Making money online doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to be the first to launch a service, or the first to come up with a crazy idea. There are thousands of people that make a solid living online utilizing a much simpler and less frustrating method. They blog, and not even for themselves! There are more and more average people being hired these days by companies and blog networks to be full time writers for their blog. Pretty cool, eh?
You’re probably thinking, “Yeah right, those jobs always get taken, I don’t stand a chance!” You couldn’t be further from the truth. There are multitudes of opportunities to knock down a comfortable monthly salary by blogging for someone else; you just need to know where to look and how to land them.
First and foremost, the easiest way to land a nice blogging gig is to run an active blog yourself. This can be done very easily, and even for free. Most (if not all) expert bloggers will recommend spending the $10-$20 to get your own domain name and hosting, which will be well worth it for building credibility and recognition. Just consider it an investment in your future. By maintaining and running your own blog, chances are that you’ll end up networking with dozens, if not hundreds of other bloggers during the course of several months. If you can write smartly, and have a unique voice and opinion on things, then at one point you’ll surely catch the attention of a big blogger that may need writers for blog network, or even their own blog. This is the easiest way to land a nice paying blogging gig, because they came to you, instead of vice-versa. This happens on a very regular basis, and it could easily happen to you. Not sure where to get started or what topic to write about? (Hint – The Presidential elections are around the corner, a good political blog could be very much worth your time!)
Another common way of landing a paying blogging gig is to go look for them. There are numerous job boards on the internet that cater especially to the internet crowd. A quick Google search should provide enough job boards to last a while. Just concentrate on searching for paying blogging positions and you’ll surely end up with a few that you can apply for. One of the most popular job boards that deal exclusively with blogging jobs is the Problogger Job Board. Go check it out for yourself.
Last but not least, if you want to build a name for yourself, volunteer to guest post on some of the more popular blogs. This method, while great for building credibility, is a much slower route, but over time it can be well worth your trouble. Most popular bloggers are very busy, and are always looking for quality guest posts. Write a fantastic article (one that you’re truly proud of) and email it to an “A-List” blogger to see if they’ll consider using it as a guest post. If one turns it down, then go to the next. Eventually, if your article is good enough, someone will take it, and it has the possibility of opening many doors to paid blogging jobs in the future.
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