Write articles for the Examiner.com. The cool thing about writing for the Examiner is that the site allows you to be paid continuously based on the number of people who read your content. As long as you write for the Examiner.com and get at least 1,000 readers, you should get some money. Other freelance writers would rather earn upfront pay, but it’s good to write for both upfront pay and residuals (based on the number of people who view your article). Although you may only earn a couple of dollars per thousand views, when you think about that article continuously earning you money over several months and years, you can earn more money through residuals than getting paid a flat fee. Of course, this depends on the popularity of your writing and the site. By writing for residuals you can get paid on old articles that you have written years ago, which is a good deal.
I do caution you to try to write for sites that do not take all of your copyrights. For example, at this time, the Examiner.com requires all rights to edit your work, republish it or resell it. That’s not a good deal if you are writing for a small market. You can end up writing yourself out of a job. For example, if you decide to write about local restaurants in your area for the Examiner, it may be difficult for you to write on the same topic or about the same restaurants for another publication unless you can find a totally different angle. It[’s a better deal if you write on a broader topic for a national article, that way it will be more difficult to run out of article topics.
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