Saturday, April 2, 2016

How to make money freelance writing



How to make money freelance writing
A freelance writer is a self employed person who pursues a profession without any commitment to a particular employer”. At troubled times like the one we are experiencing now, more and more people out there are looking for ways to compensate the loss on their monthly wallet. The recession and layoffs are driving more and more people towards internet. This article how to make money freelance writing is an effort to provide a direction and guidelines to build a part time successful career.
Rule1- Requirements
To become a successful freelance writer you must qualify the following requirements.

You must have enough time to pursue a part time career.

You must have decent English. You must know about punctuations and grammatical errors so that you do not commit them often.

Stick with the deadline. If you are a person who does not believe in sticking to the deadlines do not dare to venture into this field because deadline is more important here.
Rule2- Opportunities
There are websites and forums that list the opportunities for a freelance writer. You can join these forums and select a job you are comfortable with to begin with. To begin with you can join forums like

forums.digitalpoint.com/

sitepoint.com/forums/

There are many more forums offer this opportunity to its members. Websites like Guru.com,elance.com and odesk.com also offer this opportunity to its members. Begin your writing career by joining the forums. Sites like Guru.com charges a fixed monthly fee to apply for opportunities listed there.
Rule3- Write your freelance articles.
There are certain points that you must remember before you begin writing. You are not required to be a great writer to excel here. You can excel here provided you have the ability in you to research and imagine. Research your articles thoroughly before writing. Always write your articles in MSWord because itautomatically detects the grammatical errors and spelling errors that are too common. Write your articles when you are fresh and at your imaginative best.
Rule4- Bid Low
You are a beginner and must begin by bidding low. You must build your reputation to receive good projects. For example forums like Digital point has a system where buyer rates the seller. It is called itrader points. You must work to the satisfaction of the buyer and receive his positive rating to bag bigger projects. Once you have enough positive ratings you can increase your price gradually.
Rule5- Stick to the Deadlines.
For a freelancer deadlines are the most important thing. You must write your articles within the decided deadlines.
Rule6- Aspire for more.
Once you have enough reputation and ratings you must not stop there. There are marketplaces all over the internet that offers better ratings for committed professional writers. You must explore the opportunities to ignite the passion in you.Always try to be creative and imaginative. I have personally known people whoresigned their well paying day jobs to pursue their freelance writing career

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