Article Marketing: Getting Paid For Your Hard Work
If you are like me and you write articles for a living, then you
know that you must get paid for all of your hard work. Payment
can come through customers who have hired you to write, through
pay per click advertising, or through banner or text ads you
place on your site next to your articles. Regardless of your
approach, a consistent and methodical plan is necessary to have
in place in order to make a living for all of your hard work.
Please continue reading for some helpful tips to help you
survive in this highly competitive business.
Submit Freely. Much of the work posted online bearing my
name is freely shared. I do not get paid for what I write. I
look at article marketing as a joint partnership between me and
the article directory. They get my articles for
redistribution and I get healthy back links to my site.
In addition, the article directory can make money off of ads
that show up next to my articles such as Google AdSense or
Yahoo! Publishing Network type ads. Furthermore, I get my name
out there and can point potential customers to the article
directories to show them how prolific a writer that I am.
Submit Jointly. Some of the articles I have posted online
are for clients. They have my name on them as my name is more
visible than their name. I write as a "contributing writer"
but I am a freelancer, not an employer. I get paid for my work
and they get some decent links.
Do Ghostwriting. The overwhelming number of articles I
write are ghostwritten. In 2005, I submitted 450 articles to
article directories, but another 1200 or so went directly to my
clients. When I submit articles jointly, I retain the rights to
having my name on the articles. When I ghost write, my customers
get what I write and retain full rights to the articles. Guess
who pays me more? Bring 'em on!
Bill Immediately. You can write like crazy for paying
customers but still end up broke. How? By not billing customers
immediately. Whether you use direct billing, Paypal, or an
"agent" such as Guru, you are penniless until the first invoice
is paid. Come up with a plan to get your money as soon as
possible too. You don't want to have to wait for weeks unless
you like being in the credit business!
Keep Marketing. I have busy times I have slow times.
During the slow times, I catch up on my paperwork and I write.
During slow times I submit many articles to the article
directories to keep my name out there. Regular submissions keep
me "front and center" and help build up SEO for my site. Yes, I
have my own site at www.thearticlewriter.com where most of my
best work is featured. Not every article, but those
articles where I have full rights to them and ones I want my
customers to look at when they review my portfolio.
So, that's it. Five simple tips to help you make a living from
article marketing. If you are good at it, you will make a decent
living writing for others. I doubt you will get rich unless
article marketing ends up being a stepping stone to something
else -- such as, writing your own Harry Potter style series of
books!