If you are interested in a consultation feel free to send a query along via the contact page. The only free tips I can offer you are those which are already posted here on the blog. Actual consultations work just the same as they do with any other company, billed out at an hourly rate.

Best of luck in your writing!

Thank you.

The best part about freelance writing in the 21st century is that it’s fairly easy to simply find a niche and start making money writing about a hobby. As long as you treat it like a business and not just a hobby, you will find yourself making some pretty serious income.

Keep us posted on how things are going, and I look forward to hearing more from you

The last time I used Demand Studios, in particular, I plugged in keywords relevant to my niches and pulled up over 70 pages of 15 dollar articles that I could write without any research necessary. The key is knowing the keywords that relate to your niche.

They are sticklers for format, and also with their requirement for references. However, proper citations only boost the credibility of the articles in question, and keep them from straying into the “questionable” online content.

I’ve been talking it over with my wife and I may switch over to Demand Studios as my primary content site in 2010. A large part of what Complete Writing Solutions will be doing in 2010 is pushing into the European market and working on passive income, but I love to write, and the beauty of Demand Studios is it’s extremely fast cash (they pay twice a week via PayPal) for articles that I never have to research.

The fewest I’ve done is 4 articles in an hour, and the most I’ve done is 7 articles in an hour. It helps to have 4-5 niches, that way you can always find something to write about!

Best of luck, and hope to hear more from you in the future!

Writing is no different than any other job. I think the main reason so many people get into freelancing and then find themselves frustrated with the lack of money is they think it is this easy-peasy, anyone-can-do-it, get-rich-quick job. It can be…for the right people. While I have maintained for years (and always will) that anyone can pick up a pen and paper and become a writer with enough practice, the business side of things are no different than any other job in the world. Writing requires hard work, perseverance, dedication, and a thick skin. It takes time to get on top, and you are going to suffer rejection, even after you have established yourself in the industry.

If you can establish that this is a job, no different than any other, requiring the same amount of hours, effort, and dedication, then you will succeed. Part of that success means understanding that you have to work hard, every day, not just pop in and write for an hour or two here and there. This is a job, a business, and if you want to see the numbers go through the roof you have to put forth the effort required. Do you think Sir Richard Branson got where he is today as one of the richest men in the world by simply piddling along a couple hours here and there? No! He got where he is today by treating every project like a business.

Best of luck, and thanks for dropping by!

And you are right about this, ‘Writing is a job, just like any other job. If you worked in a corporate environment you would be working 40 hour work weeks and you would be expected to perform to the highest level of your capabilities. Why should it be any different when you are working for yourself? ‘

Thank you for posting your opinion! At the end of the day, that’s really what writers do, regardless of where we write or who we write for. We “blather” away, on a wide variety of subjects.

If you notice, I said that the assumption is that the average writer can put out 100 wpm. If you check Nuance’s webpage *the people behind Dragon NaturallySpeaking), you will see that the estimate of the average person’s words per minute is 70, as I recall. I specifically used the word “assume” as a basis of understanding that I assume most writers can write faster than the average

I am more than happy to share one of my bank statements with you to show you that I am not only a capable “arranger of thoughts”, but that I love thinking After all, if I wasn’t a deep thinker, I wouldn’t be as successful as I am! As a matter of fact, I’ve actually been thinking of mirroring Pat from Passive Income’s method of showing his monthly income statements to help motivate his readers and promote progress into the 21st century.

Technically, it actually took me around 22 minutes, once I was finished with a harder edit. Prior to this post I also made another lengthy post over at the FWJ website, which prompted me to make this one on my own. And it was done prior to any coffee!

Remember, just because YOU cannot, doesn’t mean others cannot Everyone is different, that’s the beauty of humanity!

@ Barbara:

Absolutely! Content sites provide an awesome utility for the modern writer who understands how the current market works. Sure, there are those clients who want something specific, and they are willing to pay above and beyond for you to take your time and craft a creme-de-la-creme of articles, but by far and large the point of writing content for content sites is that they want fast, quick, fluffy little articles to pad the websites of people around the globe. It’s easy, it’s a great paycheck, and it provides people with a product they want!

Thanks for the comments!