4 Steps To Get Paid To Write Online

August 5, 2008 by Janet Beckers
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Today I interviewed Debbie Dragon about how to start a business as a ghost writer on-line. Debbie is a wonderful writer (I know as she is the ghost writer for Wonderful Web Women) with a fast growing business. She now helps other writers create a successful business using the Internet. Debbie has gifted us some fantastic resources to get started. These are usually only available to her paying clients but Debbie loves us so they are her gift to you. You can get them here:
http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/recommends/debbie .

4 Steps To Get Paid To Write Online

1. Know your goals

Debbie has gifted us her first e-class which helps you determine if you can work from home, what you will need and what type of business you are looking to create. You will need to approach this differently if you want to write for a few hundred dollars per month, or a few thousand dollars.

http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/recommends/debbie

2. Establish an Online Reputation

The nice thing about Debbie’s approach is you don’t need to have past clients to build a portfolio. Debbie recommends writing short articles on any topic you like and posting these to free article directories such as http://www.ezinearticles.com , http://www.isnare.com and http://www.goarticles.com .

At the end of each article there is a place for you to put your biography and links to your web page or blog (you need to get one of these). On your site have your contact details and further examples of your work.

3. Find Work

Debbie makes this easy too. In the gift Debbie has given us is a list of web sites you can go to that advertise writing jobs. You can apply here for these contracts. Deb had an important point to make. In her experience it is not the most experienced person who gets the job. It is the person with the best presentation. In Debbie’s Gold membership, she includes quite a few classes on how to present on-line to win.

You can also find work through bidding sites such as www.elance.com and www.rentacoder.com . This is where Debbie started but be warned. You will need to bid lower than you like to win jobs on these sites but it is a great way to start and get a quality feedback rating on these sites.

4. Find repeat business

Debbie recommended 2 industries which are “gold mines” for online writers. Internet Marketers and bloggers. Internet Marketers are great, especially if they are in the business of creating and selling e-books. You can expect to make between $200 and $3000 for an ebook, depending on the length, detail and amount of research needed. Internet Marketers know each other and refer.
Bloggers will need to have lots and lots of short articles written and it can be on some varied and interesting topics. You can find them by visiting blogs and forums that provide resources to help bloggers learn more about blogging.

Debbie recommends offering good clients in these industries a special price they can offer their customers. This makes them look good and also sends you new clients.

This is just a small fraction of what we covered today. The recordings will be available with 24 hours in the Gold members’ area. (poor Lisa needs to sticky tape together 3 recordings because the line dropped out 3 times AHHH!!!). Make sure you download the excellent gifts Debbie has given us. You can get them here: http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/recommends/debbie

Cheers
Janet

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