Heh, I seem to have forgotten this blog. But I need a place to keep my thoughts straight these days so I think I'll just use this.
At the end of 2010, I have a lot going through my head. I have a lot of goals for 2011 and I have to figure out a way to meet those goals. Right now, I am thinking that I am a lost cause. :)
I want to get my rev shares up to between $500 and $1,000 per month. That is going to take a ridiculous amount of work. (I'm sitting at about $175 right now!). I want to pay off two credit cards. I want to go to Rhode Island three times. I want to have $1,200 put away towards Disney at the end of the year. I want to learn to build furniture! Oh and you know, keep up the house and home schooling and all that. Sigh.
Right now I am in a time of "broadening my horizons" with my writing. I was only writing upfronts for Demand but I really think I need to spread out some and see what comes of it. I am trying to bulk up my article library on Bukisa--I am mostly writing product reviews there. I would like to increase that one from $10/month to $50/month.
Then I want to get Helium up to making payout of $25 each month.
List My Five is beginning to feel like a lost cause but I am sticking it out for awhile still. With 80 articles, I'm still lucky if I earn 8 cents per day. If I ever get that sucker up to $10/month it will be some feat. I only earned 99 cents in November.
And finally, Red Gage. I need to buckle down and index ALL of my eHow articles and then upload all of my Disney photos (that are just of scenery and stuff) and see if I can't start making more than 8 cents per day there. Getting to a point of making payout every month there seems almost impossible but you never know. I mean, it's just indexing links so it's not a ton of work.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Friday, December 19, 2008
What a confidence boost!
The client who I wrote the wedding articles for paid me a bonus for my work! There was no discussion of the possibility of that happening, it was completely out of the blue. That made my day!
I am also discussing the possibility of writing a wedding blog for another woman who is starting up a series of websites with different topics for women. I told her that I was interested, and she looked over my writing and said she'd love to have me write for. I will get 75% of the profits that my site earns and I will write a blog entry 2 -3 times per week on different wedding topics. It sounds like a lot of fun and could turn out to be a good stream of income for me.
My day was pretty darn successful! I completed my first draft submission for the "take control of your finances" project. I wrote five eHow articles, one article for Associated Content, and gained the possibility of a long-term writing job. I got some chores done around the house and snuggled with my Tori-baby and played with Lucas. Good day!
I am also discussing the possibility of writing a wedding blog for another woman who is starting up a series of websites with different topics for women. I told her that I was interested, and she looked over my writing and said she'd love to have me write for. I will get 75% of the profits that my site earns and I will write a blog entry 2 -3 times per week on different wedding topics. It sounds like a lot of fun and could turn out to be a good stream of income for me.
My day was pretty darn successful! I completed my first draft submission for the "take control of your finances" project. I wrote five eHow articles, one article for Associated Content, and gained the possibility of a long-term writing job. I got some chores done around the house and snuggled with my Tori-baby and played with Lucas. Good day!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
And my freelance career is getting off the ground!
Yahoo! I completed my first actually writing project on rentacoder.com and the client absolutely loved them. I wrote sixteen articles on wedding planning. I finished two days ahead of the deadline and asked if she needed anything changed or edited in my articles. She told me that they were absolutely perfect and she has more work for me in the future. I'm so excited!
I am working on my second writing project, a 750 word article on taking control of your finances. So far my rough draft is only 450 words, so I am going to have go back through and bulk it up a bit. I have seven more days, I'm not worried!
I've been looking at some more freelance sites but so far I am not impressed. Rentacoder averages $3-4 for 350 words. The other sites I've been looking at average only $1.50 for 350 words. I just don't think that's worth my time! I have to keep looking but so far, I am sticking with rentacoder - there are new projects posted constantly. I think I can stay busy just on that site for now.
I also have earned more money from Associated Content. That site frustrated me at first because it takes a week or so to find out what they are willing to pay for your article. But what I've come to realize is that if I submit one article every day, I should continue to get paid every day - AC payments go through immediately. I've got to start submitting at least one article per day.
I've been slacking on eHow. I need to really focus on eHow the rest of the week. Tomorrow I will finish that one article and then eHow my heart out all weekend. I really wanted 100 articles done before we leave on our trip and that isn't going to happen if I don't get on it!
I have set a goal for January of brining in a total of $1,000 from all my sources, including ChaCha. I plan to limit my ChaCha to $20 per day so I have more time to focus on writing. That means I need to make $400 writing in January. I think that is a reasonable goal for my first full month. I've made $94 already this month writing and I only got really serious about it over the weekend. If I submit one article per day to AC, I should make at least $100 on that site alone. My eHow earnings will hopefully grow to about $25 for the month. That means I need to land $275 worth of freelance work. That should be easy enough, I hope.
I am working on my second writing project, a 750 word article on taking control of your finances. So far my rough draft is only 450 words, so I am going to have go back through and bulk it up a bit. I have seven more days, I'm not worried!
I've been looking at some more freelance sites but so far I am not impressed. Rentacoder averages $3-4 for 350 words. The other sites I've been looking at average only $1.50 for 350 words. I just don't think that's worth my time! I have to keep looking but so far, I am sticking with rentacoder - there are new projects posted constantly. I think I can stay busy just on that site for now.
I also have earned more money from Associated Content. That site frustrated me at first because it takes a week or so to find out what they are willing to pay for your article. But what I've come to realize is that if I submit one article every day, I should continue to get paid every day - AC payments go through immediately. I've got to start submitting at least one article per day.
I've been slacking on eHow. I need to really focus on eHow the rest of the week. Tomorrow I will finish that one article and then eHow my heart out all weekend. I really wanted 100 articles done before we leave on our trip and that isn't going to happen if I don't get on it!
I have set a goal for January of brining in a total of $1,000 from all my sources, including ChaCha. I plan to limit my ChaCha to $20 per day so I have more time to focus on writing. That means I need to make $400 writing in January. I think that is a reasonable goal for my first full month. I've made $94 already this month writing and I only got really serious about it over the weekend. If I submit one article per day to AC, I should make at least $100 on that site alone. My eHow earnings will hopefully grow to about $25 for the month. That means I need to land $275 worth of freelance work. That should be easy enough, I hope.
Week #3 - eHow summary!
The numbers:
Total articles written: 62
Total Views: 5881
Total Articles that have been rated: 21
Total Recommendations: 11
Total Friends: 51
Total Points: 6558
Total Articles Earning Money: 19
Total Money Made: $8.10
So I only wrote 8 new articles but my earnings have doubled, and my views have close to doubled. At this rate it seems that I will definitely make pay out my first month, which is super exciting! I haven't written nearly as much as I wanted to, though. Partially because I have been sick and partially because I've been working on my freelance writing projects. But that's another post!
Total articles written: 62
Total Views: 5881
Total Articles that have been rated: 21
Total Recommendations: 11
Total Friends: 51
Total Points: 6558
Total Articles Earning Money: 19
Total Money Made: $8.10
So I only wrote 8 new articles but my earnings have doubled, and my views have close to doubled. At this rate it seems that I will definitely make pay out my first month, which is super exciting! I haven't written nearly as much as I wanted to, though. Partially because I have been sick and partially because I've been working on my freelance writing projects. But that's another post!
Monday, December 15, 2008
My second freelance writing job!
What a good day for me today. I received my upfront payment for my first two articles on Associated Content for a total of $6.55 - not a lot, but still exciting. I have three more articles pending with them and if they are approved, I will get a $10 bonus for publishing five articles this month.
I also just put in a bid on rentacoder.com for writing articles about weddings. They need someone who can write about beach weddings, and well, who better? I sent them my article on eHow about my wedding. The coolest part was that bidding was open until Saturday but right after I sent my bid, I got a response within an hour that I'd been chosen and the deadline had been cut short! It's a lot of work - sixteen articles at $4 each. But it's all about building my status on the site and getting a good reputation. And in the end, it shouldn't take me all that long to write them and it's $64 I didn't have before. Probably less time than it would take me to earn that much money on ChaCha these days, anyway. I'm thrilled!
I also just put in a bid on rentacoder.com for writing articles about weddings. They need someone who can write about beach weddings, and well, who better? I sent them my article on eHow about my wedding. The coolest part was that bidding was open until Saturday but right after I sent my bid, I got a response within an hour that I'd been chosen and the deadline had been cut short! It's a lot of work - sixteen articles at $4 each. But it's all about building my status on the site and getting a good reputation. And in the end, it shouldn't take me all that long to write them and it's $64 I didn't have before. Probably less time than it would take me to earn that much money on ChaCha these days, anyway. I'm thrilled!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Two dollar days in a row!
Two days in a row, my eHow articles have earned over a dollar. This is very exciting! If I stayed at this rate and never, ever wrote another article again, I'd make $350/year for doing absolutely nothing. Now that's cool.
It's also a reason to keep writing so that my daily average goes up!
It's also a reason to keep writing so that my daily average goes up!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Ehow Week 2 update.
Here's the numbers:
Total articles written: 54
Total Views: 3,379
Total Articles that have been rated: 16
Total Recommendations: 7
Total Friends: 37
Total Points: 5718
Total Articles Earning Money: 9
Total Money Made: $4.07
It looks as though I will get paid after my first month at eHow! This is incredibly exciting since it's not that usual for someone to get paid only one month in. In fact, some of the biggest earners on eHow say that they didn't make enough the first month to be paid. I posted on the forums about my excitement that I think I will just barely squeak by with the ten dollar minimum and one of the experienced eHowers told me that my articles are well chosen and well written and I just may double that amount. It's cool to have that kind of support and encouragement. I'm really enjoying the entire community of eHow. When I first started writing, I didn't think I would jump into the forums and all of that, but they are all so helpful and nice. It's a very encouraging place.
As far as earnings go, there is still no pattern. On Wednesday I had absolutely no new earnings but then today my earnings jumped by over a dollar. I'd love it if I continued to earn a dollar each day but I know that I am not quite to that level yet. I'm just excited to see where this is all going. For so long now I have been searching for more ways to work from home. ChaCha has been a godsend but obviously it's not a perfect plan. I've never really considered writing for pay before. I don't know why. I mean, I did minor in English in collge. I taught English for two years. And yet, writing as a career has never crossed my mind. I feel like an idiot for never trying this before!
Total articles written: 54
Total Views: 3,379
Total Articles that have been rated: 16
Total Recommendations: 7
Total Friends: 37
Total Points: 5718
Total Articles Earning Money: 9
Total Money Made: $4.07
It looks as though I will get paid after my first month at eHow! This is incredibly exciting since it's not that usual for someone to get paid only one month in. In fact, some of the biggest earners on eHow say that they didn't make enough the first month to be paid. I posted on the forums about my excitement that I think I will just barely squeak by with the ten dollar minimum and one of the experienced eHowers told me that my articles are well chosen and well written and I just may double that amount. It's cool to have that kind of support and encouragement. I'm really enjoying the entire community of eHow. When I first started writing, I didn't think I would jump into the forums and all of that, but they are all so helpful and nice. It's a very encouraging place.
As far as earnings go, there is still no pattern. On Wednesday I had absolutely no new earnings but then today my earnings jumped by over a dollar. I'd love it if I continued to earn a dollar each day but I know that I am not quite to that level yet. I'm just excited to see where this is all going. For so long now I have been searching for more ways to work from home. ChaCha has been a godsend but obviously it's not a perfect plan. I've never really considered writing for pay before. I don't know why. I mean, I did minor in English in collge. I taught English for two years. And yet, writing as a career has never crossed my mind. I feel like an idiot for never trying this before!
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