Freelance Writing

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$ Earnings: from $10 an article up to $70,000 a year

It is quite a thrill to see your name on the cover of a national magazine. You can do that by doing something truly marvelous or truly scandalous, and reap the publicity good or bad. Or simply write an article the publication wants to publish, and you may get your name on there as the 'byline'. Not only is it thrilling, it can also be quite lucrative. It can help build your expertise to support marketing you do for other businesses. It can also drive traffic to your website, buyers for your information products, and money to your account.

There are many different kinds of freelance writing, such as business writing, marketing writing or web writing. On the other hand, some freelancers focus solely on querying and writing for magazines, anthologies or newspapers, while still others serve non-profits through grantwriting and proposal development.

Freelance writers write articles for newspapers and magazines or copy for businesses. Most articles require research and must be well-written and suited to the style of the publication. Publications typically pay $.10 - $2.00 per word. Businesses also contract writers to create reports, press releases, advertising copy and other special projects. This is an excellent opportunity for a work at home business.

Follow-up

General: http://freelancewrite.about.com/
General: http://www.firstwriter.com/
General: http://www.writersdigest.com/
Lots of good links: http://www.businessinfoguide.com/publishing.htm#Trade_Associations_for_Writers:
Writers Forum: http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&webtag=ab-freelncwrite
Markets: Writers Market, by Writers Digest Books w/Online List Price: $49.99 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582975426/bizshopcom

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