Make Money Online With Writing, Transcribing And Tutoring Gig (PART 1)

When you’re talking about making money online, the words scam and slave labor get thrown around fairly often – and not without cause. But there are plenty of legitimate ways to earn a decent secondary income online if you’re savvy enough to avoid the false offers that are simply too good to be true, and if you possess any of a wide variety of marketable skills. 

First of all, if you ever come across any sort of advertisement claiming some sort of magical guru can teach you how to make thousands of dollars easily from the comfort of your home, run away fast. That is unless you’re reading this guide of course, in which case we’d like to preface its actual content with a disclaimer: all of these activities are best done as sources of secondary income only, unless you’ve already been doing any of them long enough to feel they’re reliable and you keep a tight budget. You won’t find any get rich quick schemes here, but with some hard work, your finances might get a welcome boost. So we will be talking about writing today as our part one series of this lecture till we finish this series of make money online, so stay close don’t miss any of them. Let’s go on…

Writing

Writing is an online gig with a bad reputation. There’s tons of competition, and the market is flooded with websites that offer wages so low they might as well pay you in food stamps.

There’s also the fact that even if you enjoy writing, you’re probably not going to get much of a chance to flex your creative muscles, given that the majority of the work you’re likely to perform may be related in one way or another to marketing. But work is work!

So, given the odds are stacked against all new entrants to this business, how can any newly minted online freelancer hope to make any money just by writing? Diversify and build up a portfolio in order to attract clients on your own outside of the normal writing marketplaces. Do your research and find the sites that pay the best rates and how to go about joining the cast of writers, but never place all of your hopes on a single source of work.

Today, we’ve taken the liberty of doing some of the research for you, so you can find the places that offer you the best fit and you can get down to work right away. We’ll be going over the details of each potential workplace and at the end of each section, we’ll recap the most important points, such as payment methods, potential earnings, available amount of work, joining requirements, etc.

As an important note, the potential earnings included in this guide should be treated as rough estimates. That being said, we’re taking into account the individual pay rates of each site, whether they’re slanted towards short or long assignments and we are also assuming that all writers can write at an average pace. At the end of the day, your earnings are going to be limited only by how much work you put in and the inherent pay scales of each workplace.

Textbroker

We cannot emphasize this enough: you’ve got to make a solid effort on your writing sample instead of just winging it.

Moving up the ranks if you’re starting from the bottom takes a lot of work and requires several positive ratings from your clients.

If you score anything below a 3 on their test, Textbroker is probably not going to be worth your time. The majority of work is requested of level 4 writers because they’re expected to deliver solid, quality content at decent rates and those at the coveted level 5 get their pick of the choicest assignments with great compensation.

To put things into perspective, let’s take a look at their pay scale based on compensation per each 500 words written:

==> 2 stars: legible                -     0.7   cents - 3.50 USD

==> 3 stars: good quality           -     1.0   cents - 5.00 USD

==> 4 stars: excellent  quality     -     .4    cents - 7.00 USD

==> 5 stars: professional quality   -     5.0   cents - 25.00 USD

You may notice the scale does not include they payment for level 1 assignments and that is because there are none. If your sample is rated at that level, your application will simply be rejected.

If you’re salivating over those 5-star rates, hold your horses. Those sought-after spots are only handed to the writers that pass the strict Textbroker proofreading test and get consistently rated high enough on their assignments to even consider being promoted in the first place.

What do you need in order to join? The main Textbroker website (.com) only accepts applications from US residents, but they’ve got an international website (.co.uk) that accommodates all other applicants. In order for your account to get verified, you might also get asked for a photocopy of a photo ID. Applications can take up to 2 or 3 weeks before they’re verified, so you best send yours in as soon as possible if you want to start working right away.

Even then, once you’re in, you’re going to start off in a probationary basis until you’ve got 5 well-rated articles under your belt. If this all seems like a lot of hoops in order to get your foot in, just remember that they help weed out the competition and ensure that Textbroker can afford to keep compensating their writers fairly, because its strict policies guarantee that only competent individuals may join.

Once you’ve got your foot in the door and you have survived the probationary period, here comes the fun part. You’ll be able to pick any Open Orders you choose up to your writer rating (if you choose to write a level 2 assignment however, as a level 4 writer, you’ll get paid at the level 2 rates). If a client likes your work enough, there’s a chance you might be asked to join their private teams, which means you’ll get the first pick at future assignments. This is where the real earning possibilities unfold.

Once you’re well established in the community, you might even get direct commissions for which you can set your own prices regardless of your writer rating.

 Payment methods: PayPal (weekly if your account meets the minimum threshold of $10, although you’ve got to log on to make the payment request yourself. Requests made before 11:59PM PST Thursday will be paid b the end of the day Friday).

Potential earnings: $14 per hour (This is a conservative estimate for a  level 4   writer who can manage to complete two   500 words assignments in an hour, taking into account the possibility that each of these may require some research and editing).

Available amount of work: From 3 stars and upwards, you won’t be lacking for work, but the real gold mine is at level  4.

Joining requirements:  A PayPal account in order to be  paid, you might  also be  asked   for a photocopy of a picture ID to verify your identity. The  process involves a writing sample and applications may    take up to 2 or 3 weeks to be processed  but your mileage may vary.

Click here to join: http://www.textbroker.com/

In the next part of this post which will be part two of this lecture series, I will still be talking about article writing. I will be talking about another website you can use to skyrocket your writing skill and make unlimited amount you want. So…

Stay close for part two of this lecture series, still on writing though.

Hope this helps?