Professional
Article Writing
Professional Article
Writing, From Hobby To Income
an article by Brian Ankner
copyright ©
2007 all rights reserved
In the art of writing
there are several areas or levels of expertise. We will go
over a few of them and find out where you would like to end up in
the world of
professional article writing.
The hobby blogger writes to tell stories of what they have seen,
read or about
an experience they had at some sort of event, online or off. The
hobby writer
rarely uses a spellchecker and their posts usually reflect the
innocence of a
novice writer.
The casual writer is the more serious blogger or website owner that
tries to
convey a story, write a review or share knowledge in their field of
expertise.
They will have several sites or blogs in areas surrounding their
life and
occupations, often times posting in several other peoples blogs or
forums daily.
Whether they know it or not, they are actually grooming themselves
to be a great
writer.
The advanced writer supplies content for others in the way of
articles, white
papers and reports after doing research in that particular field and
composing
relevant, targeted information about the subject. They may get
compensated for
the material or submit the articles to directories for distribution
for SEO
reasons or to establish themselves in the market as an authority for
sales
purposes.
Professional writers get paid well for their efforts. Sometimes in
the tens of
thousands for a high conversion sales letter, documentary,
biography, or book.
They are the syndicated columnists, feature story authors in
magazines and the
ever popular technical manual composers. They will often have pen
names to
protect their identity and can be ghost writers giving up all rights
to the
project for compensation.
In the advanced and profeessional areas, writers are sought after
mostly due to
the fact that not everyone can convey their thoughts and ideas well,
let alone
write them down in the proper format or storyline. Hence the growing
need for
writers.
In the online world thousands of websites and blogs are being
created every day
and the one common theme between them all is they will need content
written.
The majority of all websites are about a company or service, the
balance are for
selling products either physical or digital. A small percentage of
sites are
purely informational and are not monetarily driven like the .gov
sites and some
.org sites.
Almost all offline companies that want a website created will hire
it done. A
golden opportunity for writers. Just plug in with a few website
creation
companies and you will have a nice part time freelance writing job.
Online marketers trying to sell products will try to write their own
sales pages
for the small or low cost products but when it comes to the high end
market they
will inevitably seek out a professional to be able to convert as
many leads as
possible thus reducing their cost to sale ratio.
This is where the advanced and professional writer comes in to the
play and are
eagerly sought after.
An advanced writer can work on an almost endless variety of
projects. A writer
can either focus on an area of expertise, or write a greater variety
of general
knowledge articles. The going rate for quality articles in the
500-700 word
range is $15.00-$25.00 each depending on the quantity ordered. Not
bad
considering and article can be made in less than an hour for the
groomed writer.
A nice paying part time job and a respectable full time income when
you build up
your client base.
As more high end products and services come online the professional
writer can
develop an awesome stream of income when they have proven themselves
in the
market. I know many of the top writers for the online world and it
is usually a
six month wait before they can get to your project unless you have
very deep
pockets.
Most of the professional writers for online copy easily exceed six
figures a
year and rarely do they get a blister on their finger from the
keypad!
For the beginner there are many resources for developing the skill
of writing.
There are workshops, seminars, courses, reference books, and
connection with
other writers. I currently subscribe to many copywriters RSS feeds
so I can
study their style. Every day will become part of a your training.
Every minute
at the keyboard adds to your store of information, ideas, topics,
methods and
style.
A writer is not a writer until they put words to paper or screen and
this is the
application of the training that you will have acquired over the
years. Yes I
said years, it takes time to get good at anything worthwhile.
Usually, most of us see the quality of our work going up as we ramp
up our
productivity. The old saying is "the first one is the hardest" and
it plays true
in writing also. My first article had to have taken at least four
hours or more
and the end result was nothing to be proud of! After a while and the
desire to
get better, it now takes less than an hour to write a 600 word
article, research
included.
Article writing is an art form - not only must you be continuously
creative, but
you also must have the desire to continue. As long as you have an
ounce of
creativity you will be able to become a good writer.
Eventually, you'll get to the point where the discipline, the
passion, and the
experience will all come together and your skill as a writer will
either produce
a nice income or the sites and blogs you create will get highly
ranked from the
quality content.
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quality and quantity of articles,
reports, white papers, blog
content, website
content, etc., you must
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