What I do To Make Extra Cash Online- Vol. 2

When I started on the search to make extra cash 3 years ago, I did not realize how many avenues you can take to do it. One day I had googled something and came across an article on a website and saw where they were accepting Freelance writers. My first thought was no way would one of my articles be accepted and I then googled the site and saw where people were making money by submitting articles and they were just your average person and not a professional writer. I have since wrote for a few sites online and earned some extra cash while I did it. Here are some of these sites that you can write for and not be a novelist to submit your work.

Associated Content was my first site that I submitted an article to. You can write about most anything. I write articles about local events, working at home, and more. How Associated Content works is when you submit an article you can choose to get paid an upfront fee for your article and that can take up to 2 weeks to get an offer or you can choose to want to get published sooner and opt for Performance Pay. You will also get Performance Pay for your articles if you get upfront payment. Performance Pay is a way to get paid for the page views of all of your articles. It is based on a PPM rate. They also have a place on their site where they have a "Call for Content" ticker that has some requested articles that is a great tool if you are getting writer's block. They also have a forum where you can interact with other content producers to get or share tips with. I have found that Associated Content's articles are highly ranked with Google and I have a few articles that are ranked high with Google and get a lot of monthly traffic. I would say this is a must join site if you are wanting to write as a freelancer.

eHow is another site that is easy for beginner's to submit their freelance writing. It is a site that is based on How-To tips. I have written some articles for this site and see that this site has great potential for earning cash for your articles. How it works is that you submit your articles for free and then your earnings are determined by a number of things, such as, views and category that your article is in. It is not an exact science as to how your earnings are calculated. I am a member of a yahoo group where women are pulling in a good amount of extra cash from this site. It is a site to definitely consider joining. If you do join look at a previous post that I made about eHow.

Review Stream is a great site to submit your consumer reviews on products and places to shop and eat. They pay you around $2 an article. The only downside to this site is that you have to reach $50 to get a payout.

About.com is a great site if you have an expertise on a subject. It can give you a bigger platform to give your knowledge out to others. This site is another site that seems to be well respected by Google and gets high rankings in searches. You can be a guide on health care, money saving, hobbies, cooking, and more. When you apply, they will require you to take part in a two part editorial training program. It does take a few steps to join but is well worth the trouble. For information on their commission plan click this link.

Squidoo is another great site to write about a particular subject and get traffic. All that you need is a particular subject and you can make a "lens" about it. Squidoo also gets a lot of traffic to their site and holds a good potential to earning extra money. You earn when someone purchases something from one of the well placed ads that are on your article. If you do a search on google you will find others that have made money from their Squidoo lens. A tip about how to earn more is to take your subject and dissect the different angles of it and make numerous lens about it.

As you can see there are plenty of places online for you to share your knowledge and not have to be a professional novelist. Visit these sites and look at what others have written and then you will see how easy it is. If you know if another writing site please leave a comment with that link.

Do You know Any Great How-To's? Why Not Share It & Profit From It.

If you have Internet, cooking, cleaning, household maintenance, or any other How-To's, you can share them on a site called Ehow. You don't have to be a journalist or novelist to write a how-to for others to learn from. Ehow gets a lot of traffic everyday, in fact, I find myself going there daily for different how-to reasons. It is free to join and very easy to publish an article on. Just to show you how easy it is to publish an article I decided to break down the steps to entering a how-to, so here you go:

1. Join Ehow Here. Make sure you sign up for the Writer's Compensation Program so that you are eligible for making a profit on your articles. You will need a PayPal account in order to receive payment.

2. Once you have joined log in. Take this time to choose an avatar and update your profile.

3. Decide on a subject that you want to give a how-to on.

4. Do a search in the search bar for your topic and check out some of the how-to's that are already there so that you can refine your how-to.

5. Once you know exactly what you are going to talk about in your how-to, click write in the above tabs.

6. Now you will see the "Getting Started" screen. This is where you will give your how-to a title. When doing so, make sure it has keywords in it that will attract viewers.

7. On the "Getting Started" screen you will also have the opportunity to have an image that will represent your topic. If you don't have an image already, go to google and type "Free Royalty Free Image" and you should see a few sites listed in search. You can look for them for an image that targets your topic and save it to your computer. Then you will need to hit the browse button on the "Getting Started" page and click on the image. Next, don't forget to give credit for the image.

8. Next on the "Getting Started" screen is where you will rate the difficulty of your how-to. Rate it honestly.

9.Now write a brief description of what your how-to is. This description is what is seen at the top of your article. Make sure you explain the purpose for using the how-to, what the end result will be. Remember that it is the first impression that you are giving your readers.

10. Next write what they will need to complete the how-to.

11. Use the spell checker by clicking "Spell Check" under the brief description.

12. Click "Save & and Continue".

13.You will then be sent to the "Add Article Steps" page. This is where you will want to give a break down of how to complete the how-to. If you need to add or insert a step as you go there is a button that is visible that you can click to do so. When writing the steps, be careful to be clear and read each step over as you finish to check for any possible confusion.

14. You will then want to add any tips that you may have for your readers.

15. If you have any warnings for your readers, list them in the box at the bottom of the screen.

16. Use the Spell Check that is at the bottom of the screen.

17. Click "Save and Continue".

18. Now it will bring you to the page "Categorize It". Choose your categories wisely so that when searched for it can be easily found by readers. Think of these categories as keywords.

19. Add additional keywords by entering them under the category list.

20.You will then see an option to search for related articles, do this, it can help build traffic to your article.

21. Add additional resources where your readers can go to for more info on the subject.

22. Click "Save and Continue".

23. The next screen you will see is the "Publish It" screen. Click "Publish It".

Now that you have an article published, let's talk about earnings. According to Ehow, earnings can be determined by a number of things, such as, views and category. To ensure that you get the most out of every article, be very descriptive and write about a topic that is of interest of others. You can also see what articles readers are requesting the most.

I hope this article will help you start your Ehow How-To's and help you start to make some extra cash as you do it.