make money writing articles: five article types to write

March 1, 2008 |

by Angela Booth

Want to make money from home? If you can write a letter, you can write articles and can sell them online to Web sites which are desperate for content.

You can sell your articles directly to Web sites, or you can create your own Web site, and sell advertising on the site. When people visit your site, you’re paid by your advertisers.

Here are five different types of articles you can write:

1. The How-to: everyone wants to learn

What do you know how to do? If you’re a student, you know how to study; if you’re a parent, you know how to calm a toddler; if you love your garden, you know how to pot a plant.

Teaching articles explain the process of doing something in detail.

2. You bought it, now Review it - write review articles

We’re all consumers, and we all want to make the right choice when we buy something. So we look for reviews. If you’ve bought a computer, a mountain bike, or a diet program, review it. Review articles are easy to write.

3. Motivational: self-help sells

With the motivational article, your aim is to inspire others. Have you survived a difficult experience? Write about how you did it, and inspire others.

4. List of tips: snippets of useful information

“Top 10 tips” articles are very popular, and very easy to write. Just collect some tips - any number of tips will do. you can provide seven tips or 15, and your article is done.

5. “How I did it” articles share your hard-won experience

“How I did it” are inspirational articles in which you share your expertise step by step. Perhaps you survived being fired from your job, or you survived when the airline lost all your luggage, or you survived bankruptcy.

Whatever your experiences, you can share your tales of survival in many step by step articles.

So there you have five easy article types you can write to make money.

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