One of the ways to make money by writing is to sell your articles. People like me are always looking to buy articles. The going rate for a 500 word article is between $3-15 depending on quality. If you’re a good writer and can write about a variety of topics, you should be able to get $5-7 per article by selling those articles directly to a website owner.

The difficult part of this approach is actually finding the webmaster that is looking to buy articles. There are a few ways to find people wanting to buy articles on specific topics.

1. Email website owners.

This is going to be the most difficult. You’re going to be cold calling on a bunch of different website owners with no presell and no recommendation. You won’t receive a lot of return emails and you’ll spend a lot of time contacting people.

2. Set up shop.

A long term idea is to set up your own website and list the articles you have for sale. You can list them in packs of articles, for example you could list 10 automotive related articles and post the title of one or two as examples. You could then list the price for all 10 articles. You could also have a lot of other topics for which you currently have articles written, and then even have a list of topics you can write articles about. A few good references would help you sell your articles.

3. Make them come to you.

By far, this is the easiest way to sell your articles, however you might not get as much money as the first two methods.  The way you accomplish this is to create an account in a few forums where webmasters can be found.  My favorite is DigitalPoint.  Once you have your account created, you’ll want to make 50-100 posts so you don’t look like a complete newbie.  If you can, it would also be a good idea to buy and sell a few small things so you can get some good iTrader feedback.  Post count and iTrader is a good indication to potential buyers that you’re legit.  The higher your iTrader, the more money you’ll get for your articles.  Articles in forums generally sell for around $5 per 500 words.  You might be able to get more, depending on the niche of your articles, and how badly someone needs them.

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