I first came across work-online.org some time last year and I've registered but have yet to find time to write anything. Taking the time to look at it again, I think I'm going to give it another look.
They have a list on the home page of the top five earners. These are making between £205.00, give or take a few pennies, up to nearly £900. I've no idea how many hours you'd have to put in to achieve earnings like that but the site states you can earn anything between 5p to £1.50 per story with a story of 25 words paying 5p and stories around 400 words paying £1.50.
All you need do is compose a piece around the title given and include the requested keywords.
They pay out via Pay Pal and you need £10 in your account for this. This site is open to international members. You also have the chance to earn from referrals under your name.
Look at this link to see what they expect from you:
http://work-online.org.uk/example-stories
Or this page to sign up:
http://work-online.org.uk/join-now
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Free writing E-Books
I've found a site called FreelanceWriting.com and they are offering a number of free E-Books.
Titles include Creative Freelancing, Book writing for fun and profit, How to write a book proposal and Time Management for Freelancers.
The sites also full of other Freelance Writing resources including the latest jobs, contests.
The link you need is:
http://www.freelancewriting.com/ebooks-for-writers.php
All you need is Adobe reader to access the books.
Titles include Creative Freelancing, Book writing for fun and profit, How to write a book proposal and Time Management for Freelancers.
The sites also full of other Freelance Writing resources including the latest jobs, contests.
The link you need is:
http://www.freelancewriting.com/ebooks-for-writers.php
All you need is Adobe reader to access the books.
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Viva Get paid for Travel Writing
This site is looking for people to write reviews about the places they have visited. They cover all locations and all you need do is sign up for a free account.
You can find their application link here:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/forms/create-account/?tx_ltgformsv2_pi1__referrer=%2Fget-involved<g_forms_v2%
They are specifically looking for freelancers in Central/South America.
For their contact link go here:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/write-for-viva/
You can send a CV and piece of your work to the e mail address given there.
I couldn't find any details on pay rates so it will be a case of submitting your sample of work and finding out from there.
You can find their application link here:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/forms/create-account/?tx_ltgformsv2_pi1__referrer=%2Fget-involved<g_forms_v2%
They are specifically looking for freelancers in Central/South America.
For their contact link go here:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/write-for-viva/
You can send a CV and piece of your work to the e mail address given there.
I couldn't find any details on pay rates so it will be a case of submitting your sample of work and finding out from there.
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Worldstart
You can earn between $35-$65 writing articles for the Worldstart site.
400 word articles pay $35-$45.00
Two paged articles pay $45-$55.00 and three paged articles pay $55.00-$65.00.
The extra $10 is if you add screen shots as part of your article.
This is a technology based website and they want articles on Internet, e mail etc.
On their website they have a page where you can submit your ideas. They'll then get in touch with you if they can use your ideas and then proceed from there.
http://www.worldstart.com/writers-guidelines/index.php
If you want to use this post anywhere then please do, just let me know before hand and post the original link as part of the article, thanks.
400 word articles pay $35-$45.00
Two paged articles pay $45-$55.00 and three paged articles pay $55.00-$65.00.
The extra $10 is if you add screen shots as part of your article.
This is a technology based website and they want articles on Internet, e mail etc.
On their website they have a page where you can submit your ideas. They'll then get in touch with you if they can use your ideas and then proceed from there.
http://www.worldstart.com/writers-guidelines/index.php
If you want to use this post anywhere then please do, just let me know before hand and post the original link as part of the article, thanks.
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Get paid for Reading and Rating articles
I found a site today called Readbud and they are based in Australia. The site pays you for reading and rating articles and is open to anyone over the age of 14 but 14-17 years old who want to join must have a parents permission.
The pay out is high at $50 via Pay Pal and I'm usually a bit cautious about sites which have such a high pay out level on the off chance I might not ever reach it but this looks like it might be worth a go.
I've signed up myself and I'm going to see what it is like.
This site is different to the likes of Helium where you have to write articles and then read and rate others to get paid. You just have to do the reading part which has got to make it an easier earner than some other sites.
As I write I'm waiting for the activation e mail so I'm not entirely sure how the site works but from what I can gather you choose subjects which are going to be of interest and they deliver them. Quite how the payment system works and how much you get paid per read, I'll have to wait and see.
It seems a relatively busy site with nearly 6000 online when I visited.
If you have experience with Readbud then let me know or if you know of similar sites feel free to leave a comment.
If you want to link or use any content from this blog then please contact me with the URL on which you want to feature an article/link.
http://www.readbud.com/Account/Register
The pay out is high at $50 via Pay Pal and I'm usually a bit cautious about sites which have such a high pay out level on the off chance I might not ever reach it but this looks like it might be worth a go.
I've signed up myself and I'm going to see what it is like.
This site is different to the likes of Helium where you have to write articles and then read and rate others to get paid. You just have to do the reading part which has got to make it an easier earner than some other sites.
As I write I'm waiting for the activation e mail so I'm not entirely sure how the site works but from what I can gather you choose subjects which are going to be of interest and they deliver them. Quite how the payment system works and how much you get paid per read, I'll have to wait and see.
It seems a relatively busy site with nearly 6000 online when I visited.
If you have experience with Readbud then let me know or if you know of similar sites feel free to leave a comment.
If you want to link or use any content from this blog then please contact me with the URL on which you want to feature an article/link.
http://www.readbud.com/Account/Register
Monday, 29 March 2010
Freelance or not to Freelance?
I signed up to one of the freelance sites some time last year and didn't win any of the projects that I applied for. At first I thought it might have been the way I was pitching myself. Maybe I wasn't doing too good a job of selling myself to potential clients. Then I noticed that some of the people winning projects over me had limited English to say the least. If that's the case then how are they going to fare at article writing? Not too well would be my guess. I presume some, but not all, people posting projects on sites like these are going with the cheapest option, getting people to work for virtually nothing (0.50 cents an hour) and in some cases they aren't even going to pay that at the end of it.
I continued on applying for work and I was on the verge of giving up when last week my bids for two separate projects were accepted.
My first project was for $30.00 or at least it was supposed to be. I accepted the work and once I did was told that they wanted 10 pieces of work done for $5.00. Each piece ran in to hundreds of words and would have taken around 30-60 minutes. Now, here's the really good bit. Had I completed the project I would have been charged $5 for the privilege. Since I didn't sign up to work on a voluntary basis I'm afraid I declined the work. I then got a short message from the employer saying that he was 'Proceeding with other providers' Well, good luck to him, and to them, they're going to need it.
My second project is - and will always be - my favourite. I was offered $50 per 750 word article. That sounded believable as it's in line with what I'd get paid for that amount of work with magazines etc.
I accepted the work and the moment I did, I received an email stating that they wanted 100 articles for that $50, each of them taking an hour to write and research. That isn't worth my while or anyone else's and I doubt very much that I would have been paid as my request to be paid per article was politely turned down, those weren't the terms apparently.
If anyone has had any luck with these sites please let me know.
Before I finish, I plan to start my own Freelance site sooner rather than later. One that pays people a fair day's pay for a fair days work, you get what you pay for after all.
I continued on applying for work and I was on the verge of giving up when last week my bids for two separate projects were accepted.
My first project was for $30.00 or at least it was supposed to be. I accepted the work and once I did was told that they wanted 10 pieces of work done for $5.00. Each piece ran in to hundreds of words and would have taken around 30-60 minutes. Now, here's the really good bit. Had I completed the project I would have been charged $5 for the privilege. Since I didn't sign up to work on a voluntary basis I'm afraid I declined the work. I then got a short message from the employer saying that he was 'Proceeding with other providers' Well, good luck to him, and to them, they're going to need it.
My second project is - and will always be - my favourite. I was offered $50 per 750 word article. That sounded believable as it's in line with what I'd get paid for that amount of work with magazines etc.
I accepted the work and the moment I did, I received an email stating that they wanted 100 articles for that $50, each of them taking an hour to write and research. That isn't worth my while or anyone else's and I doubt very much that I would have been paid as my request to be paid per article was politely turned down, those weren't the terms apparently.
If anyone has had any luck with these sites please let me know.
Before I finish, I plan to start my own Freelance site sooner rather than later. One that pays people a fair day's pay for a fair days work, you get what you pay for after all.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Chicken Soup for the Soul
There can't be many people who haven't heard of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books which feature contributions from ordinary, everyday people.
They are inviting people to send in their personal stories which can be submitted by e mail but they do say it can take up to four years before your work is published.
You can get the submission guidelines here:
http://www.chickensoup.com/cs.asp?cid=guidelines
They want stories and poems which need to be 300-1200 words.
If your work is selected for publication they will pay you $200 and you'll get 10 copies of the book.
To submit your story you need this link:
http://www.chickensoup.com/form.asp?cid=submit_story
They are inviting people to send in their personal stories which can be submitted by e mail but they do say it can take up to four years before your work is published.
You can get the submission guidelines here:
http://www.chickensoup.com/cs.asp?cid=guidelines
They want stories and poems which need to be 300-1200 words.
If your work is selected for publication they will pay you $200 and you'll get 10 copies of the book.
To submit your story you need this link:
http://www.chickensoup.com/form.asp?cid=submit_story
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