Freelance Writing Employment
Once you master all there is to know and learn about freelance writing, once the work never stops coming and you’re rolling in so much money, it is only natural for you to want to move on to the big leagues. You need to know what options are available for you in order to gain full time freelance writing employment.
1. Starting your own website or forum
A natural first step towards the major league. If there’s a website or forum that you can promote and sell effectively it should be your own. While your team of writers deal with other projects, you can devote yourself to running your own website that promotes your services or a forum where you can scout for more good writers to join your team.
You can also earn further from running your own website by means of PPC or Pay Per Click advertising which means for every click your visitors make, you earn money without lifting a finger — only theirs.
The more PPC ads, the better so you need to work hard on promoting your website to make this happen. It can be a good source of additional income for those lean days.
2. Study other styles of writing
It helps to be able to learn other styles of writing in order to diversify and extend your client base. Online writing is usually very simple and you can learn how to write academic letters, sales letters, product reviews and dissertions that can mean big bucks for you.
Writing one dissertion in three days can earn you as much as what you usually get for writing articles in one week. You can also go ahead and train your team of writers in the other styles of writing so they too can diversify and build. Being a versatile writer increases your chances of getting better compensation and extended freelance writing employment.
Copywriting is also a writing skill worth learning and can be a very rewarding career as well. However, it will require more qualification and experience to succeed in it.
3. Trying Offline Publication
Online writing is a great option but you might want to try venturing off as well. Offline publication was once the be all and end all for writers and while it’s popularity had steadily waned (and the pay much less) it can still be an avenue you can explore to further your experiences and capability.
After all, magazines still need articles written for it, products still need print ads and hard copy reviews and books still need authors to write stories right? See what grabs your attention most and give it a go. After all some of the richest people made their money from offline publishing — just ask J.K Rowling.
Now that we’ve talked about the various ways of increased freelance writing employment, it’s time to talk money — very plainly, just how much money is involved in this whole shebang. Move on to our money page as we discuss how you can earn obscene amounts of money in the freelance writing business and how to do it.
