Not long ago, a whole new industry that pays you to write sprang up online. In this industry, you have webmasters paying you to write articles, and you also have websites hungry for content and will compensate you for your articles. There are also sites that will list the articles that you want to sell, and still others that will pay you for posting to your blog.

Writing online content is not the same as writing in the offline world. The following is a short summary of writing in the online writing industry.

Who Is Qualified To Write For Money?

You don’t have to be an established writer to have somebody pay you to write online. What you do need is the ability to convey your ideas in a clear and concise fashion, and you should have good grammar and spelling as well.

What Topics Can I write About?

Other than the obvious no-nos, you are free to write what strikes your fancy. But you will have some boundaries based on your project and payment model. For example, if you are writing for a site about dogs, then you obviously can’t write about aeroplanes. Or, if you are writing for pay-per-click revenue, then you would want to go for subjects that have a high value per click.

Do I Get Paid Based On How Many Articles I Write?

In the offline world, you will usually be paid per article, or per column. Online, the payment structure is quite different. Each site might have their own unique structure but generally they will have one or more of the following elements:

- Paid By The Article Or Post. Some sites or webmasters might pay you the normal way, that is, by the article or blog post. Current rates would be in the region of $1 to $2 per blog post, and $5 per 500 word article. Remember that these rates are representative only and would probably vary widely on a case by case basis.

- By The Number Of Words In Your Article Or Post. You might get paid by the number of words in your blog post or article. Rates vary, but at the moment, I would expect one to two cents per word to be fair for a start.

- By CPM. You publish on the site. The site will then pay you by the number of times the article is viewed. You can expect to be paid about $1 – $2 per one thousand views of your article.

- By AdSense And Other Ads. You publish your article on the site. Along with your article, the site will display pay-per-click ads like Google AdSense and Kontera ads. Some sites will also display ads from sites like eBay and Amazon. A certain percentage of the ads impression will have your tracking code, and that is how you get paid for your article.

And In Conclusion,

The Internet is rapidly evolving and the paid to write industry will most likely evolve with it. It is a comparatively new industry, with a lot of the demand coming from the SEO sector. In the future, as the search engines develop new algorithms, demand for articles for SEO purposes will likely change.