Sites like Triond present a good opportunity for getting your content published and earning some money from your writing. Here's some tips for getting started and increasing your earnings plus some sites that give good advice on writing web content.
I think the emergence of sites like Triond are a great opportunity for people who want to write for a living. If you want a career producing web or marketing content then writing for Triond gives you the opportunity to get started.
You can learn what makes a great piece of content and the money you earn should be a good indication of this.
Personally, I want to write the best quality content I can. Something you write for a site like Triond could be the evidence you use to get you a well paid freelance or full time job.
It's in your hands, it really is up to you to submit the best possible content you can. Factual, interesting and clear content is evidence of your skills and you can get it published for people to see.
The harder you work the more you will earn. The more you write the more you should improve, work hard but always work smart. I believe you should be constantly looking to learn the right skills so you pick up good habits and always improve the quality of content you produce.
Learn The Industry
You may be university educated but you should also find out what courses and training are out there. Find out which relevant professional bodies (such as an institute of marketing) operate in your country. And look for advice from professionals who work in the industry. For example:
This YouTube video has great advice from an established web writing expert.
Here's some good general advice
from the Online Journalism Review.
Develop Your Commercial Awareness
You need to make money from your writing, of course you do, we all need eat and pay the bills. As long as you produce honest, factual content then you should aim to make a decent amount of money from your efforts. This is known as monetizing your content.
Research popular topics and keyword searches, if your writing for the web this is the commercial aspect of job.
No media publications would be successful if they didn't have extremely commercially aware people working for them. You need to think how will the people who publish your content generate revenue from it, then write in a way that helps them to be successful.
If your writing for Triond
they tell you how to increase you earnings.
Some topics are more profitable than others. https://www.triond.com/help/item/topic/earnings/name/how-are-earnings-calculated
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Another cool way to start writing and improve you skills, try these sites for good information.
Pro Blogger
- Includes a job board and advice on making money from blogging
If you've got an idea for a web site then really you've got a ticket to publishing your own content. What's more your going to learn a lot about all the different jobs that go into producing, and generating revenue from, a successful site.
This is hard proof of your skills and accomplishments.
If your web site becomes popular you may now have created your own media business. Having produced a popular and professional web site is something I want on my C V. For more advice read this blog entry
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Some Other Tips for Creating Content
Keep a notebook, never forget an idea for an article or good advice you hear.
Keep up to date with what's popular, this is what people will search for on the internet.
Look at articles or content from different publications to learn about style, word count and layout.
Keep up to date with media content: television, radio, magazine and the web.
I will be publishing more in depth articles on this subject so keep a look out.
