How I Get Money Online Earning a Passive Income from a Writing Career

Can You Really Earn a Passive Residual Income from Writing?

So you want to know if the possibility of being able to make money online from the comforts of your home, earning a passive income from writing, and maybe even make money while you sleep is a real possibility. Yes, you can actually make money online, earning a passive income from writing so that you actually make money while you sleep. You see, I make money with my writing, so I know that the opportunity to make money writing is a very real opportunity, and yes it is true that you can even earn a passive residual income and make money while you sleep.

I know, all this about a passive residual income sounds too good to be true, and there has got to be a catch somewhere right? That’s because there is a catch; before you start trying to make money online, earning a passive income with writing, it’s important to ask yourself how much you enjoy writing and how serious you are about writing for a living. Whether you are able to earn a passive income from writing really depends on you; if you are serious enough about writing for a living and if writing is one of your passions, your way of expression, or your creative outlet, then the possibility to make money online, writing for a living from the comforts of your home, earning a passive income so you can even make money while you sleep is a very real and legitimate opportunity. However, you must really enjoy writing and be serious about wanting to make money writing, as there is much to learn about how to make money online with your writing, even more to learn about SEO (search engine optimization), much to do in regards to writing search engine friendly content, and you're going to want that passion to write to keep your inspirations flowing. One thing is for sure, writing to make money online is definitely not a get rich quick scheme. If you want to learn more about the best ways to make money online, earning a passive income from writing so that you can even make money while you sleep, then please read on...

How Can You Start Writing for a Living to Earn a Passive Residual Income and Make Money While You Sleep?

To best answer the question of how to start writing for a living to earn a passive income, I think it would be best that you first understand how exactly you make money writing online. I want to make sure you understand the process of how to make money online first, as it will help you to see that I'm not just pulling your chain, then I'll give you a quick 6 steps to get started writing for a living so that you can earn a passive income and make money while you sleep. As with any process in life, you cannot start the process of making money online or the writing process and expect to achieve success until you understand the components of the process, so you can use those components properly to achieve success.

The Affiliates and E-Marketers: Not Just Advertiser Talk

Have you heard of the terms Internet marketing or affiliate marketing? I’m sure you have, but maybe you just ignored, them thinking that Internet marketing and affiliate marketing are just terms that advertisers use that really don’t have any importance to you. They are terms that advertisers use; however, if you enjoy making money, or want to know how to make extra money, than internet marketing and affiliate marketing are terms that you should not just ignore. In fact, many methods of making money online, rely on either Internet marketing, affiliate marketing, or both. Internet marketing allows companies to place advertisements that relate to specific topics on internet pages relevant to those topics. Depending on the marketing company you can earn a few cents per click, view, or a percentage of the sale. Affiliate marketing pays you pretty much the same way; however, with affiliate marketing you are the marketer placing the advertisement.

Luckily you don’t have to take a class to learn what you need to know about Internet marketing or affiliate marketing in order to make money; really all you need to know is how to make your writing search engine friendly and how to copy a code to paste onto your web site, blog, article, or whatever, which will link your readers to products and companies, so that readers will find you in their searches, find the products or companies you’ve linked to, and maybe even click to buy something so that you will be able to make a percentage of the ad revenue generated. The code you copy and paste is either going to be a script in the case of Internet marketing companies, which will generate advertisements on your page, or in the case of affiliate marketing, a URL (web site address) to the product or company along with some kind of ID to let the company know who referred the customer.

The best internet marketing companies and affiliate programs to sign up with are well reputable companies such as; Google AdSense, Kontera, Amazon Affiliates, Ebay Affiliates, Shareasale, or Commission Junction (CJ). Of course, you can’t just go and sign up to some of these marketing companies and affiliate programs, as you may need to prove to them you have a worthy spot on the Internet for them to place advertisements. In the past this spot was usually your own web site, but now there are some companies, I like to call article based communities. Now I'm not saying you don't need a web site, as websites can be very beneficial for your writing career, I'm just saying you don't need a website to start making money because of the article based communities like HubPages , Wizzley , and Squidoo that allow you to publish your writing on their website for free and earn a percentage of the ad revenue generated from the Google Adsense, Amazon Affiliates, Kontera, or some other Internet marketing company’s advertisements placed with your writing. Of course HubPages, Squidoo, and Wizzley all have their advantages and disadvantages, and I suggest that you always thoroughly read the TOS (Terms of Service) before you sign up with any company so that you know exactly what your rights are in regards to your intellectual property and your earnings. If you don’t have your own web site or the money to start one, writing for HubPages, Wizzley, and Squidoo are the best ways to start making money writing. In addition, publishing on HubPages, Wizzley, and Squidoo can help you further expand your writing career by building upon your writing skills, your writer’s web site, writer’s portfolio resume, your SEO skills, your reader base, and will help in the approval of your application with some of the Internet marketing companies and affiliate programs that want you to prove your worth.

6 Easy Steps to Start a Writing Career Earning a Passive Residual Income

1. Sign up

Sign up to article based communities like HubPages, Wizzley, and Squidoo so that you have a spot on the Internet for the Internet marketers to place advertisements, or for you to place links to products and companies you are affiliated with.

2. Apply to E-Marketing Companies and Affiliate Programs

Sign up with all the reputable Internet marketing companies and affiliate programs, such as Google AdSense, Kontera, Amazon Affiliates, Ebay Affiliates, and Commission Junction. You may not get accepted to some right away, but it never hurts to try, and you can always re-apply (after you have promoted and established yourself as a writer on the Internet) to the affiliate programs and Internet marketing companies that deny your application.

3. Get Connected

Connect your accounts from Google AdSense, Kontera, Amazon Affiliates, Ebay Affiliates, or whatever Internet marketing companies that the article based communities you signed up with allow for you to earn ad revenue from to your article based community accounts. If you need help connecting your accounts, each article based community will have a help section that can help you connect your Google AdSense, Kontera, Amazon Affiliates, Ebay Affiliates, etc., to your article based community account.

4. Learn Search Engine Optimization

Learn about search engine optimization (SEO) so that you can make your writing search engine friendly for readers to find easier. The search engines can be pretty unfriendly to someone who is just beginning an online writing career, working from home, so you will want to know exactly what search engines are looking for, so that you can optimize your writing to start with a good search results ranking. Be sure to check out my series of SEO Tips , where you will find just the information needed to help you write search engine friendly content.

5. Write!

You can't just write one story, article, blog post, etc., and expect to earn a passive residual income, as one page on the Internet alone will not start out with the best search engine ranking even it has been optimized. This is because a single page can in fact have a negative impact on your search engine ranking and will be lucky to bring in a few cents here and a few cents there. The more topics, stories, recipes, articles, blog posts or whatever you write about the more advertising space you will have to offer and of course the more money you will make . If you need help with the writing process because you are feeling a little writers’ block, check out my 4 Easy Tips to Writing , it may be just what you need to overcome that writers’ block.

6. Link Building

Add your affiliate links that have relevance to the topic on which you are writing to your writing. This is generally pretty easy to do, and most of the article based communities have a tool where you can turn your words into a link. Just copy the referral code then highlight the word or words you want to make a link out of and select the link tool to paste your affiliate link into the address for the link. Just a little online money making tip: If you really want to make money, only promote the products and companies worth-while, your readers will be grateful to you that you told them about that worth-while product or company, may come back to read more of your writing, and may even share your writing with their social media network friends.

Now that you know what steps you need to take to start writing for a living and how to make money online earning a passive residual income, and if you really enjoy writing, why not start making money online earning a passive residual income right now? Bookmark this page so you can sign up at HubPages, Wizzley, and Squidoo; then come back here to learn all you need to know about SEO and start making money!

Copyright © 01/23/2012 by A.K. Love (dragnhaze)

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