At the beginning of my online writing experience, I was mainly interested in sites offering upfront payment for articles. I couldn't have cared less about revenue share, and I didn't know anything about Google Adsense or other affiliate programs. Passive income was some vague concept that didn't satisfy my craving for quick, easy money. I knew nothing about SEO or article marketing, and blogging seemed like too much work in addition to my other online writing projects.
Of course, easy money is hard to come by, especially with online writing. But sites like Factoidz and Associated Content provide passive income -- "easy money" for work you've already done.
Associated Content offers additional small upfront payments for articles with page view potential plus a percentage of ad money earned from your online writing.
Factoidz pays small bonuses for all new articles in addition to passive income in the form of revenue share. Apparently, Factoidz allowed writers to incorporate Google Adsense at one time, but currently offers passive income only for ad clicks.
Not only do these sites offer valuable sources of passive income; they also teach you the importance of SEO and article marketing. Factoidz provides SEO data on every article you write so you can see what topics work.
As you learn more about SEO and get comfortable with article marketing, you can go back and edit older articles for SEO, then re-tweet them and use other forms of article marketing to boost your passive income.
Editing your published online writing is only possible after you've achieved Factoidz staff writer status. Staff writers have written 20+ articles that meet Factoidz' very reasonable quality standards.
I'm just dipping my toes in the blogging waters, mainly because there's so much to learn. SEO and marketing are extremely important in the blogging world, and blogging requires extra work that you don't have to do when articles are your main source of online writing passive income. Blogging means posting frequently, marketing AND working Google Adsense or other affiliate programs.
The instant gratification of upfront payment for your online writing is great, but balancing this type of payment with passive income streams is more profitable in the end.
Blogging and online writing sites providing passive income via Google Adsense, affiliate programs or some other form of revenue share can also help you write better web copy for clients and other online writing sites.
Maximizing your passive income means improving your online writing skills, as well as learning about article marketing and SEO. As Factoidz blogging whiz Pinar Tarhan puts it, passive income may not be so passive. That's why your other online writing clients value these skills as much as you do. After all, they're paying you not just to provide quality content, but to garner as much traffic as possible. Sites providing passive income enable you to become an online writing expert.
No comments:
Post a Comment