Web Writing Is The Future Of Writing: Issue 57 Fab Freelance Writing Ezine
November 14th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
In this issue, we discuss Web writing, and why it’s your future as a freelance writer.
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Includes:
* Editorial: Web Writing Is The Future Of Writing
* Article: Writing For The Web The Easy Way
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** The Unlimited Writing Market, The Web **
When you write for the Web, you’re never out of writing work. All Web sites need writers, and as the competition online grows, site owners hire writers to improve their sites.
The writing world in general hasn’t caught up with the Web. Now, YOU can — and you can cash in. Freelance writers just don’t realize how much money there is to be made by writing for the Web: many writers use the Web as a research tool, they don’t see the Web as a mass of millions of markets. They don’t realize that Web sites are STARVED for good writers.
Want to get paid REAL money to write? How does $150 an hour sound to you? Discover how to write for the Web today:
www.abmagic.com/Web_Write/Web_write.html
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[Editorial] Web Writing Is The Future Of Writing
Whether we like it or not, Web writing is the future of all writing. Newspapers and magazines are losing subscribers, partly because they can’t keep up with pace of information flow on the Web, and also because of the cost to their readers in time and attention.
=> The Web is winning the war for readers’ attention
Attention is priceless. As I sit at my work desk, there’s a huge stack of magazines under the desk to my left. Sadly, I know I’ll discard those magazines after flipping through them briefly. In my lounge room, there’s a stack of weekend newspapers I’ll discard without reading.
I just don’t have the time to read offline publications when I can read more easily and quickly online: I can find exactly what I want, and with RSS feeds, I can get it delivered. I know I’m not alone in transferring my reading time to the online world, and as attention flows to the Web, all publishers are ramping up their Web sites and Web offerings.
If you’re a writer, it means discovering the Web. Like it or not, the Web is your future. Finding out how words work on the Web is no longer optional, it’s vital to your survival as a writer.
=> The Web is alive - get to know it today
The Web isn’t static: it’s alive. There’s always something new to discover, and as more publications move to the Web, a writer who understands the basics of how the Web works has a huge advantage over writers who don’t.
Many writers back away from Web writing because it seems too technical. This isn’t so. If you can use a word processor, you can use a Content Management System like WordPress. You can also write your own Web sites - the tools are easy to use, and are often free.
The time you spend discovering the Web today is time well spent. I encourage you to discover Web writing so that your freelance writing career thrives.
This week’s article, “Writing For The Web The Easy Way”, helps you to discover the Web.
Affectionately,
Angela
P.S. Many writers are discovering that the Web is a goldmine for writers who become Web publishers. You can discover this too, with my ebook package “Super-Fast Money-Making Web Sites For Writers: Join The Web-Publishing Bonanza” -
www.abwebconsulting.com/web_sites/
Your writing skills give you the keys to the Web kingdom.
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** New Writing Opportunity “Beat Your Paycheck! Web Writing SECRETS” **
“How Make More Money With Web Writing Than You Ever Will With A Paycheck… In A Month Or Less”
Even if you’re a new writer, you can make enough money from Web writing to leave your day job - fast.
As a writing teacher, I work with new writers every day. Many would love to leave their day job, but they don’t yet have the skills to write copy for corporate clients, or for national magazines. Writing in your home office seems like a dream. Many promising writers give up writing because their lives are too busy - with a full-time job and family, they’re too tired to write.
If this describes YOU, I’ve found a solution. I asked a new writer who’s making great money writing for the Web to share his secrets. He’s happy to do so. Read my new ebook:
abmagic.com/Beat-Paycheck/index.html
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** Write It Once And Sell It Forever - **
Get A Constant Flow Of Cash By Writing And Selling Ebooks… It’s Much, Much Easier Than You Think
Ebooks are BIG online. Most ebooks contain from five to 100 pages, and sell anywhere from $10 to $100 dollars, and over, depending on the information. Clever writers are realizing that there’s gold in ebooks, and that they’re well-placed to mine that gold…
Discover how you can self-publish online, and make a great income, writing and selling ebooks with “Write and Sell an eBook: Every Writer’s Quick-Action Guide To Writing Ebooks”:
abmagic.com/ebooks/write-ebooks.html
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* Article: Writing For The Web The Easy Way
(c) 2007 Angela Booth. All Rights Reserved.
When you become a skilled Web writer, you will quickly be made aware of the amazing opportunities online. You can create Web sites and blogs, and sell them for five figures within weeks.
But how do you get started?
In fact, “How do I get started?” is the question I’m asked most often about Web writing.
The easiest way to discover the Web is to get a gig from a publication for which you’re currently writing. Make a list of the newspapers and magazines to which you’ve sold material in the past year, and contact the editors. Ask what plans the publication has for its online presence in the next year, and indicate your eagerness to be part of those plans.
However, before you approach publications, there’s an essential tool you need in the online world. That’s a Web site.
=> Your writer’s Web site is your entrée to a new world
Creating your own Web site is essential. It helps you to become aware of how the Web works, as well as showing editors that the Web is familiar to you, and that you’re comfortable online. So if you haven’t yet created your own site, that’s an essential first step.
If you want help, read “Super-Fast Money-Making Web Sites For Writers: Join The Web-Publishing Bonanza” at
www.abwebconsulting.com/web_sites/
The package gives you easy to follow step by step guidance.
=> Web writing that’s easy, fun and profitable
Once you’ve created your own site, which acts as both your writing portfolio and as a billboard/ advertorial to anyone who wants to Google your name, you can turn your site into an online shop front to sell your writing products and writing skills directly to millions of Web surfers.
Once your Web site has been online for a few months, you’ll find that you’re approached to write, not only by editors, but also by Web site owners.
Other easy ways to success in Web writing include:
1. Developing a blog and monetising it
See abmagic.com/Blog/blogging.html
2. Writing articles
See www.abwebconsulting.com/articles/
3. Writing Private Label Rights content
See www.abwebconsulting.com/ebooks/ebooks/instant-PLR-author.html
4. Approaching Web sites to write for them. There are millions more markets online than in the print world. Every corporate Web site is a market for you.
None of the four ways to success in Web writing I mentioned above require any special writing skill or experience.
As you become more comfortable online, and you become a skilled Web writer, you can take on more complex assignments. Since these are more complex, the pay is much better. As an experienced Web writer, you can expect to earn anywhere from $150 an hour upwards.
For more information on skilled Web writing, read Writing For the Web -
www.abmagic.com/Web_Write/Web_write.html
=> Writing for the Web is more profitable than writing for print
As more publications move online, and more new publications start up online, the payments to writers have increased, simply because there’s a competition for good writers. Payments of a dollar and two dollars a word are now common.
If you’re not yet experienced enough to win top Web writing gigs, you can rest assured that there are many online publications who will nevertheless welcome you, even as a new writer. The Web has an insatiable appetite for words.
The Web is an amazing place for writers - it’s a playground par excellence. Enjoy your Web writing, and if you’ve yet to venture online, I encourage you to take the plunge. Jump into Web writing today. You’ll love it.
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** Discover Private Label Rights (PLR) , a sizzling HOT new way to make money as a writer **
The basic idea of PLR content is that it’s content which is sold to people to edit, mash up, or use directly on their Web sites. PLR content may be articles, ebooks, reports, or even audio. It’s CONTENT - stuff for Web sites - in its generic form.
If you can write ten PLR articles in a week, you can make $4000 a week
Sounds weird, but it’s true. Many writers are already cashing in on PLR, and you can too.
“Instant PLR Author: Make Money Writing Private Label Rights Products” at www.abwebconsulting.com/ebooks/ebooks/instant-PLR-author.html shows you how.
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** Write YOUR Way to Riches - Write A Book **
Your life will change, when you’re a published author - writing books is the perfect home business. As an author, you’ll have successful home-based business which delivers great rewards. It’s a dream job with a perfect lifestyle.
You can write books anywhere, in your home office, or while you travel to any country in the world. Your morning commute is the steps from your bedroom to your home office - no annoying boss, no office politics.
Financially, the rewards are potentially huge. You can make millions of dollars if your books are published by major publishers. Or, you can self-publish your books as ebooks, and make hundreds of thousands of dollars, as many writers are doing right now - the Internet makes self-publishing easy.
Compared to the rewards, the risks are tiny - you invest your enthusiasm, time and energy, rather than cash. You can write in your spare time.
Get started writing your way to riches today at
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** ANGELA’S BLOGS **
Fab Freelance Writing Blog: fabfreelancewriting.com/blog/
Fab Web Writer: www.fabwebwriter.com/
Top Ebook Writer: www.topebookwriter.com/
Angela Booth’s Writing Blog: copywriter.typepad.com/
The Creativity Factory (copywriting and search marketing): www.angelabooth.com/wp/
Seven Days Copywriting: sevendayscopywriting.com/
Just Write A Book Blog: www.justwriteabook.com/blog/
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