Writing/Blogging Income Ideas
Novels Only Popular After Years or Decades of Publication
If you’ve been writing novels for sometime already or are just starting out, or are just about to start, or just thinking about it, there is a high possibility that you’re doubtful if you can make a career out of novel writing.
It is widely known that choosing novel writing as a career is not particularly popular. This is because there is already a long held notion spanning centuries already that writing novels as a career is a leap towards poverty and obscurity.
Of course, this has long been disproven by many authors like JK Rowling, Stephen King, James Patterson, George RR Martin and many other novel authors who’ve become multimillionaires and even billionaires by writing novels.
However, for the overwhelming majority of novel authors, even making minimum wage is a struggle and even almost an impossibility. This is because just like many other industry, there are only a handful of winners and the rest don’t make any money at all from their product.
This article is not intended to dissuade you from being a novel author, rather it would show you a somewhat anomaly in the industry, if you could call it that: novels that only sold or became popular years or even decades after they were published, some even after the death of the author only
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Novels vs Short Stories: Novels Still Mostly Win
Almost since the invention of fiction books, novel length books have been the undisputed king. Novel length books are more popular than short stories of varying length, from novellas, novelette and more recently fast fiction.
But is it really in your best interest to write novel length books today when short stories of all kinds of length, even one page stories have found a market of readers? For one, short stories are faster to write which makes them ideal for authors who want to flood the market with their books.
Also, novels take time to write because they require a lot of words to be written. There is just so much temptation to write a much shorter book rather than a novel length book, especially if an author has a lot of stories in mind.
As the title suggests, I tend to lean on novels though I have currently written more novellas than novels. But having started and abandoned writing novels and writing them once more, I began to realize that there are a lot of advantages to novels though they require more work
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Colleen Hoover: Following Her Own Rules to Success
Today, Colleen Hoover is a bonafide success. She is so famous these days that she has been added in Time Magazine’s list of the “100 most influential people of 2023. This is how popular she is.
But many in the writing circles, most especially in the US, like to point out that she is far from your average successful author. For one, she has written in many genres like romance and thrillers, which is not the conventional norm in the writing industry.
Many of her critics also like to point out that some of the subjects of her novels allegedly walk the line between what is acceptable and what is taboo, like alleged issues of glorifying abuse of women.
But whatever what you might think of Colleen Hoover, she is a success with millions of online followers and many devoted fans and book buyers. She is widely celebrated today as the most famous author, at least in the US, having sold more print books than the bible.
If you are an aspiring author, or even a professional one, it is worth studying her and most especially what makes her popular among her online fans and her book buyers. Maybe you might learn a thing or two from her
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Boyd Craven is Writing What He Knows to Success
Boyd Craven might not be a household name yet, but like all the other authors I featured here in my website, he had already gained enough online fame that when you do a Google Search of his name, his author career and books would be prominently displayed on top of the search results.
He is a self-confessed “survivalist” or “prepper” and his was of thinking is reflected in his fictional novels of an earth after civilization had fallen. The main protagonists of his novels are ordinary people in stark contrast to the “action hero” type characters written by most authors.
He has made so much money as an author that he was able to leave his job as a coop farmer. He is now a full-time author and continuous to sharpen his skills by practicing what he preaches. He is actively living the life of a prepper and is now almost living “off grid”.
He is a good example of how finding your niche and knowing what the market wants can have a very big impact on the success of your author career. Although he admits that at the beginning of his career he made a lot of mistakes, just like most beginner authors are
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Amanda M Lee: Unconventionally Successful Author
When you Google Search: “Amanda M Lee”, you might be surprised that she has gained enough online fame that Google Search has a dedicated feature of her profile in its search results.
She has made enough money in the few short years that she’s been writing novels that she’s now a certified millionaire many times over, even buying a new house using cash from her book earnings. This is how much she’s earned from her book sales.
As you can see, she’s an author that you should watch out for and even emulate if you want to be a successful author yourself. Another interesting thing about her career as an author is that she has no previous book writing experience before she became a successful author.
Also, she too wasn’t an instant success. With her first few novels only selling a few copies after a couple of months of no sales at all. Her career as an author is well recommended for studying as it doesn’t follow the usual route of many instantly successful celebrity authors
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Write What You Know: Success Advice From George RR Martin
Most people these days from all over the world who have access to television and especially the internet have at least an inkling of knowledge of what “Game of Thrones” is. It is the blockbuster fantasy series from HBO.
It is so successful that it has been compared to the all-time favorite fantasy story of all time, Lord of the Rings, which in itself have been repeatedly rebooted into various successful films and television series.
The Game of Thrones television series was based off the series of novels A Song of Ice and Fire” written by George RR Martin who is already a well known author and television writer and creator.
With a reported net worth of $120 million and after numerous successful short stories, novellas, novels and television writing credits, George RR Martin must be doing something that is leading him to success, like: “writing what he knows”
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Pay For Freelance Writers: How Are Writers Paid Per Word?
There is a common misconception that writing as a career doesn’t pay the bills, except for the few lucky ones like J.K. Rowling who through primarily to her Harry Potter series, have made her a certified billionaire.
But there are writers who although they aren’t exactly very rich, still manages to get a good living off writing. They can be bloggers, authors, copywriters, ghostwriters, scriptwriters and so on.
However, the fact remains that many writing jobs are still paid on a per word basis, meaning that instead of concentrating on quality, most people who commission writers to write for them, want quantity.
As we will soon see, writing on a per word basis can be a good way for writers to earn a living from writing.
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Brandon Sanderson: Set Goals You Can Control
Brandon Sanderson might not be in the same league as Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, James Patterson and other multimillionaire authors in terms of wealth and popularity, but he is still nevertheless a successful author who has a net worth of USD six million as of 2023.
He is a good author to read about especially if you are interested in a full-time writing career. His advise to aspiring and already professional authors is very eye-opening, especially in having a realistic expectation of having a successful full-time writing career.
But who is Brandon Sanderson? His full name is Brandon Winn Sanderson and he was born on December 19, 1975. He is an American high fantasy and science fiction author.
He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, are set.
Besides Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series which are The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. He is also known for finishing Robert Jordan’s high fantasy series The Wheel of Time
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How To and Make Money From Writing Jokes
Jokes bring out smiles, laughter and/or happiness. Jokes are told over and over again and passed down from generation to generation.
There are even comedians who have become extremely rich by writing and telling jokes. In fact, jokes are a staple in many television talk shows.
There are even printed and online magazines like the prominent Reader’s Digest that have joke sections, proving how popular and integral jokes are to popular culture.
There’s money to be made from jokes. Here’s a guide to writing jokes and how to make money off them:
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Writing for Content Mills: The Cons and the Pros
If you’re a freelance writer or is aspiring to be one, you’re probably considering working for a “Content Mill” or is already working for some or several ones.
Content Mills or “Content Farms” are big business. There is a constant demand for fresh content online that is not likely to be exhausted anytime soon.
The demand is so great that content mill hiring standards are not so high: as long as you can write fluently in native English, you’ll likely be hired.
However, if you’re now considering writing for one, please take note that content mills usually pay a standard rate of only two cents per word, which means that earning a minimum wage writing for content mills is impossible if you’re living in a developed country.
But if you’re living in a developing country, 2 cents per word is a reasonable rate and is considered a minimum wage rate.
However, in my experience, since most content mills are based in the USA, they mostly hire native English speakers from English speaking countries only. This makes the content mill earning potential of writers from developing countries somewhat limited.
Here are the Pros and Cons of writing for content mills:
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How to Make Money From Poetry: 4 Questions You Should Answer
Just like many businesses that involves writing, making money from poetry is not easy. However, this doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try, especially if you love poetry.
For example, allpoetry.com, which is one of the top poetry websites, makes about USD 10 million a year despite being only staffed by 10 employees.
Before you get excited, allpoetry.com is a not-for-profit company which is why you should study first their business model before you try to emulate them. At first glance, they serve ads and memberships which are a few ways of making money.
But just like anything else in life, there are ways of making good money from poetry. You just need to find out how
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How to Name a Blog: The Detailed and Easy To Use Guide
Picking the right name for your blog is very important. The name of your blog is your first point of contact with your readers.
Your readers either type your domain name or the name of your blog when they want to access it. Most importantly, the name of your blog is what first attracts your potential readers to your blog.
It would be wise if your blog name conveys what the content of your blog is. However, you don’t want to limit the scope of your blog due to your blog name. Also, you have to consider if your blog name would rank well on search engines.
Also, you might accidentally choose a blog name that could be subject to copyright restrictions or does not blend well with social media content. This article would guide you on how to generate a good blog name:
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How to Write a Book Title: 14 Key Points You Should Know
More than the contents of your book, the book title is the most important business decision you’ll ever make when selling your book.
It’s the first thing people see and hear about your book before your book contents. A book title is even more important than a book cover, This is because everything in your book starts with your book title.
A good book title won’t make your book do well, but a bad book title will almost certainly turn off people from reading your book.
In fact, there are many books which were initially a flop became successful later after the title of the book was changed. This is how important a book title is to a book.
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Making Money on Ebooks: 9 Real Facts You Should Know
Having created a couple of ebooks with no budget at all and which are mainly composed of a few novels and novellas, I can definitely say that ebook writing is definitely something that anyone should consider as a source of passive income side hustle.
While I’m not making a full time living with my ebooks, I have been receiving income on a regular basis for ebooks that I’ve written several months ago.
But if you are contemplating on whether to write ebooks for money, here are a few facts you should consider:
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Writing for a Living: 11 Facts Learned From Years of Self Publishing
Writing is a good job if you land in a high paying writing position. Unfortunately, there are many writers who are not paid well and their working conditions are atrocious at best.
Also, many writers end up writing content for someone else and not what they want to write. This is why many want to be self published writers.
I have been a full time self published writer for more than two years and have been lucky enough to earn a little from it.
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Food Blogging: 9 Things You Need To Know First
According to statistics, food bloggers are the most popular and highest earning bloggers. They have four times more followers and earn almost USD 9,000 plus on average a month.
This is understandable because everyone needs to eat and everyone especially loves to eat the most delicious food. It is even reported that many food bloggers are doing it not primarily for money but for passion.
But if you’re serious about succeeding as a food blogger, you must consider first what people are actually searching for in food blogs, in the end, food blogging is a business that has expenses that needs to be recouped.
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Travel Blogging: 23 Things To Consider Based On Top Online Searches
From the surface, it might seem that being a travel blogger is one of the best career decision a person could do. Who wouldn’t like a life being paid to travel to exciting places?
But maintaining a travel vlog or travel blog writing is one of the most expensive blogging business to be in. You need to spend money on travel and expensive travel vlog equipment like high end cameras.
Travel blogging for beginners is especially very difficult considering that there are already so many aspiring bloggers who have created a travel blog, tourism blog or a travel photography blog...
Tony Robbins: A man who can make “words” into million dollar products. What’s his secret?
In case you don’t know who is Tony Robbins, he is considered as one the most successful “Life Coach”. In case you’re not aware of what a life coach is, it is a person who counsels and encourages their clients on matters having to do with careers or personal challenges...
Apple Launches Audiobook AI Narration Services: As An Author, Should You Use It?
Apple quietly launched an audiobook AI narration service last December 2022. At the time of this writing, the service is free to use. Apple at the moment currently only accepts audiobook submissions for the “Contemporary Romance” fiction category, though it is also set to kick off with its non-fiction “Self Development” category.
Is Your Writing/Blogging Business Niche Too Small?
It is always the same writing/blogging story: One decides to blog about a specific subject niche and eventually finds out the hard way that there is just so much topics one can blog about before they run out of topics to write. Eventually one branches out from their niche which could alienate their established audience and cause their blogging business to get offtrack. How does one prevent this?
What Can We Learn From The Success, Failure And Rise Again Of Mashable?
If you produce online content or anything creative and you do it on a prolific basis, you would undoubtedly come across days when you find yourself lacking ideas on what to produce. This especially happens if you are producing online content for a very niche subject...
What Do You Do If You Start Running Out Of Ideas For Your Online Content?
If you produce online content or anything creative and you do it on a prolific basis, you would undoubtedly come across days when you find yourself lacking ideas on what to produce. This especially happens if you are producing online content for a very niche subject...
Anne Moss: Make Millions Online By Scaling Up Your Blog
Meet Anne Moss a millionaire blogger. In case you’re wondering how much she earns per year, she earns close to US$ 2,400,000 per year on her portfolio of 25 websites. This figure is from an interview made on her by the YouTube Channel Niche Pursuits...
What Should The Length Of My Blog Be?
It’s pretty obvious that the reason why you’re asking this question is because you want to know the number of words you need to have in your blog to rank highly in online search engines like Google which dominates the market in search engines...
Are There Even Websites That Help People To Read Product Specifications? What If I Create Such A Website?
I have an electronics education background and I build mechanical and electronic machines. But even though I have such educational background, I find it difficult to buy mechanical and electronics parts online because I often cannot interpret their product specifications...
Collated Company And Industry Data Tidbits As A Sellable Product
As a blogger who frequently searches online for information regarding a company and an industry’s financial outlook, I can fully attest that even though there is an unimaginable amount of websites and data online, information on them is still very uncommon...
Is Blogging Dead Or Does It Have A Life Of Its Own?
If you’re a regular viewer of my website blog, you might have noticed that after posting for almost a year I suddenly stopped blogging. The reason I stopped blogging was because I had to dedicate myself into creating an invention. Did I make the wrong move?...
Summarizing Books Can Be Profitable
As early as my childhood days, I have already seen book summaries of famous classic books. 2021 is drawing to a close and I’m in my fifties now, I guess you can reasonably guess the years when I first saw book summaries...
TS Paul: The Unusually Successful Short Story Author
I recently featured Steve Higgs who is a successful author who goes against the grain of conventional beliefs in book writing. Now, I will feature successful short story author TS Paul who is also an unconventional author...
The Importance of Building a Backlist
There are authors who win the publishing lottery at their very first attempt in writing a book, but they are more the exceptions to the rule than the reality. The truth is that many of the first few books of authors remain unread for years before they are discovered by readers...
Emailed Short Story Subscription Service And A Little About J. Thorn
I happened to watch a video from the Self Publishing Formula YouTube channel regarding their interview with author J. Thorn. And I’ve managed to gain a good insight of how authors these days are making money besides self-publishing their novels...
Do Strong Male Characters In Books And Movies Matter?
Since almost all book readers are women, would it follow that they also want strong female protagonists in their books? What about the men in these books? Would they want strong or weaker male characters?...
The Point Of View (POV) Is Important In Your Book Writing Business
While I was researching the romance writing industry and the book writing industry in general, I happened to chance on a 10 year old article about POVs or Point of View in romance stories. Having decided to write using multiple POVs, this old article got me interested...
The Multimillion Dollar Humor Of Janet Evanovich
It is now just a fact of life that more women read books than men. This might be because the women of today are more than likely to be higher educated than men as shown by the ever increasing female population in schools and the dwindling population of men in them...
Why You Should Consider Writing Romantic Suspense
It is now just a fact of life that more women read books than men. This might be because the women of today are more than likely to be higher educated than men as shown by the ever increasing female population in schools and the dwindling population of men in them...
Do You Need To Produce Audiobooks As An Indie Author?...
One of my daily ritual after lunch is to listen to any audio content in YouTube with my eyes closed for approximately one hour. As an author, one of the audio contents I listen to are audiobooks. This enables me to partially sleep and listen to books at the same time...
Can You Become A Successful Male Romance Author?
One of the things I write besides the articles in this website are fiction novel ebooks which I publish worldwide in many online ebook retailers using Draft2Digital. I have written novels in a few genres but have largely stayed away from the Romance genre...
Steve Higgs: A Successful Author That Deviates From The Norm
Author Steve Higgs might not be famous enough yet to warrant his own Wikipedia page, but his writing career and style is worth a study even if you are a seasoned or a new author.
I spend a good deal watching YouTube videos. I especially make it a point to watch videos about the book publishing industry including author podcasts. And I have heard the name ‘Steve Higgs’ a few times already.
Some of the authors who know him says that he’s quite a character. He’s well known for his well built muscle which is a result of his regular muscle building exercises. He’s well known in the author community as the soldier from the UK who became a writer.
And the discipline instilled in him by the army has definitely affected how he conducts his writing career. He for example is a very prolific author who can write more than one novel a month....
The $800 Million Writing Career Of James Patterson
In the world of fiction authors, at least during the time in which this article was written, which is 2021, JK Rowling is still the wealthiest author that is still living. She has a net worth of over a billion dollars. Second to her is James Patterson, worth: $800 million...
Successful Authors Who Were Once At The End Of Their Careers And Old
It seems impossible that someone would decide to be an author when they are at their career’s end and old. Success is stacked up against them. But a few managed to become successful, is there a secret to their success?...
The Media Business of ProBlogger (Darren Rowse)
Darren Rowse or more popularly known as ProBlogger is as you might have guessed it, a blogger. But he’s no ordinary blogger, he’s famous online and his blogging business is usually used as an example by those who are involved in the blogging business...
The Interesting Writing Career Of ‘Jenna Moreci’
If you research online the difference between a Writer and an Author, you would probably be confused. The best answer I got so far is this: a writer is anyone who writes anything while an author is most closely associated with a person who writes books...
Is Increasing Daily Word Count Important?
If you are an aspiring author or even a professional author now, chances are that you would like to keep improving yourself. I do. I read about many writing articles that tell authors that they should have a minimum daily word count...
Creating Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction Content
My writing efforts are divided into writing both fiction and non-fiction writing. In my experience, each one has their own advantages and disadvantages and I highly recommend that you write both fiction and non-fiction content...
Profiting From Books Similar To “For Dummies” Books
If you are a book reader or follow the book publishing industry, there is almost a certainty that you have seen one of the For Dummies books. They stand out among other books in their bright yellow book cover background and black title background...
Overdrive and other eBook Library Sites
Besides running a website, I’m also a self published author who has written a few eBook novels in various genres. My first eBook sales actually came from OverDrive. If you’re ever wondering if you could sell eBooks, I’m one of the small examples that you can...
Profiting From “Choose Your Own Adventure Games”
In case you follow the game app market, you would notice that there are “choose your own adventure apps” that are successful with millions of players and are generating a lot of revenues for the creators...
The Popularity of Listicles And Similar Content
Listicles are very popular. There is something about a list of information that attracts and satisfies a reader or a viewer. But what is it that makes these seemingly simple writings irresistible to many readers and viewers?...
Would You Write Erotic eBooks?
Though I know of male authors who write erotic eBooks, I found it very hard to even consider writing one. Being a male author, I can’t help but be scared when I think of a scenario where I right an erotic eBook and be branded a sleazebag...
The 0.99 Cent eBook Pricing Strategy
Pricing your ebook is one of the most divisive issues among ebook creators. There are those that disparage or are even angry at authors who sell their ebooks at 0.99 cents. There are also those people that champion authors who sell their ebooks at 0.99 cents...
Developing A Successful Career Even If You Are A Typecast Author
There are many authors known for specializing in certain genres. There are authors who specialize in horror like Stephen King, children’s horror like RL Stein, Science Fiction like Isaac Asimov and so on...
Creating Books For Young People
Young people are one of the biggest market for books. It doesn’t matter if it’s the printed book, ebook or the audiobook format, young people are the biggest market for books. That is why there are many authors who seriously consider writing for this market segment...
Is Writing Cozy Mysteries Hard?
Mystery/Suspense stories are big sellers in the fiction category. According to many online sources, they are the second if not the third best selling book genre. And one of its many subgenre is Cozy Mysteries...
Who Reads Ebooks?
Any aspiring author today would most likely begin writing for ebook readers. This is because ebooks are the cheapest and most convenient form of stories to publish. All you need is a computer with an internet connection and you’re ready to produce ebooks...
Writing A Novella Instead Of A Novel
I have officially published in draft2digital, an ebook aggregator, a few novels. Each of these novels are more than 80,000 in terms of word count. Being a relatively new author, I now realize that writing novels is hard work. It is pretty intimidating, exhausting, worrisome and frustrating...
Don’t Strictly Write A Book From The Heart, Write For An Audience As Well
Apparently, famous children and teen horror writer, RL Stine, advised that you must write for an audience rather than strictly following your heart when it comes to writing. This advise seems contradictory to the advice given by many writes who says that you should write what your heart dictates...
The Imposter Syndrome In Writing And How To Solve It
Many people want to write but are stopped by the fact that they are not an expert on whatever it is that they intended to write about. This is falls under the category of the Imposter Syndrome and is very harmful to the career of an aspiring writer...
Writing Books Like A Well-Oiled Factory
It’s no secret that for authors to be successful, they need to be prolific writers. The myth that you only need one bestselling book to make you famous and rich has been dispelled over and over again by authors who wrote many books before they were able to establish their writing career...
Heinlein’s Five Rules On Writing
Robert A. Heinlein is a well known American science fiction author. Although he is already deceased, his five rules on writing is still always quoted not only by other science fiction authors, but by many authors in other genres as well...
Ebook Aggregators and Uploading To Draft2Digital
Amazon has almost complete control of the US ebook market. As of 2019, it is estimated that they control between 75% to 83% of the US ebook market. However, this is the US market only. The ebook market is growing throughout the world and other online book sellers like Rakuten are also growing fast...
Is Writing Science Fiction Hard?
Depending on your concept of what a science fiction short story or novel is, writing one could be harder than other genres like fantasy. This is because besides writing a story, you could also be trying to convince your readers that what future you are writing about could possibly happen one day...
How To Write A Novel: Architect Or Gardener
When it comes to writing a novel, there are just three personalities which many authors fall into. These three personalities are the Architect, Gardener and the Architect-Gardener personalities. The last personality is a combination of the architect and gardener personalities...
Making Money With Mythology
American superheroes and their make believe stories are very popular these days. But before them, the gods and heroes of a country’s mythology used to be more famous. In fact, they are taught in schools and children grew up knowing their stories...
Do You Need To Write A Book?
There are many articles online that either advise you to write or don’t write books. There are even entire books devoted to the question of why you should write a book. However, even the articles which tell you not to write a book eventually tell you that writing a book could be beneficial for you...
YouTube Video Proofs That You Could Still Earn Just From Ebook Sales
Printed books still account for a large part of the book market and audiobooks are the fastest growing book segment. Although print, audiobook and ebook sales have grown, the ebook market is seemingly losing its luster among book readers...
Posting Entire Books and Novels Online For Profit
There are already several millions of books available both in physical and digital format. The internet has also made it possible for any author to directly sell their books to readers. The conventional way for authors to sell their books online would be to sell them in e-commerce book platforms. There are however authors who let their entire books be read online...
Updating Old Articles
Being an online content creator, your content are your products. If you write blogs or articles online, then these are your products as an online writer. Just like physical products, they need to be updated from time to time to keep them fresh for the readers. If you do not, you may not be fully utilizing the income potential of your articles...
Is Being a Book Ghostwriter Worth It?
One of the writing jobs available online is to be a ghostwriter of books. The ghostwriting job could be to write either a fiction or a non-fiction book. You could already be writing for a living, but is it worth ghostwriting books for someone else?...
Do You Have What it Takes to be an Audiobook Narrator?
The audiobook industry is a booming market. In many parts of the world it has consistently been growing at double digit rates on a yearly basis. While the best audiobook productions are made in studios there are jobs that can be done at home. The job or business promises independence and good pay. But are you suited for the job? Here are what you should consider:...
Copywriting as a Career
Sales campaigns are an important part of any business and there are businesses that rely on copywriters to create sales media for them. Copywriters create content called a Copy or Sales Copy whose aim is to increase brand awareness for a product to a customer where the intended result is an action from a customer preferably for them to buy the product...
Quote Website Business
Quotes as defined are words taken out of a text or speech of someone regarding their thoughts of a certain subject. For example actors can be quoted for their thoughts on acting, politicians for their thoughts on the development of a nation, businessmen for their thoughts on how to run a business...
Do You Want to Sell E-Books?
There are many aspiring writers who want to write their own books and with the popularity of self-publishing this has become very easy. All you have to do is write your book in a word processor and convert the file into the required e-book format. You can then upload this file to an e-commerce store or to your own website where you can sell it online...
Making Money From Book Summaries and Reviews
There are many book lovers and even non-book lovers have to read books for school work. Safe to say but if you know how to read you have seen and read a book. However not many people today have a lot of time to read books. Book summaries and book reviews media products exists to fulfil this consumer need...
Offering an Online Resume and Portfolio Creation Service
Employers are increasingly turning to the internet to research the background and professional works of their prospective employees and contractors. There are even online platforms that specifically allow their subscribers to post an online resume and a limited sample of their works. You can offer online portfolio creation and maintenance to your clients too...
Writing Romance Novels
Romance is a major part of life especially in media. There is hardly any story made today without some instance of romantic interaction either between the main protagonists or the supporting cast of the story. Romance is so popular that it is the best selling storyline in many books sold today. If you are writer especially a woman it pays to have a look at this...
The Versatility of a Writer
“Should I generalize or specialize?”. This is a common question businesspeople ask themselves when they are selling a product or service. This is also true when you provide writing products and services. The obvious answer is to “first generalize until you organically specialize”...
Selling Public Domain Books
After a certain time once copyrighted media content loses its intellectual property protection status and enters the public domain. Once it is in the public everyone can freely use even for commercial purposes subject to some restrictions. There are people who make a good living reinterpreting public domain contents. You could be one of them...
The Online Horror Market
In case you haven’t noticed it yet horror movies are becoming a mainstay in popular culture. Even children are watching horror movies. From lovable monsters like Monsters Inc. from Disney to the It. Horrific creatures are getting more and more popular. If you are a media content creator especially if you love horror then why not produce horror media content yourself?...
Content Mills For Beginners
There are many “experienced” writers online who would beat up on content mills. They would say that one should not work for content mills. They say content mill companies abuse their writers by paying them very little money for their work. There are those who defend them. These people say that they earn good money from them and gives them freedom...
What Online Writing Career Do You Want?
The online writing business is so large that you simply cannot provide the online writing needs of every people. You may start by experimenting what you want to do in terms of an online writing career. However, ultimately you have to narrow down on what you would specialize in. Otherwise you would confuse your potential clients which could mean lost sales...
When Writing Becomes Deadly
Crime, thriller and detective stories are one of the most popular and bought novels. Second only to romance stories, these genre of stories also stir up the emotions of people especially in the fear of the unknown. The unknown being what horrible things people do to other people...
Can You Make Money With Your Own Short Story Website?
Yes, you can. Perhaps the best proof is Wattpad. As of 2021 Wattpad has been profitably sold for $600 million to a big technology and media company in South Korea. But this website was not created for the readership of big company executives but rather for people just starting out in their entrepreneurial dreams of starting their own small companies who might become big someday...
How to Write an Article Faster Everyday
I now write 2 articles a day consisting of about 1000 words each. At first it took me almost an entire day to write a single 500 word article. If I add the research I do to be able to write the article then to write a single article would take me more than 1 day. I knew then that if I do not become faster in writing articles I would not have time to do anything else...
Writing for a Living
The myth of the Starving Artist persists even today. The idea that artists like those who write for a living cannot do their best work if they are financially motivated. Artists who make a lot of money are often deemed as Sellouts and their work are deemed inferior to their poorly paid counterparts...