Opportunities of Making Good Money Online by Writing Articles Revealed!

There are innumerable ways to make money online. You may want to work from the comfort of your home and choose your hours of work. Or you may want to supplement your main income by earning some extra cash. Your ideal option is to work online. And among the many opportunities available, article writing is one area you can consider if you are good with words.

Why write articles?

Everyone has a point of view on almost everything under the sun. If you have an interesting way of putting your point of view across, there are people interested in listening to you. It is as simple as that. Earlier it was the print media which had use for articles. They had a limited audience and they chose only very few exclusive writers. With the arrival of internet, things changed. Changed for the better, especially for people writing articles!

So if you still wonder why write articles, here are some reasons spelled out:

• This is one avenue to make money online with little or no investment at all. All you need is a computer and a reliable internet connection and the capacity to make words work for you.
• Anyone with basic writing skills can enter the sphere of article writing. Even if you judge your writing as not being print worthy, you can try it out in the sites which accept articles from people on all kinds of subjects.
• You can improve on your writing as you write more. It is more like an on-the-job training. The more you write, the better you get.
• Article writing is not language specific. Everyone has a primary language of communication. Even though demand is more for articles in English, other languages are fast catching up on the internet. There is demand for little known languages also.

If you are new to writing articles, you can test your skills by offering a few articles to sites like Ezine or Spinfly. This will help you understand where you should position yourself when you venture out to make money online with your articles.

Here are some sites where you can register for free and test the waters and earn well in the meantime:

• Academia-Research.com
• Elance.com
• Freelancer.com
• oDesk.com
• Guru.com

There are many others like Scriptlance, Suite101, Get A Freelancer etc. After personally checking out each site, you should choose only one or two. It is best to establish yourself in one place and build up a good reputation. Your chance of getting continuous work depends on your reputation and rating. You can opt for a paid membership later on, as paid members do get preferential treatment which will help you get more chances.

There are many writing courses available online to teach you the art of writing. When you have earned a bit with your existing writing skills, you can invest in a course to perfect your writing. This will help you command a better pay. There are many areas related to article writing you can specialize in. It always pays to be a specialist rather than a generalist in the long run if you want to make money online in a big way.

• Editing and Proofreading; if you have an eye for perfection and a good grasp of the structure of the language.
• Technical writing; if you are an expert in a particular field.
• Academic writing; it needs a good knowledge of different accepted styles such as APA style, AMA style etc., depending on the subject.
• Blogging is for people who are good at browsing the internet and writing short, attention grabbing articles.
• Legal writing; it uses special terminology and structure and is reserved for people in the legal field.
• Medical writing; there are general topics in medical writing but for in depth articles medical qualification is necessary.
• Ghost writing is for people with a very creative mind. Opportunities are available in both fiction and non-fiction fields.
• Grant writing; special knowledge is necessary for this work.
• General Writing; this is versatile writing, including essay writing, press releases, newsletters, product descriptions, review writing etc.

General writing is the place to start for all who enter into the field of writing to make money online.

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