticed something. The gurus who teach you how to make money online seem to have made their money by teaching you how to make money. I didn't know how to make the big money, but I got an idea. If I were to start a blog about how to make money online, then I would soon find myself swimming in money! One problem though, I haven't really made any money. I've made some mind you, I've turned some good profits on E-Bay but not enough to live off of.

Try this experiment. Whatever you are interested in on E-Bay, intentionally misspell the word in it's search engine. For example, if you are interested in baseball cards, type in baseball cars. You might find a rare gem that you can buy for a reasonable price and sell for a big profit.

If anyone out there would like to hire me, I am available. If there are any Internet money gurus reading this who think they can turn me into a success story and profile me on their site, then post here and I will consider it.