If you are looking to make an additional income, then writing articles and publishing them on paid to write sites could be your answer. In fact, if you take it seriously enough, then writing articles in your spare time could eventually replace your full time job. The great thing about writing articles is that there are no start-up costs and you will earn a recurring income on your articles for years to come.
Writing your articles will be the hardest task, but if you pick a topic (or topics) that you like or have specialist knowledge of, then the minimum word count will be soon reached. Some topics you could write about are fashion, recipes, science, self improvement, sport or DIY – in fact you can write about any topic you wish for as long as it doesn’t violate the paid to write sites policies.
Below, I have reviewed some of the best paid to write sites. All the paid to write sites are free to join, and publishing your articles is very easy to do. You don’t need to have any knowledge of website coding, and you can easily add pictures, videos and other widgets to your articles. With most paid to write sites your articles should be picked up by the major search engines within 48 hours after your content has been approved, and then you will be well on your way to making a sizeable extra income.
3. Bukisa
Bukisa is one of the best writing sites because you earn a flat rate payment which is proportional to the amount of page views you receive. Currently this is around $3.50 for every 1000 page views. Your earnings are updated daily and payment can be received by Paypal (and then converted to your local currency). Publishing your work is very easy to do and the minimum amount of words per article is 250 words. You articles are approved usually within 24 hours, and they will be listed in a matter of hours after being published. Bukisa is definitely recommended, because it’s very easy to use and has one of the best payment rates around.
2. Hubpages
Each article you write on Hubpages is referred to as a hub. Instead of earning a flat rate fee based on page views, Hubpages will pay you every-time an advertisement is clicked on your page. Once you have an account setup, you will need to apply for a Google Adsense account so you can start earning money on your articles every time someone clicks an ad on your page. Hubpages displays your google ads 60% of the time and their own Google ads 40% of the time. Articles are approved quickly, but can take longer to pick up by the major search engines than Bukisa. The earning potential is higher than Bukisa, but you will have to take time to set up other accounts before you start earning.
1. Triond
Triond is very much like Bukisa as you receive a flat rate fee every-time someone views your article. The flat rate fee depends on which one of Triond’s sites they publish your article on. Expect to receive around a cent for every 3-7 page views. Your earnings are updated daily, and their page editor is very easy to use. Once your article is published (usually within 24 hours) your article will be picked up by the major search engines almost immediately.
Update: There is now an option of adding Google Adsense to your articles. However, you direct earnings from Triond will decrease to make way for these new ads.
4. Xomba
This paid to write site is very much like Hubpages, as you will need a Google Adsense account to start earning money. Each article you write is called a Xombyte, and articles are approved within 48 hours. Articles on Xomba tend to be ranked quite high up on Google, so you should start making quite a bit of money. The minimum word length is only 150 words, so you should be able to write plenty of articles very quickly.
5. Squidoo
Squidoo is one of the original paid to write sites, and each article that you produce is called a lens. The Squidoo payment system is different from all the other sites, as the money is pooled together and is split between the best ranked lenses. You can make some money on Squidoo - but you need to keep active on the site by updating your articles regularly so that your lens rank doesn’t fall. If you lens ranks falls below 100,000, it’s unlikely that your lens will make any money for that month.
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