| A writer can find a great market for his or her work | | | | you desire. |
| on the Internet. Heck! A Writer can CREATE a | | | | The drawbacks are that your website, and article, |
| business by writing small articles. Right now, thousands | | | | exposure will be only as good as your search engine |
| of people from around the world, from professional | | | | optimization efforts will make it and that your articles |
| authors to my sister-in-law, are using small, simple | | | | will be confined to one spot on the web. You will also |
| articles to make money on the Internet. | | | | have to learn something about website design, buy |
| How much money can you make writing articles?Well, | | | | hosting, register domain names, and provide periodic |
| that is going to vary from person to person, and a lot | | | | maintenance, just to name a few responsibilities. If you |
| of other factors are involved as well. It's not simply | | | | want to try this route, you might want to cut your |
| how good a writer you are, but the subjects you | | | | teeth with free hosting and, once you have gained |
| choose to write about, how you address the subject, | | | | competence and confidence, register a domain and |
| where you place your articles, how many sites you | | | | host your own site yourself. |
| get your articles on, how valuable the information is, | | | | Create a blog: |
| and the site(s) you link to with your articles. A few | | | | There are a myriad of places to create blogs on the |
| small, 600 to 1000 words, articles properly placed can | | | | internet, and most of them are free. If you are a prolific |
| create regular customers and sales while enhancing an | | | | writer, a blog may be perfect as you can regularly |
| internet business website ranking within the search | | | | update your blog with new material. Even if you don't |
| engines...which also increases traffic to the website. | | | | turn out articles regularly, you can fill in with material |
| Increased traffic can translate to increased customers, | | | | from the article directories, which we will talk about in a |
| therefore more sales, and, in some cases, repeat | | | | moment. Again, you will have control over most of the |
| sales, which translates to residual (passive)Some | | | | linking, but free services are sometimes limited in what |
| people make thousands of dollars while others just | | | | they will allow you to do. For one example, I once tried |
| make a few bucks. However, the technique is simple | | | | to place a banner for an affiliate program on one of |
| and it's a game that almost anyone can play. Even my | | | | my blogs and it threw the positioning of everything out |
| sister-in-law figured out that if she simply wrote about | | | | of whack. However, if you can offer interesting and |
| some of the problems she encountered growing up, | | | | relevant information on your topic and update it |
| there would be places where her articles could be | | | | regularly, you can create a good amount of traffic to |
| published, people who would read those articles, and a | | | | your business or affiliate program. |
| means of linking from those articles to a site she and | | | | Post your articles on forums: |
| her husband have on the internet. | | | | There are a kazillion (my spell checker hates that |
| So, what IS the technique for making money with small | | | | non-word) forums on the Internet, and you can find at |
| articles?In most cases, the first step is to decide on | | | | least one for almost any topic or subject area. Many |
| what the general subject is you wish to write about. In | | | | will allow you to create a signature which can include a |
| this case, I have chosen to write about writing. The | | | | link to your internet business website. Regularly posting |
| general subject is then narrowed down to a niche. | | | | relevant and interesting articles on these sites can |
| Again, in this case, I have chosen to write about how | | | | create a lot of traffic, and sometimes contribute to |
| to write small articles for profit. Someone interested in | | | | enhancing your ranking and placement on various |
| bicycling may write about racing, or even narrow the | | | | search engines. |
| niche to a specific sort of bike racing or type of racing | | | | Post your articles on article directories: |
| bike. | | | | This is my absolute most favorite type, kind, and sort |
| The niche should be related to the product. The | | | | of method. Once you have written an article, you can |
| product may be a physical product, a service, or | | | | go to any one of several good article directories and |
| information. Some people will have a product already. | | | | post your article. Article sites will allow you to include a |
| Our bicycle enthusiast above may own a bicycle store | | | | link to your site. Be aware, however, that many sites |
| or sell bicycle parts and accessories over the internet. I | | | | will not allow linking directly to an affiliate link provided |
| offer various services and information related to | | | | by the company you are affiliated with, so you may |
| writing and publishing articles, so I have chosen to write | | | | wind up having to create an intermediate information |
| an article on writing articles...for profit!!It is important in | | | | site or portal anyway. |
| most cases that you choose a product or service that | | | | Since this article may appear on several different |
| you enjoy talking or writing about. If you pick a product | | | | article directories, I won't mention any specific article |
| JUST to make money, but don't really care about the | | | | directories here, but, if you are seeing this article on an |
| area of interest, you will lose your motivation during | | | | article directory, I possibly posted it there...which brings |
| periods when income is small or slow. It is a reality, by | | | | me to a benefit of posting your article on article |
| the way, that the first few days, weeks, or even | | | | directories. |
| months may be periods where you will make little or | | | | Obviously, the more exposure you get for your article |
| no money. An interest in your topic will help keep you | | | | the better...in most cases at least. However, it can be a |
| coming back to "open your store". | | | | real pain to go from one article directory to another, |
| What if you don't already have a product?There are | | | | cutting and pasting and dealing with the rules or |
| many sites on the internet where you can find people | | | | restrictions particular to each site. Since many sites |
| or companies which will be happy to pay you a | | | | allow for your article, with your byline or links attached, |
| commission for bringing them buying customers. Most | | | | to be copied by others, your article may be copied and |
| of these "affiliate programs" will only pay if the | | | | placed on other sites or used in ezines. Those placed |
| customer you send to them actually buys something. | | | | on other websites create new links back to your site, |
| Years ago, you could find programs which would pay | | | | enhancing the value of your site in the eyes of the |
| an affiliate for a click-thru, but, of course, many people | | | | search engine spiders, and possibly bringing in new |
| would just sit and click on the link or have friends click | | | | customers. |
| on the link in order to generate income, so that went | | | | Still, you are faced with the bother of manually placing |
| away. | | | | each new article on several different sites with |
| Some places where you can find products with | | | | different requirements. One way around this is to |
| affiliate programs are ClickBank.com, commission | | | | purchase the services of an article submission service. |
| Junction (cj.com), and Link Share (linkshare.com). If you | | | | For a fee, these companies will, once you have posted |
| cannot find a product or company that meets your | | | | an article on their site, submit it to several different |
| interests, just do a search on related topics and | | | | article directories and forums. This can increase your |
| request "affiliate program" with the search. You may | | | | exposure exponentially. |
| have to kiss a few frogs, but there are good affiliate | | | | As with many things, there are few overnight |
| programs in just about every field. | | | | successes. If you are able and willing to write at least |
| What do you do with your articles?Make your own | | | | a few articles and find places to post, them, however, |
| website: | | | | you will be able to create the start of an Internet |
| Obviously, if you have several articles on a subject, | | | | success story. The key is not to give up just because |
| you can always create your own website. A benefit | | | | nothing happens right away. This is why you choose |
| of having your own website is that you control the | | | | an area which pleases and interests you. If you are |
| set-up of your articles and you have complete editorial | | | | working in such an area, you will find it much easier to |
| control of both the articles themselves and the | | | | continue creating articles even if you are not |
| website. You can add, subtract, and edit as you wish, | | | | immediately experiencing fantastic results. |
| and you can create any potentially profitable links as | | | | |