I Get Paid for Writing, But There is One Fact About Making Money Online... and With Affiliate Programs Such as AdSense

71

By Rebecca E.

Money and Payments

Most Internet marketers and online writers publish their work to make money online with it. However there is one simple fact that seems to be missed by those who are not professional writers. That is to get paid, you need to think long-term and you need to publish quality work. This is a business where your publishing makes money, but also how you get traffic to your online work. It is also a business, where payments of this promised money are important.

Writing for money is one thing. In fact I believe that writers, and their writing are a very noble profession, and I have learned a lot because of many great writers. They do want to get paid for their work, but they also look at a place such as hubpages or other online writing sites as just that "writing"

There is nothing wrong with this business sense. The thing is that to write, and published online and get paid. Money does come from writing, but you can make it a lot easier on yourself.

this is what making money is about for many people
See all 2 photos
this is what making money is about for many people

I want to Get Paid Money Now.

That is the first thing that can be the hardest to accept. Every writer wants to make money, but not every writer who publishes will make money. The key thing is that it is more of a "marketing" with online writing than it is anything else. That has a lot to do with promotion of your published works after you have improved upon them. Not just for SEO purposes, but for the content of what your reader will read.

Big blocks of text are viewed poorly as opposed to the same word count broken up into smaller paragraphs and text blocks (capsules on hubpages) This makes the online reader think it is shorter than what it really is.

The other thing to beware of is: Money for "Nothing" now by this it means if you get someone asking you to write something short but for a lot of money, think logically and not money fast like. Writers can lose a lot more than their reputation this way.

Getting paid for the work you do is a process, and you need to understand contracts and the business of providing a service to others. In many ways it is about marketing you and building a profitable brand. People have choices and they are paying you, their choice.

So.. You Mean Business?

Writing is a business, and often if you want to get paid you will have to market yourself and your work. You will also have to be very careful about copyrights and copying of your work. I've said it once, but I will say it again, copied content kills a writer.

You will never build your business if you have hubs or blogs or websites copied by others. The simple thing is to know who and what makes you money, and what needs to be cared for. Some writers have said protecting their writing is the biggest part of their business.

Google AdSense is adamant about this and says that they take a dim view of content which is copied without permission. If you have many hubs, use hub-defender to find out which of your hubs have been copied. File a complaint if you do find illegally copied work. Otherwise it will destroy your business.

This is a business, and you need to work hard at your business to make money with your writing.  You also need to know what is protected for you, and what is not protected, you have copyrights and what you have written on writing sites are published works.

Money Is Money but Writing is

a means to money. You can make money any which way you might like, but if you are writing, you will often want to make money. Rather, you want to get paid for your hard work. This is why talking or writing about Google AdSense is so popular. This is also why writing takes a backseat to money sometimes.

Money is Money, but writing is a means to money. You will need to think in many different ways to get paid online, use pay pal write a blog with Google AdSense on it, write freelance, there are millions of ways to write.

Just as there are millions of ways to get paid, pay-pal, direct deposit, checks and cash. The point is as a writer you will need to know a bit of the business end of writing and marketing your "brand"

Google AdSense Must Haves

Google AdSense Secrets: 4th Edition
Amazon Price: $4.95
Google AdSense For Dummies
Amazon Price: $4.48
List Price: $24.99
The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense
Amazon Price: $4.20
List Price: $24.95

I Write But Don't Get Paid

In this business, you have to be smart, if you are writing for someone else, as in a regular blog of someone else, not what you write say on hubpages or Squidoo or your own blog, you will need to be paid.

Make certain you have everything in writing.  Make sure that you can contact the other party in teh event you do not get your funds.  Also do not sell yourself short.  If you write a 500 word article, make certain that you are paid for your efforts.

I know this happens, but if you can not contact the other person who you need payments from, let it go and do not work with this person again.  You, as a writer need to receive payments, and if the lines of communication are closed, then cut your loses.

Payments and Writing

The Most Important thing for me in Terms of Writing

  • Express My Views
  • Write
  • Make Money With My Writing
  • Have Passion
  • become a Better Writer
  • All of The Above
  • None of the Above
See results without voting

Writers Rules?

There are three things which you need to bear in mind when writing for a living:

1) It is a business.

2) you need to Get Paid.

3) You need to be passion but you also need to make money.

This is a big business, and writing is a part of it and so is promotion and getting paid. The importance of knowing how to build a business is all a part of... the writing business. Payments can mean anything so be prepaired to keep on writing and improving. Stop for a moment and think of this comment:

With writing if it isn't working can you personally tell yourself why and then fix it? If you can then you will make money with your writing-- which can include online writing, and book publishing.

To your success.

Comments

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 11 months ago

James-- sure thing, glad you did take the poll.

James 11 months ago

for reasons best left to myself I decided on your poll to put all of the above.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 15 months ago

jaswarior-- took me about 1 year to perfect it and now I go and fix my older hubs, feel free to add comments and critiques if you like =)

jaswarior profile image

jaswarior 16 months ago

Thanks a lot, am quite improving my hubs a bit, don't know when i will be perfect in publishing new hubs the way you do. But I like to get some more help by reading your hubs. Thanks for that. Bye

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

jaswarior-- keep one writing, saw you're new welcome to hubpages.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

beverly-- yes you have to be very passionate about this.

jaswarior profile image

jaswarior 16 months ago

Don't mention it friend,keep up the same good work.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

jaswarior-- thanks

Beverly 16 months ago

A lot of very good info. on writing online and I agree you really need to be passionate about it.

jaswarior profile image

jaswarior 16 months ago

Thank you for your advice really!!!

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

judy-- I try my best =)

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Cathyrin-- yes we do, and that make all the difference knowing why you are writing.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Jane-- yes hubdefender is great

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

hello hello yes one you must look into.

Judy HBerg profile image

Judy HBerg 16 months ago

Great practical advice. Thanks for this hub!

Cathyrin profile image

Cathyrin 16 months ago

Indeed, we have different reasons why we write. Thanks for the insight, eh.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

ocbill-- I likent eh idea of putting eggs in different baskets and then going fomr there. The aim of course is to get paid.

Jane@CM profile image

Jane@CM 16 months ago

Hub defender is an awesome tool!

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

helen-- hope they help

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Gals-- getting paid is awesome, and as PCunix said, there are many ways to do this.

Hello, hello, profile image

Hello, hello, 16 months ago

Taht Hubdefender sounds good and I must take the time to look into it.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

brown-eyed-girl-- I do try to help out...

ocbill profile image

ocbill 16 months ago

good info. I looked at other sites, outside of HubPages, for additional income but felt my own sites will do better.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

drbj-- I am hardest at work upon those who take more than 10% of my hubs, as often less than 10% is a link, but I do check that out on hubdefender.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Pc-- I really think there must be a few ways of doing this, and its is so true you can build a business that way!

Helen Bolam profile image

Helen Bolam 16 months ago

Really great points. Will keep those in mind.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Treasuresof Heaven-- if you are a writer, you do need to get paid for your work, it is a business after all.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Henderika-- yes you need to know about hubdefender this is an awesome thing to have, but think of your other sites and know that they are at risk. Still keep on working.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

creativeone-- I will do not worry!

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Edweirdo-- it is soo true, hubdefender "sees" them a lot sooner than hubpages, I love teh fact that for a couple of bucks a month my hubs are saved, and so is my money.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

Juneaukid-- just passing on what you have done for me.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

dtchosen-- happy to be of service.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E. Hub Author 16 months ago

babergirl-- I try my best enjoy this one.

KoffeeKlatch Gals profile image

KoffeeKlatch Gals Level 6 Commenter 16 months ago

Rebecca, I always love your advice. I know I like to get paid for my work.

Brown-eyed-girl profile image

Brown-eyed-girl 16 months ago

Thanks for the great information.

drbj profile image

drbj Level 8 Commenter 16 months ago

Thanks for reminding us, Becca, about following up to learn if our hubs are being copied by "dastardly thieves."

Pcunix profile image

Pcunix Level 7 Commenter 16 months ago

Yes, but there are choices for getting paid, too. Obviously you can sell your writing or your time and most people understand that and getting paid by running ads instead.

However, there is a third way, seldom mentioned here. That is writing to promote awareness of some other business you have. That's where most of my "writing money" comes from.

Treasuresofheaven profile image

Treasuresofheaven Level 1 Commenter 16 months ago

You are so direct. "I need to get paid" will be my slogan from here out. Thanks Rebecca!

Hendrika profile image

Hendrika Level 3 Commenter 16 months ago

I know I am way behind because I did not know about Hub-

Defender. I'll use it from now on as I have come across some of my content copied illegally. So, at least I can protect my Hubs.

creativeone59 profile image

creativeone59 Level 4 Commenter 16 months ago

Thank you Rebecca, for a great hub,as always. Keep up the good work. Godspeed. creativeone59

Edweirdo profile image

Edweirdo 16 months ago

Thanks for mentioning HubDefender - ensuring that our work as writers is not copied is so important!

Imagine if you went to your day-job and found out that someone else was getting your paycheck by taking credit for your work. That just would not stand IRL, and yet so many online writers don't realize that others may be stealing their work and getting paid for it!

Another great hub for writers who want to make money online!

juneaukid profile image

juneaukid Level 2 Commenter 16 months ago

I enjoyed this hub Rebecca. You certainly provide us with good tips.

dtchosen profile image

dtchosen 16 months ago

Nice insight:)

barbergirl28 profile image

barbergirl28 Level 8 Commenter 16 months ago

Great hub! I loved the advice given here!

Submit a Comment
Members and Guests

Sign in or sign up and post using a hubpages account.



    • No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked
    • Comments are not for promoting your Hubs or other sites

    Please wait working