A Complete Beginner’s Guide on How to Earn by Writing Articles

This is for you if you have never earned a penny in your life from writing — but you want to.

Source: Playground AI. Created by Alexander Voss. I liked this ambidextrous woman because she looks industrious, and she’s writing!

I still remember being inundated with those ads that promise you it’s “easy” to figure out how to earn by writing articles.

I didn’t believe them then, and you shouldn’t believe them now, either. It’s not easy to earn money online by writing, certainly not as a beginner.

But:

• It’s easier for writers to earn money than it used to be, because there are lots of places to apply and pitch
• Competition probably isn’t as stiff as you imagine — there are lots of crappy “writers” out there just trying to earn a quick buck

With that in mind, with this article I want to talk about how I earn from article writing. I’ll cover my three streams of income from article-writing:

• For clients — freelance clients or agencies who hire me for ghostwriting or SEO articles
• For platforms — Scripted, Textbroker, etc
• For my blogs — on Medium and ZulieWrites

I’ll also cover tips on how to set up your freelance writing portfolio, how to pitch, mistakes to avoid, and how to scale up your…