Making Money Writing How-to Articles


by Dana Prince - Date: 2008-11-09 - Word Count: 442 Share This!

If you're interested in making money online, writing how-to articles is a great option. There are people trolling the internet constantly. They're looking for information on how to do something.



When you want to learn how to do something new, or fix something that's not working, where's the first place you look? Probably the internet!



Capitalize on the how-to niche and make yourself some cash! There are a few companies that will pay you to write these articles such as eHow.com and Bukisa.com. You can make money with revenue sharing on these systems and get paid via PayPal on a regular basis.



If you can Google something, you can make money.  Write about something you already know (everyone is a subject matter expert on something!) or research hot topics and take a few minutes to learn a skill and write about that in your own words.



The great thing with sites like these is that you can make money off residuals so writing an article once could help you earn monthly for an indefinite period of time.Some writers earn hundreds each month from these programs.



Writing a great how-to article isn't difficult if you take some time to learn:






How to find hot topics to write about and good long tail keywords


Learn to write for search engines (SEO)


To write with an active and effective writing style



Good Keywords



Look on Google and see what people are searching for. Check out Google Trends and many online free keyword tools.  These tools can show you what's hot so you can write about stuff people are actually interested in.



SEO



Search engines look for keywords. If you write with laterally related words and strong keywords in the title and in the article headings, you increase your chances of getting picked up and indexed by the search engines. Learning a little about SEO can definitely increase your online earning potential.



Active Writing Style / Conversational Writing



Tell people how to do something with strong action words and in a friendly conversational tone. Before publishing, try out your directions to see if they're good or not. If you write well, not only will search engines index your article but more people will be reading your articles  as well.



Once you write these artifcles, do a little social marketing with them by bookmarking them and pointing your friends to them as well. All of the above can help you create a nice little passive income stream for yourself. There are several sites that will pay you to write these articles either directly or indirectly through revenue sharing.



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