Profiting from affiliate programs through article writing
was discussed in Part I of this series. Closely related to this are freelancing
and ghostwriting. Amongst several, the three quite valuable programs are
from Associated Content, Elance and Helium.
Associated Content (AC) is a great site for publishing and earning. This
site has earned a lot of nice reviews from its members. This site is free
to join. One can publish articles, images, video and audio on this site.
This site pays cash and incentives for writing good content. The place has
a large data base and new content is added every minute. This content is
available to readers through the world.
How much one can make by contributing content, depends upon the its quality.
Apart from getting paid, a writer can test his writing skills and determine
which content gets paid most. So over time, it is possible to produce the
most in demand content in the market. Any writer can write with different
types of content and styles from the viewpoint of earnings. If you are looking
for a freelancing job, AC is the answer.
However, there is a great limitation with AC. This is a paid site only for
USA citizens. It does not pay to non-citizens because of Tax implications.
AC does not use the services of PayPal. Therefore, residents of other parts
of the world cannot profit from AC. They can, however, publish through AC
without payment.
What is lacking in Associated Content is somewhat made up by Elance network.
Elance is an online marketplace for professionals. Customers from all over
the world constantly look for online professionals to complete projects ranging
from brochure design to programming, web site design, writing, accounting,
management, training and a lot more. It is a perfect place for freelancing
and ghostwriting.
Elance and Helium are two other sites for freelancing. Elance
is also renowned for ghostwriting.
What is lacking in Associated Content is somewhat made up by Elance network.
Elance is an online marketplace for professionals. Customers from all over
the world constantly look for online professionals to complete projects ranging
from brochure design to programming, web site design, writing, accounting,
management, training and a lot more. It is a perfect place for freelancing
and ghostwriting.
At Elance, one can buy services or sell services. If you want some project
to be done, then you will be a buyer of the services. Sellers are called
providers of services. Each project is subject to bidding and a service provider
with the best bid, is awarded the project. Lot of professionals all over
the world are reported to be making decent earnings at Elance.
Unlike Associate Content and Helium, professional service providers have
to pay a monthly membership fee to Elance for participating in its projects.
There are three types of memberships to choose from – select, professional
and limited.
Helium is a free place for article writing and is open world wide. Payment
is made through PayPal. This is a great site not only for enhancing one's
skills but also for making money. Members submit articles to Helium which
become available all over the world. Helium shares its revenue with its members.
Payment to each article writer depends on the quantity and quality of articles.
One may not make any big money in the initial stages, but as one increases
the number of articles over time, income also increases. This is a very user
friendly site and it has also earned lot of praise from online community.
In the next article, we will be looking at online auctioning sites. Remember
this series is discussing ways of making money even without a web site.
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