Online article writing can make you famous, if you put your personality in it, and if you're not afraid to go against the stream.

That happened to an 85-old Mom and newspaper columnist, when she wrote a review of a restaurant chain, where she had a meal.

Her son, James R. Hagerty, wrote an article on The Wall Street Journal about what happened, and it's a fun read you can learn from.

On Thursday, bloggers happened on her review of the Olive Garden, where she found the portions generous and the décor "impressive." Some wrote clever notes suggesting there might be some sort of irony in writing an unironic review about a chain restaurant like Olive Garden. Others, including media and news websites Gawker and Huffington Post, chimed in. Soon news hounds from Minneapolis, New York and even Fargo were calling Mom and demanding interviews. Basically, they wanted to know whether she was for real and how she felt about being mocked all over the Internet.

What do you think caused Marilyn Haggarty's article to go viral?

Was it the fact that she already had thousands of loyal readers?

Was she just lucky?

Or do you think that she has earned both the huge number of loyal readers as well as her newfound fame, because of her writing style? Because she dared to go against the "come il faut" stream? It might not be Maxim's she wrote a review about, but a place where ordinary people eat.

What can you learn from Mrs Haggarty?

If you thought that a good article marketing strategy was to write short articles, which are full of general statements, and to add a resource box, before you submitted it to an article directory, then you wouldn't be alone.

You would still be wrong, though.

You might get some traffic, of course, from people who found your article in a search engine and clicked on the link in your resource box. But it is nothing compared to what you could obtain by:

• Writing your articles in a different style.
• Writing longer articles.
• Being active and keeping a list.

I'll go into more depth with each of the three points in a few moments.

Article Marketing Strategy Tips # 1: Write Your Articles in a Different Style

Don't be generic.

You might be able to come up with an article in seven minutes, but if people get the same impression from reading your article as they could by sticking their thoungue out of the window on a windy automn day, you might just as well do something else during those seven minutes.

Because your article would be BORING!

And nobody wants to spread boredom around.

Yes, "spread".

Did you forget that the purpose of an article directory, for you, is to make others able to grab the articles and post them in their eZines or on their websites?

Look at it this way:

• Situation One: You put your article on a directory, and people have a change to read it and click on your link.
• Situation Two: Your article gets syndicated, and it can now be read on five different websites. You now have five times as many changes - at least - of having it read and that people would click on your link.

Therefore, your first goal should be to write an article in an entertainable way.

Alexa Smith, who is the expert to go to, when it comes to article syndication, has this to say about an article that is perfect for syndication:

The article has a witty opening, heaps of controversy and entertainment all the way through, laughs in all the right places, and a real sting in the tail.

In other words: Be entertaining. Arouse feelings and emotions within people.

Article Marketing Strategy Tips # 2: Write Longer Articles

How long should your article be?

Long enough!

I have been a spokeswoman for short and to the point articles. And I still am. I hate reading a long and boring article when the same could have been said with fewer, and better chosen words.

When I write about a narrow topic, like how to wash your hair without water during an emergency situation, I can tell the reader all she has to know with 250 words.

For other short articles, I aim at 400 words, and I normally end up at 500-600.

But if you want to have your article syndicated, Alexa Smith has had the best results with articles that are 1,000 - 1,200 words long.

Article Marketing Strategy Tips # 3: Keep a List of People Who Have Syndicated Your Article

When you notice that somebody have syndicated your article (you should be able to see that in the statistics on the article directory), go out and find the article, and contact the publisher and ask him/her, if he/she wants more.

Then save the person to a list, and keep expanding your list, every time a new person syndicates your articles.

When you write your next article, post it to your blog first, and when it is indexed in the search engines, send it out to your list. As Alexa puts it:

Those people, between the whole lot of them, have access to tens of thousands of subscribers to their ezines/blogs/newsletters/websites/whatever. (It's only tens of thousands because we're talking about cauliflower soup - in real niches it can be hundreds of thousands). And they all need content to publish all the time, of course (these are the people for whom article directories exist, so they can go there and find it).

18 (or 28, or 38) of them want to use my content (the article we're talking about), and they all send it out to their subscribers or put it on their websites for all their regularly returning visitors, and so on and so forth. They got free content and I got a free link.

Can you imagine that? Instead of getting a few hundred views on an article directory, you could easily get thousands of targeted views.

By following this article marketing strategy, you are not working harder, only smarter.

Tomorrow, it's St. Patrick's Day, so I thought that instead of talking about the differences between British English and American English, why not take a short look at Irish English?

Many years ago, I was in Rome on a short vacation. A lot of Irish people stayed in the hotel, and they were always full of fun and good spirit (and sometimes beer).

They told a lot of jokes, and I never understood them. I loved to listen to them, but Irish English was not among the languages they taught us in Danish schools.

Lately, I have watched the series "Against the Wind", which is a story about some Irish people who get sent to Australia. Awesome series! The only trouble with our copy is that it's without subtitles, and especially one of the characters in the movie speaks an uncomprehensible (to me) Irish.

Anyway, here's your chance to learn some Irish. Grammar Girl has invited a guest to tell us about Irish English, and you can both listen and read. It's an interesting read that will explain both about different words used in Irish English, as well as different pronounciations.

I've noticed that a lot of Americans write "ya" instead of "you" (singular), and now I know why. It makes sense, actually. As far as I remember Shakespeare, old English also had different words for you in singular and you in plural. It is so confusing when somebody invites "you" - does she mean "only you", or "you and your spouse"?

Some of the things I found really funny from the article was to learn that the Irish don't use "yes" or "no". How do you avoid those important words?

[They are simply] repeating the verb of the question. Can you swim? I can! Do you like tomato juice? I don't. Are you coming? I amn't.

And "amn't" is of course "I am not", abbreviated, just like we do with "isn't" and "aren't".

After this crash course in Irish English you might be able to write short articles. I'm not totally convinced, though, that Ezine Articles would approve them.

Web article writing is slightly different from the kind of article writing you do, when you aim at having your articles syndicated.

While my book "How to Write 8 Articles in 2 Hours or Less" focuses on one system, it's always of big help to have other methods on your hands as well.

So when I discovered an article on Copyblogger about how to write articles in 20 minutes, I figured you would be interested.

The Copyblogger article gives you seven tips to fast web article writing. You can use the same method, if you submit your articles to online article directories, by the way.

The difference between web article writing and article marketing is that you can add links to the body of the article, when its purpose is to be put on your blog or website. This opens up nice possibilities for affiliate links, just as you can see in this blog post

Web Article Writing - Start With The Easiest Articles

All seven tips are useful, but I'll mention one of them in particular. Tip # 7.

People tend to start with the more difficult tasks, thinking that they can go through the easier one later, when they maybe don't have as much time at hand, or when they are tired, or when ...

The author of the seven tips advices against this practice. He writes:

It’s tempting, when you look through your list of ideas, to save the best ones for later because you think they’ll be easier to write. You don’t want to save time later, you want to save time now. Do the articles you know will come easily and make the most of that time.

And that's right. Save time today. Don't save time tomorrow. It will not help you right now anyway.

Read the full article about fast  web article writing here.

Article writing jobs can be hard to get, if you don't know how to write a winning bid proposal.

Freelance Writing has written ten useful tips, if you are trying to land an article writing job on popular job sites like Elance.com, oDesk.com or Freelancer.com.

On those job sites, article requesters will set up their demands, e.g. "we need ten articles about hair removal", and if you want to write the articles, you have to post your bid proposal.

You will - most likely - have other competitors who do the same.

It is not always the lowest bidder who wins (luckily for us), and how you write your bid proposal matters.

Among the very useful tips about making the winning bids and getting the article writing jobs you'll find, I chose this one, because it's often there, ghostwriters go wrong:

Tip #2: Always read the project details beforehand.

In every writing assignment, the specs are important. Included in the project details, the buyer specifies exactly what the project includes and what he expects the freelancer to accomplish.

In assessing the buyer's job description, ask the following questions: Do you qualify for the niche? Can you write on the topic with expertise? If you say Yes! on both counts, include relevant samples or references along with your bid.

If you don't find enough details, you should either ask the requester, or don't post your bid. You will find buyers who only give very vague details like "keywords: home improvement", and when you deliver your article, they will tell you that this was not what they wanted.

THEN WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL WHAT THEY WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Anyway, avoid those requesters. They will only cause you troubles.

I can add a Tip #11: Write proper English.

I see so many people write "i" instead of "I", and "ur" instead of either "your" or "you are".

If you want to land a serious job request, write accordingly.

What tips can you offer your fellow ghostwriters for making a winning tip?

Easy article writing? Is that a dream only, or can it become reality for you?

When you feel that article writing is easy, it shows in your article. Your result will be much better, since the words came flowing, almost all by themselves.

Your audience will not thank you for struggling with article writing. They will feel your pain as you strive with each phrase in your endeavor of coming up with an article.

Make it simple and fun. Here are ten tips for easy article writing that should get you going:

1: Use an article writing template

You can find tons of free article writing templates on Ezine Articles.

Ready for a funny little anecdote?

I once wrote an article about Jeff Heering's instant article templates and submitted it to Ezine Articles. It was rejected! Scott, who were reviewing it, wrote:

Hi Britt,

I am showing that your article provides information on or promotes the use of PLR articles.

We DO NOT accept any PLR or re-written PLR articles and do not accept any articles promoting or providing information on PLR articles or re-writing PLR articles for article marketing or article submissions.

You may remove this article.

Thank you, Scott

I complained about it on Twitter, and Jeff Herring saw it. He contacted Ezine Articles, and I got this tweet from them:

Scott's been reprimanded & retrained. Sorry about this.

I hope they strictly forbit him to eat bananas for a week!

2: Know your topic

Obviously, the better you know your topic, the faster and easier it will be to write your article.

This means that if you write one article about a topic, you know little about, it will take you time. Write seven or twenty articles about the same topic, and you'll crank them out faster than a speeding bully.

How do you get to know your topic better? By reading a lot about it, by doing it, and by writing a lot about it.

Did you know that the best way to learn something is to teach others about it?

Now's your change to learn a topic in depth. Just teach somebody else about it in your articles. Make sure even your grand mother would understand your explanations.

I'll tell you more about that further down in tip # 9.

3: Write an outline

"All good writers use an outline", the speaker claims in this video. At least, you should build one in your head, if you don't write it down.

This short tutorial video will show you the basics of how to write an outline.

4: Use only one topic per article

Don't try to put everything into one article. If you have more than one topic, you want to write about, then write more than one article.

It will confuse your reader, if you add more than one topic into an article. He'll ask himself where you're going, and then he'll leave.

5: Write as you speak

If you're trying to cringle out long and difficult words, your writings will sound difficult to digest.

Instead of writing about a troublesome, tiresome, trying, exasperating, awkward, demanding, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, unmanageable, obstreperous, unaccommodating, unhelpful, uncooperative, disobliging; hard to please, fussy, finicky; formal refractory child, why not just write a difficult child?

(I like the sound of obstreperous, though.)

6: Use Dragon Dictate

If you talk faster than you type, you can get good help to writing your article with Dragon Dictate. After you've trained it a bit, you can just dictate your articles in no time.

7: Write around a keyword

No inspiration? Hit a writer's block? Go and look-up a keyword and let it inspire you. By writing about one keyword, or rather a key phrase, you'll also make sure that you're only writing about one topic.

8: Get inspiration from three sources

A fast way to research an article, is by doing a search on Google/Yahoo or Bing.

Find three different sources; read through them fast and take notes. Close down your browser, and write your own unique article.

9: Use who, what, where, when, and why (or how)

In classic journalism you're told to start an article by explaining who, what, where, when, and why (or how).

Do that, and you have a structure that is easy to use.

Make Easy Article Writing Even Simpler

Take the who, what, where, when, and why (or how) at step further and use it to make sure to touch all learning styles.

The first time I heard about this writing and learning style was from Jason Fladlien in his eBook about how to write an eBook in 48 hours.

The system is called the 4Mat, and it builds on the fact that people are different and learn in different ways.

• The people who want to know Why are motivated by priority.
• Those who want to know What are motivated by evolution.
• Those who want to find out How to are motivated by blueprints.
• And those who ask What if are motivated by action.

Use this knowledge, when you write an article, and you'll never just sit there without knowing what to write.

10: Include a story

People love to hear or read stories, and they are easy to write, too. Just take a relevant situation you've experienced, and describe it in your article.

Story-telling is a great tool to influence people. If you want to learn more about story-telling, I highly recommend this book: The Elements of Persuasion

Easy Article Writing is Not That Difficult

As you can see, a little bit of organisation before you write goes a long way. Start by using at least one of the ten tips, and you'll soon be enjoying writing articles instead of seeing it as something you just have to get over with.

Easy article writing also means writing fast and flowing, and it will make your articles read much better.

Writing a feature article - is this a challenge you want to take?

If you want to try your pen at writing a feature article either for your blog or for article marketing, you need to learn the facts about this kind of article and how its format is.

According to my dictionary, a feature article is:

A newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast program devoted to the treatment of a particular topic, typically at length.

"A particular topic"... This can mean anything, so you can choose your favourite pastime, or an idea of yours, and write a feature article about it.

Need inspiration? Watch this short introductory video. It's easy to understand, and after you've seen it, you'll probably grasp the essence of what a feature article is.

Want More Information About Writing a Feature Article?

For more detailed information about writing a feature article, you can check this Squidoo Lens about writing a feature article.

The lens has the following to say about the purpose of a feature article:

Feature articles are detailed pieces of writing which explore a range of issues, opinions, experiences and ideas. The purpose of a feature article will vary depending on the media it is meant for. Feature articles should appeal to the particular audience the article is targeting. For example if a magazine was targeted at middle aged women, then the articles, advertising and pictures within that magazine would reflect their interest in lifestyle, career, money, health and relationships.

In other words: Even if you outsource your article writing and find a ghostwriter to write for you, you should always add your own slant to the article. We need to hear YOUR voice, not some sterile news reporter.

Nice Quote About Writing a Feature Article

I loved this quote from the lens:

"Feature articles are not just dry facts, it provides story and information from a unique angle."

Do some brainstorming and come up with ideas for future feature articles. You'll probably find that writing a feature article is both fun and easy.

Other sources about writing a feature article:

Like I’ve written earlier on this blog and as comments on Tiffany Dow’s blog, I use iWriter as a filler. If I have a few minutes (at least 15), and I don’t have anything else to do, I go there and check, if there are any interesting jobs.

Obviously, I check the following:

• How high is the requester’s approval rate?
• What does the Special Instructions say?
• How many words is the article supposed to contain?
• Any specific keyword demands?

If I feel that this is an article I’m able to write and do well, I take the job.

Yesterday, I discovered that there was a flaw in my method.

Poorly Defined Request - This Should Have Been a Heads-Up Already

The job, I found and thought looked interesting, just told me to write a 500 words-article around the keywords “Internet Marketing”.

The special instructions told me not to use the keywords more than 3.6% of the time, because the article should be used on Ezine Articles.

No problem. I tend to write too few keywords, unless I force myself to repeat them more often.

So I clicked on the Write Article button, did some brainstorming, wrote an outline based, included the four learning methods, and wrote the article.

After I finished (at 529 words), I ran the article through WhiteSmoke to check for spelling and grammar errors.

After that I submitted the article.

Then I got this strange feeling…

Slow Approval - Give Low Stars in the Ratings to the iWriter Requester

Poor writers in the elite group? Or a difficult to please requester?

iWriter wants us to express with our star ranking how we were treated by the requester. Does he approve fast? (Meaning faster money to you.) Does he comment and tell you his reasons for his review and the rank he gives you?

I should have checked this requester, before writing for him… This is what happened.

After I’ve hit Publish, I got this strange feeling, so I repeatedly went back to iWriter to see, if my article was approved.

It wasn’t.

Not until this morning, I could see that it was approved, and that I’d scored my first 4 star rating. No explanation at all. What didn’t he like? What was wrong? I had no idea.

I Should Have Known - and This is Why You Should Check the Requester Thoroughly

Although it seemed that this requester got a high rank, 5 Stars, if I’d moused over his rating, I would have noticed 4.9 stars. And that’s for a requester who’d asked for hundreds of articles.

Digging down in the reviews, I saw several complains about missing explanations for why he had only given 4 stars, or why he’d rejected an article.

That’s certainly not the kind of requester, I would like to write for. So I should have checked this before accepting the job.

I mean… Although I hate getting a 4 star rating, I would accept it if I’d known WHY he didn’t totally love my article. Was it because he’d had other ideas, but just didn’t give away any clues about those ideas? Did some grammar og spelling pass unnoticed through WhiteSmoke?

WHAT?

Anyway, I learnt my lesson, and I’ll certainly include a mouse-over star ranking check the next time, and if I see less than 5 stars in total, I’ll go through the reviews.

Do you write for iWriter? What do you do to protect yourself from bad rankings or rejections?

If you are going to make some extra money writing for iWriter, you can just as well do it in a way that will bring in the most money. This blog post will teach you some iWriter strategy you hopefully can use.

First, I want you to know that I only recommend ghost writing for others as long as you don’t have other projects that can bring in passive income. When you are writing for iWriter or other places, you sell your time. If you write PLR articles, or eBooks and reports, you sell yourself, you can get passive income even years later.

Read more about my opinion of iWriter in this blog post: Earn Money by Writing articles – Is iWriter an Option? Or Should You Stay Far Away?

If iWriter promote their service as a way to “get dirt cheap articles” (see Tiffany Dow’s comment here), you can just as well fire back with some strategy to make you more money.

Reach Elite Status

You can earn more per article, when you reach Premium or Elite status. You will still get 81% of the price for the normal articles, but you get access to write higher priced articles from people who wants Premium or Elite writers to write their articles.

The price of these articles can get really high. A few moments ago, I saw an offer of a 300 word article for $8.10 in profit to the writer. Not bad!

So if your strategy is to make money writing on iWriter, I highly recommend that you get there as fast as possible.

To become an Elite writer, you need at least 30 articles approved, and at least a rating of 4.6 stars.

What is the fastest way to get there?

By writing 30 x 150 word articles for requesters with a high rating.

Why Should You Chose 150 Word Articles at iWriter?

Why 150 word articles? Because they are faster to write. You’re even given some of the 150 words, since the requester will ask you to write specific keywords in the article. So a 150 word article will quickly end at 130-140 words.

Here’s a guy who wants a review done for an Amazon article - 150 words. THAT’s a guy who knows nothing about affiliate marketing, but what do you care?

He has the following keywords: “Booster Pac ES2500 900 Peak Amp 12 Volt Jump Starter” - 10 words. If you have to mention them twice in your article, that leaves you 130 words to write. How fast can you type down 150 words?

Oh, by the way, that special job might not be for you. Guy wants “Usa writer only.”

Later in this blog post, I’ll give you another reason for writing the 150 word articles.

Why Should You Care About the Requester’s Ranking?

When you write an article, and get it either approved or rejected, you can give star rankings to the requester.

If a requester approves very fast, and if you were happy with the job, give him 5 stars. Please, also write in your comment WHY you gave him 5 stars. This will help other writers decide whom to write for.

A requester with a high ranking is a good requester to work for. If he approves articles faster, you get your money faster.

And you can also see how many percentages of the articles he’s approved and how many he’s rejected.

To begin with, you should only write for requesters who approve 100% of the articles. Obviously, if you do a lousy job, he might reject yours, but you’ll avoid serial rejecters, and you stand a much higher change of having your article approved.

Size DOES Matter at iWriter

If we don’t take special requests and Premium and Elite article requests, and only look at the amount you’ll earn from writing an article, size does matter.

Yes, you make more dollars from a 1000 word article than from a 150 word, of course, but let’s look at the price per 100 words instead.

These calculations tell a totally different story.

So if you want to gain as much as you can per word, you must write 150 word articles. Given that you’re even offered a lot of those words as keywords, your gain gets much higher.

Write Well and Get Tipped

If an article requester is satisfied with your work, he can give you a tip. See it as an opportunity to get paid to become a better writer.

My guess is, though, that you will not get many tips from people who want 150 word articles, or even 300 word articles, because they are after the “dirt cheap” articles, Brad Callen promoted.

(Ironic, though, that people who are really cheap skates and orders 150 word articles, pay more per 100 words than the others, hehe.)

Do your best, but don’t spend hours writing these articles. If you feel that an article will take you long time to research and write, then don’t take that job. Remember: You are selling your hours for money. Use them well. Pick the articles you can crank out fast, and still deliver high quality.

Wrap It Up: iWriter Strategy

Get to Premium or Elite level as fast as possible.

Stay there by delivering high quality articles.

By doing a good job, you also get a change to receive tips.

If you’re after the highest pay per word, write 150 articles - and second best: 1000 word articles.

And remember, always: Use this as an extra income stream. Not as your main income. You don’t build your business this way. You only sell your time.

There are two ways to earn money by writing articles:

• The good way (as passive income)
• The bad way (one time payment)
• The not so good or not so bad way (oops, that was THREE ways…)

Let me be more clear: The best way to earn money by writing articles is to write once and get paid many times.

But that is not always an option.

So let's look at when it's better to get a one time payment for an article, and if it's worth your time to try your luck at iWriter.

Sara Young Recommends iWriter - Why?

Nobody had told me anything about iWriter, before I received an email from Sara Young that said:

“Can I Hire You to Write for Me?”

Normally, I don’t want to write articles for others, because they might choose topics that I find it boring to write about, and I don’t want to waste my time doing boring stuff. (If I wanted that, I would have kept my day job.)

But the headline sounded intriguing, so I opened up the email and read:

"I’m looking to hire people that can write simple 150–500 word articles for me…

with a dream service you can use anytime you want to earn extra cash.

And there are about 2,400 additional clients who are looking for articles as well.

We’ll pay you for every single article you write. There’s no limit to how much we’ll pay you. Write as much as you can, and make as much as you can.

I figured I’d rather give the work to you than to people I don’t know."

A few days later, Sara also sent out an email where she invited marketers to use iWriter to get their articles written.

I joined iWriter the same day, but I didn’t write any articles before later. Actually, I wasn’t very impressed by the prices, I saw. “As low as $2 for an article” is written with large, friendly letters on the front page.

Well, I’m not spending my precious time writing for as low as $2, that’s for sure.

Tiffany Dow Doesn’t Recommend iWriter - Why Not?

Tiffany Dow is an internet marketer that I follow and trust. She never hides her opinion about anything, and one day, I noticed a blog post she’d written about iWriter. The title was:

“iWriter – Why Marketers and Freelancers Alike Should Avoid It”

Oh? The place I joined? (At that moment, I’d already written more than 30 articles for them and made a nice amount of money from it. I’ll tell you shortly, why I changed my mind.)

Tiffany Dow doesn't like that iWriter promotes the site by saying that people can buy "dirt cheap" articles there.

Tiffany was approached by Brad Callen (the owner of iWriter), who wanted her to write a review of the site. Tiffany refused because of the low prices. Then she continues:

"But apparently yesterday they send out an email to the WRITERS on the site (an error perhaps?) and boy did it piss off the people who had signed up to freelance there! (reading on the WAHM forum looks like a lot of people had the same reaction).

The title of the email said, “Where I buy all of my articles and content. Dirt cheap.” Well that’s the way to motivate more freelancers to get onboard, don’tcha think?"

Yes, and no, because as somebody pointed out in the comments to the above mentioned blog post, the prices could go a lot higher.

What This Young Man Said About iWriter - At First - And After He Became an Author There

A young man, who had read some of my posts at the Warrior Forum, approached me on Skype. He asked politely, if I wanted to buy articles from him, because he wanted to make money writing to support his family.

I said, no, I preferred to write my own articles, but I would help him get into contact with marketers.

Shortly after, I heard about iWriter and told him that he could write articles there and make money.

At first, he said no, because he didn’t want to sell his articles for less than $1 per 100 words (which is a fair price).

When I started to write there myself one day, I didn’t really have other plans, I quickly found out that the prices could get a lot more interesting.

• If you became a Premium or Elite writer, you would get access to higher paid requests.
• If somebody requested articles from you directly, you would earn more.
• If you became a Premium or Elite writer, the percentage you earn is higher.

My first articles were about Rift, and they were short 300 word articles. They took me less than 10 minutes each to write, so even though the price wasn’t that high ($2-something), my hourly pay was okay.

Then I wrote an article about internet marketing, and I noticed an interesting request: Somebody wanted an outline for a report.

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s outlines. I’ve been writing them since … well, since high school, but in a professional context since 1998. So I wrote it, and he loved it, and he made a personal request for more than 20 outlines.

I began to see new and higher paid requests appear, when I logged in, so I took a screen dump and showed it to my young Skype friend.

He joined.

Shortly after, he thanked me and told me that he’d become an Elite Writer. He was very happy to sell his articles at iWriter.

If you want to read more about how to obtain the best price for your articles at iWriter, read this blog post: iWriter Strategy - Work Smarter, Not Harder.

My Thoughts About iWriter

At first, I found the prices way too low. Some of them still are.

But the thing about iWriter that I like is that if you don’t have other ways right now to make money, you can always go there and see, if there are some interesting requests. If there are, and if you have the time, why not write an article and make some money?

Years ago, I joined services as Elance and all the others, and I often get direct bid requests (notice: BID requests) from people who want 100 500 word articles written by tomorrow at noon, in perfect English, without spelling or grammar errors, and for less than $1 per article, of course.

No, thank you.

I can say no, yes, but one in a while there happens to be an interesting BID request. I go there, waste my time bidding, and then somebody (who wanted less for their time) wins the bid war.

No, thank you.

At iWriter, if I see an interesting request, I can click: Write Aricle, and nobody else but me can write it.

If I do my job well, I sell my article. No haggling over the price. On the contrary - the requester can even offer you a tip, if he really likes your article.

Would I make this my main income source? Absolutely no! It is still to exchange my time with money, and I much prefer to make passive income.

But at the moment, I spend 5 hours in school every day, do my home work afterwards (1–2 hours), go to evening school twice a week (2 x 3 hours), so there is not much time left for creating products.

On the other hand, if I have a free 15 - 45 minutes, I can write one or several articles, depending on their length.

Your Thoughts About iWriter

Now it’s your turn. What do you think about iWriter? Would you use it? Why? Or why not?

Tell me in the comments.