Four Things Every Writer Needs to Do to Make a Full-time Living from Their Writing

Written by Jinger Jarrett


It's a sad fact thatrepparttar average writer only makes about $1,500 to $4,000 a year unless that writer is a business writer.

What about everyone else? Shouldn't other writers have a chance to make money writing, especially a full-time income?

Beforerepparttar 129287 Internet, writers didn't have many options. You could try to publish your poetry, fiction, nofiction, etc. in books and magazines, butrepparttar 129288 pay was dismal at best unless you somehow managed to breakthru and become a superstar in your field.

The Internet changed everything. Writers suddenly had millions of places to publish their work, but againrepparttar 129289 pay was sometimes dismal.

Now though, although you will find there are as many opinions on online marketing as there are marketers, here are four methods you can use to build your readership of your site and make a full-time living from your writing regardless of what kind of writing you do.

If you're starting on a shoestring, you'll still be able to build traffic without spending much money.

1. Write articles. As a writer, this should be a simple thing for you to do. Even if your chosen field isn't article writing, you can still easily create articles that readers will read.

Luckily, writing articles can be as simple as creating a list of items and then adding detail to each one.

You can also write step-by-step instructions on how to do something. This technique will work with just about any type of writing because internet surfers are always looking for how to information.

2. Create an optin list. The one thing that all ofrepparttar 129290 top marketers online agree on is that you must have a list.

There are two ways you can do this.

First, you can purchase leads, but make sure you find a respectable dealer and make sure thatrepparttar 129291 leads you purchase are targeted to your market.

Second, you can build your own list. This is cheaper, and it takes longer, but you'll be better off because you know your traffic is targeted.

These are people who want to be on your list and want what you sell.

Do Not Sell in the Resource Box!

Written by David McKenzie


Most people assumerepparttar resource box atrepparttar 129285 end ofrepparttar 129286 article is their opportunity to sell.

You write an article and can sell your product or sell yourself via a link or email address inrepparttar 129287 resource box.

However this is NOTrepparttar 129288 most effective way to userepparttar 129289 resource box. You can actually increase sales by not using this approach.

You really should not sell inrepparttar 129290 resource box but rather getrepparttar 129291 interested visitor to take further action.

You ‘give' with your article but you try to ‘receive' with your resource box. But what should you receive?

Instead of trying to sell a product directly throughrepparttar 129292 resource box, there are more effective techniques that provide long-term benefits.

Here are 3 offers that you can provide in your resource box:

1. A free email course. This way you get subscribers and you can then market your product throughoutrepparttar 129293 email course.

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