Are you happy with your online writing income?
Money is one of the big bones of contention with lots of online writers. Some who are new to the game visit some of the big freelance bidding sites and see the lowly rates offered by some of the buyers there. They then see the freelance writers who are willing to write for those amounts. Small wonder so many would-be writers are put off from even getting started when they see those results.
But you may also have read that there are sources of much higher paid writing work out there as well. The trick is in knowing where to find it.
Is your writing income going in the right direction?
And this is where you need to think about the money you are earning from your writing. Because you see, if you aren’t happy with that amount, you have to do something about it. It won’t change all by itself. YOU are the one who is going out there finding the writing jobs and applying for them. YOU are the one who can put yourself in situations where you can grab more writing gigs. So if you aren’t getting the level of income you want, you have to do something about it.
Question is, what do you do?
The first step is to take a look at what you are currently doing. Is everything working nicely? Are you constantly taking on new writing work or are you scrabbling round to find enough of it to keep you busy?
If you are constantly working and you aren’t happy with your income, then you are writing for too lowly a wage. You need to go up the gears a bit and find some writing gigs that pay you more money. No one will offer them to you if you are happy to write for lower fees. YOU have to make the changes here.
If you are struggling to find work, you have to think about where you are looking, and how many jobs you are applying for. Don’t be afraid to mix things up a little – don’t stick with the same sites all the time – try some new places. I have found writing jobs in the weirdest of places.
I remember once I was surfing around on Squidoo – that’s where I have my main writing lens, called Online Freelance Writing Jobs (kind of a sister to this blog I suppose!) – when I found a lens written by an online writer. I pored over it for a while and the writer mentioned someone they had worked for in the past who had a writing agency. I thought to myself, if I can find this person I could fire off an email to them and maybe pick up some writing jobs.
After a bit of detective work online – which took around five minutes I think – I sent that email. That was two years ago, and I still get regular work from that person.
This is just one example of how you can increase your online writing income just by keeping your eyes open and taking every opportunity that comes to you – no matter how much of a long shot it might seem at the time. Don’t forget that YOU are in control of your destiny here, so if you want to earn more as an online writer, you have to work for it. Create those chances and take as many as you can.
Whew! This turned into a bit of a long blog post. Hope you enjoyed it. Even though I am full time now and have been for over 18 months, there is still much to learn and I still have to make the effort to work at increasing my own income. It is all part and parcel of the job.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts and solutions for increasing your writing income. Send a comment now!
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