Demystifying The $2 Article – You Can Make A Great Income

Many competent writers who could make a great income writing for the Web are put off by the perception of low payments for Web writing. How, they wonder, can a writer make great money writing for the Web?
One writer wrote to me: “I find content writers offering their skills for $3, $2 or maybe $5 for a 500-word article.”
Yes, this is true. However, these $2-article wonders are worth exactly what the “writers” charge – they’re copy-and-paste “content”, with slight rewording to escape accusations of plagiarism. The Web site owners who buy these articles just need keyword-enriched content to separate the ad blocks on their sites. These articles achieve their purpose: they’re not meant to be read, they’re meant to attract Web surfers, who then click on the advertising on the Web page. On these Web pages, the aim is not to get readers, it’s to get advertising clickers.
On the other hand, many Web writers charge much more per article for articles which are meant to be read. If you’re writing for a Web site on which the content is meant to be read, then you can charge prices which are comparable to articles for print magazines.
There’s another way you can make a great living writing articles for the Web: sell article packages.
One Way To Make A Great Income As A Web Writer – Article Packages
To make a good income as a Web writer, you need to understand the many different kinds of Web pages, and what their aim is. The $2-article is at the very bottom of the market. Don’t go there.
If you can write a real article that’s worth reading, you’ll be paid what the article is worth. Just as with print media, you need to research the online world, identify the markets which pay well, and target them.
An easy way to get all the Web article-writing gigs you want, and at a great income, is to think in terms of $50 to $100 per article for article packs, that is, around ten articles on the same topic.
To sell article packages, you need to brand yourself online, that is, build your name as a competent writer, and build a client base of clients who know and love your work and buy from you regularly.
In the Web writing world, just as in the print writing world, you need to build your name and your reputation. That’s really all it takes. And the $2 articles? They perform the function for which they’re purchased. Write good articles, and you’ll be paid well.