Marie M. Daniels Earns New Writing Badge

What is the Hot 500 Badge at Associated Content? Why and how did Marie M. Daniels get this award? 

from Associated Content "Hot 500 are the Associated Content Contributors with the largest audience, and most engaged readers, viewers and listeners. These badges are updated once per month, and grace the profiles of the top 500 active Contributors based on the previous month's page views."

I won the Hot 500 Badge at Associated Content!

How to Write a How to Article

How to Article Writing

As a freelance writer you should know that how to articles can be very lucrative to write. Just putting How to ... in your title will not get you the page views that you are looking for though.

In order to make more money from your how to articles it must actually tell someone how to do the task step by step. One of the best places online to put your freelance how to articles is on Ehow.com If you freelance write at ehow then you already are familiar with thier simple set up.

Freelance Writing How to Articles at Ehow:
Ehow has everything set up for you in terms of writing a great how to article. They have slots for many pictures to add to your article for those visual people. I am one of those visual people who will gain much more from a picture than from a paragraph of instructions.

Ehow also has the step by step ease of a how to article. Writing freelance how to articles for ehow you should have an introductory paragraph or two and then go into the steps of how to complete the project, craft, DIY or other type of how to article. While I like pictures it is not necessary to have a picture for every step in your how to a few sprinkled around will do.

People know ehow and they trust them to find out how to do exactly what they were looking for. They can find your how to articles and then if they follow your directions they should come up with a completed project. You also have space for tips at the end of the how to article to tell them exactly how to get the best results.

Here is one of my Ehow articles:  How to Make Money Online Freelance Writing

How to Niche Articles
There are already how to articles on just about anything that is major or popular. So the best thing for you as a freelance writer to do is to narrow down that topic. Don't write: How to Lose Weight, but instead write: How to Lose Weight After 40. Just by adding a few words and narrowing down your category you have a more valuable article than just the general ones out there that are a dime a dozen. Which means your niche how to article has more of a chance of being seen by more people, and getting picked up by other websites.

Are You Cut out to be a Freelance Writer?

Are You Cut out to be a Freelance Writer?

Freelance writers must be disciplined and have good time management skills. When you freelance write you need to go out and get your own freelance writing jobs. Competition for some freelance writing jobs can be fierce. So if you want to be a freelance writer you need to be organized and show potential for those writing jobs. You will want to have a writing sample complete with SEO and correct grammar and spelling to show that you can do the work if they should ask for a sample.

Are you disciplined enough to be a freelance writer?
When you are a freelance writer you have to make your own schedule and if you don't schedule yourself time to write and instead watch a movie you will loose out. While you were watching that movie you could have written at least two articles and you can sell those articles for money. Or you could publish those two articles at a content site such as www.Bukisa.com and start earning residuals for your freelance articles.

Being a freelance writer or a work at home business owner requires a certain type of person. Do you think you are that type of person? Can you balance the aspects of a freelance career? If you think you are ready then make a schedule and start writing and start getting paid.

Getting Started Freelance Writing Tips

If you want to get started in the online freelance writing business there are a few things you must consider first.

1. What will you write about? Or... Who will your audience be?
Will you be writing about what you love and know? If you are a gardening whiz with a green thumb you should write about gardening. If you can build your own computers you should write about the computer field. You get the idea, right?

2. Are you going to write for fun, profit or as a full time job? Your answers to that question will dictate where and how often you should be writing or publishing your work. If you are just dabbling or beginning I would suggest www.Bukisa.com or Associated Content. If you are more experienced at writing and want to make more income you should try Demand Studios, Constant Content and Elance.

3. Start writing anything, even if it stinks. You have to write something before you can publish it and if you don't publish then you won't get paid.

So You Want to be a Freelance Writer

So you are thinking about being a Freelance Writer.

The first thing you need to do if you want to become a freelance writer is to begin writing. Writing everyday will get you into practice and help your writing become better and you will find your writing style.

As a new freelance writer you want to know what you should begin writing about. If you know anything about gardening, home improvement, or parenting that is the place to begin. Freelance writers need to write about what they know. If you write about what you are knowledgable about then you will have writing authority. More people will want to read your articles because you have a commanding writing voice.

I suggest you begin writing at a few of the content writing sites such as www.Bukisa.com to start out your freelance writing career. Bukisa's writing site pays much more than others for page views, and you only have to write 250 word articles (much less than most) and it is a great way to get your freelance name out there.

Get Paid to Write Articles Online

Here is an a freelance article writing site you can start writing for and get paid money at Bukisa.com Click Here!

Marie M. Daniels's Articles on Associated Content

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