The freelance writing business is very huge and if you can form a simple sentence, then you can earn a full time income writing articles from home. There are plethoras of ways you can make money from your articles, and they don’t necessarily have to do with working with employers and publishers, although they usually pay the big bucks. Here are some ways you can earn money online writing articles from home without any experience and basic writing skills:

Mini-Sites- These are multiple websites that you can write articles for. The reason you want to have multiple websites is so that you can get more eyeballs rolling on a product you are promoting. This is the perfect alternative to article marketing. In fact, it is article marketing on speed. Mini-sites are better because you don’t have to wait for your articles to be published like you would with article directories. Also, there are lesser guidelines because you are in control of the content and what products you promote. Promoting your own products is the easiest approach such as an e-book or articles. You can also use sites like Squidoo and Hubpages to gain traffic to your products or set up mini-pages for your products. The key is to write articles that are exactly about your product because you will have a higher click through rate.

Selling Your Own Content- Now, this one is a little easier, depending on how well your marketing skills are. Some people are good marketing and promoting themselves online while others are not. Selling your own content is picking a niche or topic and then promoting your pre written articles to webmasters and publishers. The key is to offer your articles at a good price that is not too low and not too high. Only you can determine what is a good price, however many writers charge at least $10 per article. If you are just starting, $5 per article (or more depending on the amount of words) is a good price or for a typical 500 word article.

Write ‘How-To’ Articles- These type of articles sell like hot cakes. People are always looking for tips and information and webmasters also know this. They will gladly pay you for an article that is about how to do something. It can really be on any topic, but I would suggest picking a topic that you enjoy writing about. These topics can range from gardening, affiliate marketing, Business or anything you can think of that is in demand. Try not to abuse words or use a lot of lingo when writing your articles. Promoting your articles can be done in forums, free classified ads, Google Adwords and article marketing. If you use all of these methods of promotion, you will gladly make money online for your articles. You could make a little more money if you offer PLR articles. These are short for private label rights. This means the buyer of the articles get all the rights and can claim themselves as the original author if they would like. They can also resell the article if they wish. As you can see, there are plenty of ways to make money online writing articles.

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