“Your mission, should you decide to accept it ……”

This was an infamous line from a popular television series from years past involving story lines built around fictitious US federal agents. A quote/unquote spy type show. In a roundabout way we are going to discuss a different “mission” available for today and tomorrow’s aspiring writers cropping up across the World Wide Web.

Aside from the joy, self fulfillment, and outward self expression that writing affords you, many of us are cognizant or may have heard about the opportunities the Internet provides. Yes, the Internet has opened up a door of opportunity to generate revenue from your ability, passion, and talent to write. But how do you accomplish this?

Realistically there is a variety of options that are quite operable. Among the alternatives available, an ambitious penman can pursue any number of these choices or a combination thereof.

For example there is the straight forward approach of finding a web site owner/manager who is in need of quality content. This could come in the form of story writing, editorial, tutorial, testimonial, product endorsement, or any variation thereof. In this scenario a financial agreement can be negotiated or agreed upon. This could be described as a “write for hire” arrangement. These web masters tend to be truly skillful and proficient at marketing and therefore it is cost efficient for them to pay for top notch content.

In a similar vein there are a number of sites that are willing to pay a freelance writer for their articles and even offer a channel of submission for consideration. Plainly speaking you go to any number of article submission sites and propose your work for review and for it to be considered for publishing on their particular site. Some sites may ask you what you are requesting by way of compensation or others give you a predetermined pay scale. I am sure there are others that simply negotiate a price on a “per submission” criterion.

In either blueprint you will receive a flat rate or a onetime fee for each of your approved submissions. It may vary of course but you will know up front what the bottom line is whether it is clearly stated before you write your piece or negotiated after your submission is given the old thumbs up. One thing to consider is that if you find an interested party who will endorse your work and form an indefinitely lasting partnership with them, you will most likely know the value of your writing before you actually do it. Whereas if you write articles for an “open submission” than you run the risk that no one will be infatuated or responsive to your work. On the flip side of the coin if you are confident in your abilities, that aspect of the business will take care of itself.

It is safe to say that it would be wise to keep your options open to either approach. Building a network and proving yourself as a writer will lead to you finding interested parties and in addition sites looking for good content will find you if they feel you can deliver.

There are also a number of self promotion host sites that offer writers the option to post their own original work and generate their own readers on their web site. These sites are very easy to navigate but can be challenging to produce a tangible and meaningful income. The basic formula of these sites is that you subscribe to these sites and then log on and write as often or as little as you wish. As people read your material there are Pay Per Click ads placed by the sponsor of the site available for readers to click. The number of clicks and the value of each ad will determine how much money you are to be paid.

In my experience the host sites are very well maintained, highly organized, and set up for quality advertisements. The host sites appear to market their site very well also. However the nature of this beast is that you need to promote your own contributions. They do provide bookmarking and some other SEO friendly tools like tags and Meta keyword/description boxes.

Many people have made some supplemental income as a result. For me I found if I was on top of my posts and the related marketing, I made some money. You really need to keep at it though. The uncertainty appeals to some and yet may turn off others.

The moral of the story is that you need to keep at your craft and at the same time diligently pursue the rewarding outlets that the Internet has to offer. And as we mentioned before, often times in life it pays to know people. It is inescapable then to not build a strong network of Net partners. Aggressively hunt down those in need and those who are willing to pay you for first rate work. Seek out the various host pages that offer an open forum for you to submit articles and consider if you have the time and due diligence to make that method work. Never underestimate the power of asking those who are further down the road of success than you are. How did they do it? Do they recommend any specific direction to follow?

And should you decide to accept this mission be prepared for some fun, financial rewards, and some healthy challenges to be met head on!

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