Herman Said:

What FREE webistes can i use to find Freelance writing work?

We Answered:

http://www.guru.com/
http://www.freelanceworkexchange.com/
http://www.geolance.com/

I've used guru.com and it worked pretty well.

Anna Said:

Is it possible for a High School student to do part time freelance writing work during the christmas holidays?

We Answered:

You'll just have to find out by urself m8!

Ana Said:

What are the pitfalls of posting original writing work online?

We Answered:

Anytime you post it online, you run the risk of it being ripped off and plagiarized. If it is something you hope to publish later on, or you want your name to stay with it, don't put it online.

Pedro Said:

What are some sites where i can find freelance writing work?

We Answered:

There are many types of freelance writing jobs available online. A lot of these are just scams, but there are some that genuinely pay for written content.

Generally, freelance writing jobs can be broken down into the following:

(1) Bidding sites like Elance, Odesk, LimeExchange and Freelancer where you place bid on posted projects. Prices for writing jobs vary, some are as low as $0.25/100 words while some pay a handsome $200/100 words. You have to build your credentials and portfolio on these sites to be able to get the more rewarding jobs.

(2) Residual content submission sites like Triond and Helium that pay writers part of the ad revenues generate by their written content. You get just pennies here, like $1-$5 per 1,000 page views, but if you have good SEO sense and can write 10 articles (*gasp*) a day you can make good money here.

(the sites I've mentioned are those open to non-US writers like me. If you're from the US you can also try out Suite101, eHow, and DemandStudios)

Marcus Said:

Where can I get paid freelance writing work?

We Answered:

Yes, you can. Here are some freelance writing sites you might want to check out:

Sites which pay upfront for articles :

Constant Content
A site where writers can showcase their articles with a preset price tag and have interested publishers buy them. Has strict standards for submissions (free of grammar mistakes etc) so check to make sure that you are submitting a flawless article. If you have articles that you have published elsewhere before, you can still sell them for usage rights here.

DailyArticle
A site where you can showcase your articles and sell full ownership rights to them.

Demand Studios
Offers upfront payments for articles. No passive income though and you lose your rights to your articles once they are published. Only available to US residents.

Textbroker
Only available to US residents. Pays on a "price per word" basis, with higher rated writers being able to command a higher price.

Bright Hub
Bright Hub is a science and technology content site. They're currently paying writers $10 per article, in addition to future revenue sharing.

Words Of Worth
At Words of Worth, you enter into a contract with them, whereby you promise to deliver 10 to 80 articles in a month, depending on the contract, and they pay you £250.



Sites which let you earn passive income
Bukisa
Personally, I don't like Bukisa. It seems to be to be a content site that's focused on quantity and not quality. There are quite a number of peole who do recommend Bukisa though. Bukisa has a 3 tier referral system, which means that you get a cut of the earnings of the referrals of the referrals of your referrals. As far as I can tell, that's the reason most of the people are recommending it. But like I mentioned, I don't like it. They even set up a Help page which has nothing on it except "Coming Soon" and a link to their FAQ. It's now Aug 31st 2009. Bukisa was started in 2008. That's a long time to set up a Help page. *Updated on Nov 10th 2009: it has come to my attention that Bukisa no longer has a "Coming Soon" Help page with nothing on it. I wonder if my lens had anything to do with this change...

Squidoo
A site that lets you build your own web pages, called "lenses" on Squidoo and earn from them.

Hubpages
Another site that lets you build your own web pages and display your articles on them, letting you earn passive income.

Triond
A site where you can publish your work and earn a passive income through page views generated by your articles. One of the better paying sites for passive income.

Suite101
A site where you can publish your work and earn through page views. Requires writers to publish at least 10 articles every 3 months.

Shvoong
A site where you can publish your work and have them earn a passive income.

Helium
Has a very active marketplace where publishers will request specific articles and frequent contests, both of which offer writers the opportunity to earn lump sum payments. Articles published will generate passive income. Also, each article will earn a writer $0.50 x his writng star rating(up to a maximum of 5). However, Helium does require a fair amount of commitment from you each month, requiring writers to maintain at least one rating star to be eligible to earn.

Associated Content
Has contests every now and then, and specific article requests every now and then, so writers have a chance to earn lump sum payments. Also offers upfront payment for articles, but this is restricted to certain topics and only available to US citizens. Articles published will generate passive income.

Qondio
Qondio is an interesting site. While it does allow you to earn Adsense revenue on your articles, the focus on Qondio seems to be to let you build backlinks. Every piece of intel that you submit has a backlink to the site of your choice. Used to be called Qassia.

Note: Starting from 14th March 2009, Qondio charges users a one time fee of $5USD to sign up an account.

Gzyn
Site that lets writers place their work there and generate revenue using Google Adsense. Takes a 10% cut from your profits.

Xomba
Xomba lets writers place their work there and generate revenue from Google Adsense. Adsense profits are split 50/50 between the site and writers. That doesn't sound very attractive, but Xomba makes up for that with frequent contests where writers stand to win cash prizes. In addition, Xomba articles can also be used to generate backlinks to your other blog/site/other articles.

Print N Post
Another "place Google Adsense on your articles there and earn" site. Community-wise, the site doesn't appear to be very large and Print N Post has a dismal Page Rank of 3. However, linking is allowed in your articles, and links are quality links, which makes it useful as a site to write excerpts linking to your main articles published elsewhere.

Feed The Village
This revenue sharing site doesn't pay out based on page views an article has generated. Instead, this site pays

Carole Said:

what are standard rates for freelance writing work in the Philippines?

We Answered:

The usual pay for freelance work varies, depending on how well-established you are as a writer, and on the coffers of the company you're writing for. Some famous Filipino writers do freelance writing on the side as their main source of income--newletters, speeches, website content, annual reports, coffee table books, family history, etc.

I've heard that beginner writers are paid peanuts, as low as P100 per 1000-word article. The more established writers can earn as much as P100,000 - P250,000 per project, depending on the complexity of the work and the maturity and track record of the writer.

Doris Said:

How do I copywrite my play writing work?

We Answered:

The cheapest and easiest way is to mail a certified copy of it to yourself and NOT OPEN IT.

But you can also register it with the link I am sending you for $20.

Good luck! I write screenplays and produce indie movies. Keep at it!