Earning as a Freelance Home Writer

Nowadays, it’s tough establishing oneself as an author in a ‘traditional’ sense. But if your love for writing often results in others impressed by your work, the internet has many opportunities to establish yourself independently as an online freelance writer working from home. It’s an ideal platform for such striving (or is that ‘starving’?) writers to show off their skills.

Getting Started

There are two ways to start.

1. Set up your own business writing articles. In this case, you have to make some initial investment. Option two, however, requires no investment.
2. Get paid for writing articles for different people or organizations. Perhaps you don’t have an initial investment for setting up your own business but want to, eventually. Start out writing for different people and getting paid for it. After you’ve saved to cover the initial business setup costs, you can start your own business.

Both approaches require the appropriate and necessary tax setup. Consult a financial or tax advisor accordingly. Additionally, research and draft preliminary ‘work-for-hire’ contracts so that you’re familiar with the lingo and aren’t going in ‘blind.’

With freelancing for hire, several websites offer writing jobs. Browse the internet and search for good websites offering such jobs. To start, focus on organizations correlating to your area(s) of expertise. If you need training or a writing ‘refresher,’ some companies offer comprehensive packages and tutorials. The courses satisfy the high-quality requirements of clients and writing projects. Companies need great content; you can serve them well with talented work.

Getting Paid

Regarding your earnings as a writer, most freelancing jobs don’t pay on an hourly basis. They pay on a project basis, or the number of articles written. Typically, it takes an efficient writer approximately forty-five minutes to write a medium-sized article. Medium-sized articles pay anywhere from $5 to $25. Consequently, it’s possible to earn, on average, $10 per hour. However, this is an average earning; the earning potential is always greater. The more skilled you are as a writer, the higher your earning capability.

With your own business, you write content for your website as well as other sites. The content on your site generates income through various sponsored, affiliate, ad, or other revenue-through-data means. This, however, requires additional technical and marketing expertise.

Getting started as an online freelance writer isn’t difficult if you have the passion and skills for this type of writing. Overall, the key to success will be how much you enjoy your work.