Online Writing Jobs: 7 Prime and Profitable Markets for an Upcoming Content Writer ABC Recruitment

Online Writing Jobs: 7 Prime and Profitable Markets for an Upcoming Content Writer

Jun 22, 2011 Career Tips

How can you earn money through content writing jobs? What is content writing, anyway? In simple terms, a content writer creates or edits copy or text to inform readers on a topic or to promote and market a company, product or service. In order to be an effective content writer, your work must be relevant and accurate. And you need to deliver your message in a dynamic style, so that your readers will be compelled to stay with your segment throughout. Some secrets for successful content writing:

Remember less is more assume your 21st century reader is a non-reader, with the attention span of a four-year-old. Hes the product of texting, video games, 3-D movies, and high-speed Internet service.
Use the economy of scale theory never use 100 words when you could pack your message in 50 words or less!
Place your punch up front and on end.
Tell them, then tell them again what you told them, but in different words.
Check and re-check your content for accuracy.

Where, you may ask, do I find topics for content writing? What and who will pay me to content write? For starters, lets look at a few venues that provide a myriad of opportunities for content writers.

Journal Abstracts Every thesis or scholarly paper written in the field of academia includes a summary, or abstract of the papers main focus. Applying for a grant or writing a book proposal often requires submitting an abstract. A content writers skill in ferreting out a papers salient points is an art in itself, and a highly marketable one.

How To Technical Manuals How many times have you begun to hyper-ventilate at the sight of an assembly schematic for a backyard grill, or your grandsons latest radio-controlled gizmo, or that new workstation you just purchased on-line? It takes a special type of concrete-sequential mind-set to write user-friendly how-to manuals and assembly directions.

Press Releases Corporations and organizations use press releases to draw attention to their products and services, to broaden their customer base, and to diffuse negative publicity. Do you really believe that those sensitive, politically-correct, carefully word-smithed press releases are written

Ghost Writing High-powered, busy executives in every industry and organization, public and private, have neither the time, nor the skills, nor the inclination to flush out and fashion their ideas into concrete, powerful text. Heres where you, the content writer, enter to save the day.

The client provides the idea and you, the content writer, do the leg work, the research, the outline, the rough draft, adding, of course, your own unique ghostly style to your clients substance. Wouldnt you pay for such service?

This type of writing has taken off, fueled

White Papers Wikipedia says that A white paper is an authoritative report or guide that often addresses issues and how to solve them. White papers are used to educate readers and help people make decisions. They are often used in politics and business, scientific and technical subjects. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper).

White papers are commonly seen in government. Their purpose is usually informational, rather than promotional; they provide an in-depth analysis of a trend, process, or product.

Again, professionals who are highly knowledgeable in their field, but do not have the ability to express themselves dynamically and coherently in writing, need you, the content writer, to become their voice to empower them to deliver their content in an authentic, convincing, authoritative stance.

Speeches & Conference Presentations In any big city, on any given day, if you walk into a major hotel or enter an elevator, youre bound to bump into a group of suited individuals all carrying overloaded goodie bags and wearing lanyards, nametags, smile buttons, etc., advertising their conference membership. And all these attendees are participating in conferences, presentations, seminars, speeches many of which could have been written

GrantsOne of the best kept secrets is the billions (yes, I said billions!)of dollars in grant moneys that go unclaimed each year because either a) people are totally unaware of their existence; b) those who need this money havent the slightest idea as to how to access it; c) possible recipients do not have the research and writing skills to delve into these resources.

What about offering your services to seek out, research, write and apply for grants with the understanding that you only reap a percentage of what is awarded? This win-win proposition offers both the would-be recipient as well as you, the potentially successful grant writer great incentives to pursue these opportunities. Another great avenue for content writing!

Enough!

I know! I know! Your head is spinning like a whirling dervish! Enough!, you say. Im overwhelmed! Dont lose heart. Just focus on what you do best, what appeals to you, and where your expertise lies, and go for it!

Dr. Carolee Duckworth is an online work expert, earning her own living online for 12 years & teaching thousands of others how. She designed and initiated College-Online.comproviding significant work advancement for tens of thousands of working adults since 1996.

To learn more about what it takes to find writing jobs online, go to http://www.WorkOnlineandEarn.com and see how, with a little guidance, you can make the crossover from vague ideas to a clear direction, starting with her FREE e-course and her downloadable eBook, The Definitive Webworkers Guide: 35 Secrets of How to Work Online and Earn Money.

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