The 4 Best Ways to Earn Income Writing in 2018 (and the 3 Worst)

I earned more this week than my first 4.5 years combined

Anthony Moore
Mission.org
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9 min readMay 30, 2018

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In the past month, I’ve made more money from my writing than the previous 4.5 years combined.

In 54-ish months, I made a grand total of $40ish dollars. I miraculously sold a few cheap eBooks, and…that was it.

I was profoundly frustrated — I was spending hundreds of hours writing hundreds of posts that got virtually 0 views, 0 followers, and made just enough to buy a Ring Pop every once in a while.

But in the past 8 months, everything changed. Now, I’m earning income from so many income streams I sometimes forget where it all comes from. I’m not saying that to brag — I marvel that I’m actually making a living as a writer. I still can’t believe it sometimes.

Don’t make the same mistakes I did for 54 months. Here are the 4 best ways to earn income writing in 2018.

1. Amazon Affiliate Links

I’m amazed how few writers are doing this.

In about 90 seconds, you can register with Amazon’s affiliate program (just insert your bank and tax information because Amazon deposits your earnings directly into your bank).

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Anthony Moore
Mission.org

Writer for CNBC, Business Insider, Fast Company, Thought Catalog, Yahoo! Finance, and you.