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So many people seem to be falling for scams lately, it’s just plain crazy – but that is what happens when someone is so desperate to make money online that they are willing to take risks. I’m here to prevent that.

I should warn you in advance that although this method is a completely real way to make money online for free and work from home either full or part time, that it is just as demanding as a regular job.

What I am talking about is writing for money. Writing articles for money is one of the best ways to get started online. You might not think so, or you might have a whole lot of questions and doubts – I don’t blame you. In the past I’d signed up for a bunch of websites offering to pay me for writing articles – they sucked.

The truth is the only way you are going to make money online for free legitimately is by doing things for yourself – this method isn’t going to cost you anything at all financially, you just have to be willing to invest time and effort.

This is the exact way that I personally started out making money online – at first I was working four hours a day, five days a week, for $600 a month. That isn’t great money but considering I was flat broke at the time it was enough to put food in the fridge and cigarettes in my hands. Of course I also bought a lot of wine, but hey, I’m a writer.

I’m going to answer some questions I’ve been asked over the past few months about how you can make money online by writing articles below.

How much money can I make online by writing articles?

That really depends on how much time you put in. The last month that I was writing full time from home I made $2200 writing for several different clients. You can make more than that of course, but I was still taking time off regularly to work on other projects.

What should I write about to make the most money?

It seems to me that health articles, money articles and insurance articles are worth the most money right now – however I personally made most of my money writing about mobile phones, holiday destinations and articles for adult websites; it really depends on your clients.

Where can I find clients?

This is one of the easiest things to do when you know how – just go and sign up for a webmaster forum such as Digital Point or Answernode (both come up in Google) and go to the Content/Content Creation sections. It is completely free and the best way to make money online.

Should I sign up for writing sites too, like Associated Content or Helium?

I’d say no. It is a waste of time when you could be getting paid instantly for work completed with regular clients.

I hope these tips have helped you and if you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment and I will be sure to get back to you.

As always good luck and don’t give up – making money online is possible – you just have to work hard at and find a method that works for you.

If you need some motivation you might be interested in:
Motivation To Make Money Online
10 Reasons To Earn Money Online

Writing

If you want to start a new money making venture but have a balance of $0 in your bank account and an empty Paypal, you still have options.

If you can write, you can make money online. Some people work from home full time, some just do freelance writing for some extra cash – something I have made use of many times myself.

Head on over to Answernode Webmaster Forums and post a notice in the content or content creation sections of the forum – it helps if you include your prices.

You can easily make $30 in three or four hours, or more if you can write well and at a reasonable speed – which many of us can thanks to the popularity of the internet and emails in today’s age.

This is a great way to make money online for any reason, but especially useful if you just want a few quick bucks to register a domain name or setup an advertising campaign.

Speaking of registering a new domain name, Answernode Webmaster Forums (link above) has just posted a new set of discount coupon codes for GoDaddy valid in November and December this year, so it is well worth checking out. (You don’t even have to sign up to browse them!)

Just remember, even if you’re broke you can still make enough money online to start up a new project!

Cash

If you want to work from home and make money online but don’t have a website there are still plenty things you can do that wont cost you a single cent.

I’m going to list just a few of the ways you can start making money online tonight, or at least over the course of the next week, without needing your own website or any knowledge of HTML.

1. Get An Auto Blog

Auto blogs are one of the easiest ways to make money online for beginners; you don’t need a website because you can just sign up for a free blog at Blogger – if you haven’t experimented with one, or several, auto blogs yet, then now is a good time to start – just set one up and whack AdSense on there. (If you don’t know how to create an auto blog there is a $5 guide available from Games To Money.)

2. Sign Up For a GPT or PTC Site

There are a lot of decent GPT and PTC websites out there, although before signing up for any you should know that GPT will always pay more than PTC, as well as paying out more reliably in general. At the end of October GPT HQ is launching, and I would encourage everyone to sign up for it – however until then you can find plenty of other sites to try out using Google. All you have to do is click links, fill out surveys and complete free offers and you will get paid to do so – it is a good way to make a few extra dollars, especially when you are looking for money for your first real website.

3. Ebay

Using a drop shipping company and selling the products on Ebay can be a great way to make money online. The first time I did it, I sold a discount TV via a drop shipping company and made around $70 profit – so not too bad. There is a lot of competition, so it is best to find a small drop shipping website that not everyone is already using it.

4. Provide Content

Head over to Answernode Webmaster Forums and post in the content creation section – you can offer writing services, logo creation services, banner creation services and more – you will need to sign up, but it doesn’t cost you anything and it a good way to find work.

There are plenty of other ways I will be discussing more in depth in the future, so stay tuned – but in the meantime good luck making money online using these four newbie friendly methods :)

Generally you can find site owners looking for article rewriters lurking around in Webmaster forums, such as Digital Point or Answernode, and posting in threads titled things like “WTH Article Rewriter.”

When you rewrite an article you basically read through a few paragraphs, rewrite them in your own words, then make sure it looks like a complete different piece to the one you are working from.

If you don’t put any effort in and copy and paste entire sentences then it wont pass Copyscape, a website used to find plagiarism online, and you will not be paid.

A good article rewriter knows how to say the same thing in many different ways.
For example;
“Mix the eggs and flour together” could be rewritten as;
“Using a wooden spoon mix until the flour and egg are entirely blended together.”
Or;
“Stir until the eggs and flour are thoroughly mixed.”

Just make sure you don’t fall into the trap of stretching it out too much – you need to make it your own, but don’t take three lines where you only need one.

Also avoid using any words that have affiliations with particular groups of cultures, such as “schlep” (Jewish) or “true blue”. (Australian.)
You want to talk like the reader – because if the readers like the article the person who hired you will likely want you to do more work.

With a good reputation a decent rewriter can earn the same amount of money as a business professional when it comes to money per hour.

Just be polite, professional and make sure if you are posting in forums you use proper English – no one is going to hire a writer who uses ‘net speak.

Making money online with article rewriting is a great way to start; there are always people looking to hire, and you don’t have to pay a cent to make money. (Unlike all the scams floating around these days.)

Being able to write articles for money is something anyone can do; if you get good enough you might even want to write an ebook – which is a lot of work but can help you learn to make money online, because you will pick up valuable skills throughout the process.

*Stay tuned, there will soon be a post discussing how to write an ebook.