So you want to be an Article Writer?

So you want to be a writer?

I know it’s not only me who thought that writing is a really exciting thing to do. Its fun how you can create your own book or article just from your own thoughts. It’s like you have your own world that only you can control. Especially in creative writing or novel writing. But you might think there must be a requirements or degree to be a writer right? Like major in journalism?

For some instances yes. But the good news is in a homebased Job or virtual job world YOU can be a writer whatever your degree is or even if you don’t have one. Want to know how? Below are the simple steps or tips that I can share to those that are only beginning in article writing world. These are tried and tested and you can apply it but along the way I’m sure you’ll have your own technique.

1. You need to sign up to virtual job portal
2. Some examples are elance, odesk etc.
3. Once you are signed up and ready your profile
4. You must look for an article writing job.  But be careful when choosing. Some “fixed” jobs are often scam. Meaning they will let you work and then won’t pay you. For a start to be safe always choose the “hourly” jobs.
5. Let say you already have an assignment. The employer gave you a writing task
6. There is always a “Keyword” that they want to utilize in an article. For example “Medical Practitioner” or “baby dress” and they will tell you the number of words.
7. Search for the keyword on Google or any search engine that you preferred
8. The thing is you don’t have to think so hard to come up let say with 500 words article. You just need to find an article related to your “topic” or “keywords” and then re-write it, make sure you don’t re-write a single article. You might be flag for plagiarism and that’s very ugly to your career. You just have to re-write 1 paragraph and then look for another to re-write another single paragraph or sentence until you reached your target number of words. And as you re-write include the keywords given to you. You can also add your own thoughts but make sure to stay on the given topic.

You might ask, why can’t I just write an article without keywords? The answer is the keywords are the most important part any content. It is the only way your article can be found in a search engine and if your article is being found the results are visitors or customers if that article is intend for selling and this technique I’m sharing with you is called “SEO Article Writing” which will be very useful for you in the long run.

What if I can’t get a job in any virtual jobs like elance or odesk? You can have other options.

1. You can apply to jobstreet, bestjobs.ph these classified job sites have many online jobs available you just have to keep trying

2. You can apply to iwriter.com well the income is not that much but it is per article so work hard so you can reach your target income. Make sure you have your paypal account.

So there you go if you want to be an article writer or SEO article writer you just need to have a research talent and re-write the article that you found which is related to your topic or keywords. Hope this will help those newbie out there. If you have any questions just fill in the comment box. Enjoy! J