Feb 01 2009
A New Friend on MyLot who Hates Low-Paying Writing Sites
Recently, I came across someone at the myLot forum. She is a freelance writer and earning quite a lot of money working from home. When I checked out her blog, I was very impressed at her knowledge and passion for the freelance writing world. She has been a freelance writer for six years and I do value her experience in this matter. As such I have decided to follow closely the developments on her site to gain more insight into freelance writing I have recently embarked in.
There was one thing she was adamant about, not to write for low pay. She actually does not encourage writers to submit their articles to writing sites such as Triond, Helium or Associated Content, where you get a few cents here and there for pageviews. She’d rather they sell their articles at a fixed price set by you or to submit them to higher paying sites.
I partly agree with her. After about a year of writing for Triond, I’m only earning about $15 per month from my 100 articles there. I have not added anything new since December 2008 and still earning about that amount every month. It does seem like a small amount. It may seem like I’m earning only 15 cents per article per month. Yes, pretty low.
On the other hand, I still like these sites primarily because they help me earn passive income every month. Even though I may not have written anything new, I’m still earning. So, when I was completing my freelance writing assignment in the last few months, I continue to earn money from Triond. Looking for ways to earn passive income is important. That is why I’m also embarking on a book writing project. I will discuss more about this later on.
Another reason I write for these sites is that it hosts my portfolio of writing. In case you are looking for a freelance writing job, your potential employer can view your writing portfolio online. You do not have to send or email files of your writing to them; you just need to give them the link. There are some benefits from writing for these sites, even though my new friend at myLot may not like them.
