How to Make Money Writing Content

Grow Your Income With Content Industry

Do you know which industry is growing rapidly every year?

Well, it is called the content industry. The content industry is accelerated by social media platforms. So many jobs are created within this content industry.

Some of the common jobs within the content industry are:

Video Content Creator (Youtuber, Tiktoker)

Social media manager

Content Writer (article writer, blog writer, copywriter)

Graphic designer

Video editor,

Entrepreneur,

Digital Nomad, etc.

So, how do you get started in the content industry?

Choose a niche you are passionate about: What topic do you most care about? Do you care about saving animals, do you care about off-grid life, do you like gardening, do you like traveling? Choose a topic. If you are interested in more than one topic that’s perfectly fine.

Choose skill: What do you want to do, make videos, write articles, design graphics, write copies? Choose the skill that you are comfortable with and also familiar with.

Build knowledge and skills: Learn about your niche, and build skills. If possible build skills in multiple areas, for example, not just in writing but in graphic designing and video making as well. Try to become an expert on one skill while developing moderate-level skills in other areas. If you have skills in multiple areas, you have an advantage.

Start finding jobs: You can look for jobs on freelance marketplaces or even start on your own through a blog or a vlog.

How to Make Money From Your Blog

I have been blogging for almost three years, and based on my experience, I am going to share some tips o how to make money from your blog. I have used all of these methods to make money from my blog. Before I share tips, I am assuming that you have built content, done SEO and digital marketing, and received some traffic.

PayPal/Crypto Donation Button: You can add donate me button on your blog. Your friends, relatives, and even people who like to support indie content creators would donate to you.

Adsense: Adsense is the best way to earn from your blog because they are the high-paying ad network on the internet. If you have keywords optimized content, your blog will show relevant ads, and based on their relevancy, the ads might get clicks from people who are genuinely interested in the ads.

Amazon: You can not only show Amazon banners on your site but also promote Amazon affiliate products. If you have related affiliate products (products related to your content), you have a high chance of selling products.

Digital Downloads: You can also sell digital products through your blog. You can sell online courses, ebooks, digital arts, printables, design bundles, etc.

Print-On-Demand: You can connect your website with the Print-On-Demand marketplace and sell products.

How to Generate Income as an Online Writer

There are numerous ways to make money as an online writer, for instance, freelance writing, blogging, publishing books, etc. However, most of these methods are not easy if you are just starting out. Therefore, if you are a writer writing in fairly well English language, here are a couple of writing platforms you can try to generate income as an online writer.

Hubpages: Created in 2006, Hubpages is one of the oldest online article publishing sites. It sends automatic payment every month if you have reached the $50 payment threshold the previous month. You can write on any adsense-approved topics and your article needs to be at least 500 words. You need PayPal to earn from hubpges. Apart from HubPages ad program, you can also earn from Amazon affiliate marketing.

Medium: Medium is another reputed online publishing site created in 2012. However, unlike Hubpages which is available globally, the Medium Partner program is available only in a few countries and it pays only through Stripe. You can claim any amount you have made as they don’t have a payment threshold.

Vocal: Vocal.Media is similar to Medium s the partner program is available only in a few countries and also pays via Stripe. However, they have a better payment rate, normal writers earn $3.8 for 1000, and vocal creators earn $6.