Just last week I received another batch of assignments from one of the writing sites that I currently write for. The assignment consisted of the same types of articles, same guidelines and the same number of words per topic. But there was one change that I couldn't help but notice. And that slight change made me happy.
You guess it! They raised their pay rate.I will not disclose how much they pay for every assignment but I can assure you pay is reasonable. Well, a bit. Not much but reasonable. It is not like other sites that pay a measly $3 for a 500-word article. And this latest assignment they gave me pays more by $1 per article. :) That means for an assignment that consists of five 500-word articles, I'd get an additional $5 more.
I hope they'd raise their pay rate again by next month :)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Plagiarized Article
I have only been with Suite 101 for barely a month but already, I have found one of my articles there plagiarized. My first article, which was about women's health, was found by a co-contributing writer to have been published on another site along with many other articles of writers from Suite 101 and Associated Content. When I received her message, I immediately checked on the mentioned site. Indeed, I found my article there, copied word for word without a single word being changed.
There was no way I could contact the site administrator so I tried posting a reply to the plagiarized article. That, too, failed. I couldn't get through to the site even through the comment section. However, the next day I noticed that my article had been pulled out from the site along with many others that were owned by other Suite 101 writers. Perhaps the site admin had received our messages after all.
There was no way I could contact the site administrator so I tried posting a reply to the plagiarized article. That, too, failed. I couldn't get through to the site even through the comment section. However, the next day I noticed that my article had been pulled out from the site along with many others that were owned by other Suite 101 writers. Perhaps the site admin had received our messages after all.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Freelance Writing at Suite 101
After months of researching for sites that pay residual income to writers, I finally settled down with Suite 101. Suite 101 is currently hiring freelance writers and I submitted my application there at the end of July. By the first week of August, I had my first article published on the site.
Suite 101 has a good reputation among its contributing writers and what made me choose the site among many others is the thought that I can actually put my byline there. Suite 101 does not allow its writers to use pen names so I had to use my real name. I find it an advantage on my part since with my name written with my articles, I can safely claim that the article is really mine. I have had hundreds of articles published at article directories but all those were written under other names. Every time I deal with a new client I always had to direct them to those articles, which of course carried another person's name. And I had to convince them that it was indeed I who wrote those articles.
I have barely spent a month writing with Suite 101 but I'm enjoying freelance writing there now. I will be writing more about my experiences on the site once I have spent considerable amount of time writing there.
Suite 101 has a good reputation among its contributing writers and what made me choose the site among many others is the thought that I can actually put my byline there. Suite 101 does not allow its writers to use pen names so I had to use my real name. I find it an advantage on my part since with my name written with my articles, I can safely claim that the article is really mine. I have had hundreds of articles published at article directories but all those were written under other names. Every time I deal with a new client I always had to direct them to those articles, which of course carried another person's name. And I had to convince them that it was indeed I who wrote those articles.
I have barely spent a month writing with Suite 101 but I'm enjoying freelance writing there now. I will be writing more about my experiences on the site once I have spent considerable amount of time writing there.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Blogging Site That Pays Bloggers: Get Paid From Us
Got something to write about but don't know where to start? Read on. You may just find some valuable information in this short article.
When I started to blog, I didn't know much about the techniques successful bloggers use to earn revenue from their blogs (I still don't know much till now). All I knew then was that they were earning and that I could also earn from blogging. By surfing through the Internet, I learned that I could potentially earn a few dollars by just blogging and blogging and blogging. That seemed quite easy for me. Well, that was what I thought. You see, I have always loved to write and before I learned to use the pc and the Internet, I had had this habit of writing down my thoughts on paper and notebooks.
Excited to start earning on the Web (ehem...that was my first goal), I started googling for sites where I could possibly put up my own blog for free. That was how I learned about blogger.com. I signed up and set up my very first blog (this is the one, under another name which I changed two years later).
My first entry on this blog was about ptc sites where I was a member during that time. Those ptc sites were the very first income generating sites I engaged in. Income with the ptc sites dragged and I actually felt it was a waste of my time but I kept on clicking ads to reach my goal of earning online. That time, paypal does not pay people from our country and I chose the now defunct e-gold. I did earn a few cents and had been very excited to see at least $4 dollars in my e-gold account.
After a few entries, I felt like I was just wasting my time. I never earned even a cent from my blogging and I really did not understand how some people could be so lucky with Google Adsense.
I did earn $10 (I think that was after a year or more):(. But that $10 was not from blogging. It was earned from Mylot.
After a failed attempt at earning from blogging, I searched again for writing sites where I may be paid for my efforts. I found a lot of blogging sites that have the potential to pay bloggers but only one caught my attention. This blogging site was Get Paid From Us. I signed up immediately after reading their terms and conditions and started writing.
The first month at Get Paid From Us had been a good experience for me. I was paid a measely $3 after a month. Not much. But it was still money and that was my first payment from blogging ever.
I still write for Get Paid From Us from time to time although I do not get my main income from there. I have learned quite a few tricks in earning money online after 3 years of surfing the Web and I no longer count on paid blogging sites to earn a few dollars. I have generated a good flow of income from freelance writing and I am earning quite a decent living from it. But I would still recommend beginners to try blogging sites that pay writers to garner a little reward for the efforts they are doing. They can start from these blogging sites, hone their skills and then go for larger paying markets such as freelance writing sites and private clients when they are ready enough.
When I started to blog, I didn't know much about the techniques successful bloggers use to earn revenue from their blogs (I still don't know much till now). All I knew then was that they were earning and that I could also earn from blogging. By surfing through the Internet, I learned that I could potentially earn a few dollars by just blogging and blogging and blogging. That seemed quite easy for me. Well, that was what I thought. You see, I have always loved to write and before I learned to use the pc and the Internet, I had had this habit of writing down my thoughts on paper and notebooks.
Excited to start earning on the Web (ehem...that was my first goal), I started googling for sites where I could possibly put up my own blog for free. That was how I learned about blogger.com. I signed up and set up my very first blog (this is the one, under another name which I changed two years later).
My first entry on this blog was about ptc sites where I was a member during that time. Those ptc sites were the very first income generating sites I engaged in. Income with the ptc sites dragged and I actually felt it was a waste of my time but I kept on clicking ads to reach my goal of earning online. That time, paypal does not pay people from our country and I chose the now defunct e-gold. I did earn a few cents and had been very excited to see at least $4 dollars in my e-gold account.
After a few entries, I felt like I was just wasting my time. I never earned even a cent from my blogging and I really did not understand how some people could be so lucky with Google Adsense.
I did earn $10 (I think that was after a year or more):(. But that $10 was not from blogging. It was earned from Mylot.
After a failed attempt at earning from blogging, I searched again for writing sites where I may be paid for my efforts. I found a lot of blogging sites that have the potential to pay bloggers but only one caught my attention. This blogging site was Get Paid From Us. I signed up immediately after reading their terms and conditions and started writing.
The first month at Get Paid From Us had been a good experience for me. I was paid a measely $3 after a month. Not much. But it was still money and that was my first payment from blogging ever.
I still write for Get Paid From Us from time to time although I do not get my main income from there. I have learned quite a few tricks in earning money online after 3 years of surfing the Web and I no longer count on paid blogging sites to earn a few dollars. I have generated a good flow of income from freelance writing and I am earning quite a decent living from it. But I would still recommend beginners to try blogging sites that pay writers to garner a little reward for the efforts they are doing. They can start from these blogging sites, hone their skills and then go for larger paying markets such as freelance writing sites and private clients when they are ready enough.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Where to Search for Freelance Writing Sites
On August 8, 2009, I wrote at Speak! that I have come across websites that provide helpful tips for freelance writers. I also mentioned there about Bianca Raven's blog, a blog that I had bookmarked because of the wealth of information I found there. Bianca Raven is a freelance writer like me and according to her, she's been earning very well from her freelance writing career. It is from her blog that I learned about Neutral Existence and some other websites that pay non-US freelance writers.
If you are looking for information on where to search for freelance writing sites that pay writers from around the world, you may want to check Raven's blog. You'll find helpful tips there as well as links to freelance paying markets. Lately, I heard that her friend and mentor is going to put up a writing site and will be needing writers soon. You may want to check that out, too.
If you are looking for information on where to search for freelance writing sites that pay writers from around the world, you may want to check Raven's blog. You'll find helpful tips there as well as links to freelance paying markets. Lately, I heard that her friend and mentor is going to put up a writing site and will be needing writers soon. You may want to check that out, too.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Sites that Pay Freelance Writers
Here is a list of freelance writing sites that truly pays freelance writers for their hard work. You may want to check them out. I am a member of some of these sites and have been paid several times.
Delegate 2.Sister company of Purecontent.Most assignments I got from this writing site has to be delivered to purecontent. They accept international writers so even though you are not from the US, you may apply and get accepted. They pay $3 for every 250 word article. Not bad if you are a fast worker. Delegate 2 pays monthly in arrears and you'd have to send them an invoice for work you have done in the previous month.
PGF Web Consulting. I am not sure if they are currently hiring but you may want to check out their site. They pay $25 per assignment, which consists mostly of 5 articles to write. That means they are giving $5 per article. They pay mostly on time. Delayed payments happen sometimes when there are problems with the articles that you have sent. Staff is friendly and approachable.
Brighthub. This site pays $10 upfront payment for every accepted article. The article continues to earn revenue and the writer may earn royalty every month because aside from the upfront payment, they also offer revenue sharing. I applied on this site and do not know if I had been accepted or not. They just gave me a log in. Problem is the site isn't user-friendly and you'd have a hard time figuring where to submit or do your article on their site. They got good feedbacks from their writers, though, so they must be paying well/
Neutral Existence. This site pays $20 per 500 word article. Topics are mostly about green living or saving the environment. They pay half of the amount upfront and the other half after three months, I think. Check their site for more information.
Suite 101. This is a revenue-sharing site. I am a new member and have not published any article yet on this site so I cannot vouch for their paying methods for now. But they have been getting good feedback from other writer members.
Triond. This is another revenue-sharing site. I have written several articles here and have been paid last month for articles that I have written since February. Payout is at $.50 cents and it may take a long time to reach that very small amount. But they do pay.
LWS Media. For freelance writers in the Philippines, LWS Media is currently searching for full time bloggers and part time writers. They contacted me through PitchYourTalent.com and tried them for a while. They pay quite high compared to other writing sites. Payment is 300 Php per approved article. They want only experienced and highly qualified writers. I think their system is a little too novice compared to other writing sites that I have worked with so I did not continue writing for them. I had to do some follow ups for my articles before I get notified if they have been approved or not. One time, I only learned that my articles have been approved when I used a plagiarism checker and found the articles online. Takes a lot of patience before they will notify you. You also need to go to their office to personally claim your payment because they do not pay through paypal or bank transfer. I have two articles that have been sitting there for weeks and until now, I do not know if those have approved or not. Says the person in charge of approving the articles is too busy.This is worth a try if you have a lot of patience.
Delegate 2.Sister company of Purecontent.Most assignments I got from this writing site has to be delivered to purecontent. They accept international writers so even though you are not from the US, you may apply and get accepted. They pay $3 for every 250 word article. Not bad if you are a fast worker. Delegate 2 pays monthly in arrears and you'd have to send them an invoice for work you have done in the previous month.
PGF Web Consulting. I am not sure if they are currently hiring but you may want to check out their site. They pay $25 per assignment, which consists mostly of 5 articles to write. That means they are giving $5 per article. They pay mostly on time. Delayed payments happen sometimes when there are problems with the articles that you have sent. Staff is friendly and approachable.
Brighthub. This site pays $10 upfront payment for every accepted article. The article continues to earn revenue and the writer may earn royalty every month because aside from the upfront payment, they also offer revenue sharing. I applied on this site and do not know if I had been accepted or not. They just gave me a log in. Problem is the site isn't user-friendly and you'd have a hard time figuring where to submit or do your article on their site. They got good feedbacks from their writers, though, so they must be paying well/
Neutral Existence. This site pays $20 per 500 word article. Topics are mostly about green living or saving the environment. They pay half of the amount upfront and the other half after three months, I think. Check their site for more information.
Suite 101. This is a revenue-sharing site. I am a new member and have not published any article yet on this site so I cannot vouch for their paying methods for now. But they have been getting good feedback from other writer members.
Triond. This is another revenue-sharing site. I have written several articles here and have been paid last month for articles that I have written since February. Payout is at $.50 cents and it may take a long time to reach that very small amount. But they do pay.
LWS Media. For freelance writers in the Philippines, LWS Media is currently searching for full time bloggers and part time writers. They contacted me through PitchYourTalent.com and tried them for a while. They pay quite high compared to other writing sites. Payment is 300 Php per approved article. They want only experienced and highly qualified writers. I think their system is a little too novice compared to other writing sites that I have worked with so I did not continue writing for them. I had to do some follow ups for my articles before I get notified if they have been approved or not. One time, I only learned that my articles have been approved when I used a plagiarism checker and found the articles online. Takes a lot of patience before they will notify you. You also need to go to their office to personally claim your payment because they do not pay through paypal or bank transfer. I have two articles that have been sitting there for weeks and until now, I do not know if those have approved or not. Says the person in charge of approving the articles is too busy.This is worth a try if you have a lot of patience.
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