It isn’t difficult to jumpstart your article writing career on the internet. There are many freelance websites that offer a bidding service allowing you to bid on various projects such as internet marketing articles, blogs or ghost writing novels. Many people with writing skills make a living through article writing. There are 10 amazing secrets to jumpstart your article writing career, below I will share those with you and explain in detail how those secrets should be used.

1. Let your grammar and spelling impress the client. Most people, who offer projects for you to bid on, will evaluate your work as you submit the finished articles. If your grammar and spelling are poor they wouldn’t want to establish a long term professional relationship with you. This is bad…because if you impress clients and form a long term agreement with them for regular batches of articles, you won’t have to constantly spend time on the freelance websites placing bids on random projects.

Get a few books or take a short course at a local college to brush up on your English language skills, you won’t regret it!

2. Always check your work. This goes hand in hand with having proper knowledge of grammar and spelling. You might be an expert when it comes to languages, but typing errors occur often and to prevent your articles from reaching the client with those errors you need to read over your work and correct any mistakes. Boost your reputation by giving your client perfect, error free articles that require no editing.

3. You have to spend a little money to make money. Join a few freelance websites such as Elance. They charge you a monthly fee which depends on the type of membership that you choose. The site then gives you access to a selection of projects that has been posted on their site. You can read the details about the project and place a bid. They also offer a few different payment methods and you can relax knowing the website protects you as a service provider.

4. There are many writers who attempt to start bidding on projects and getting work without having a proper portfolio. Think of a few interesting topics and write a set of articles with useful information and a good keyword density.
Don’t stop there! Pick another topic, something like weight loss and spend some time researching it. When you have enough facts put your newfound knowledge into writing a short Ebook. Never market yourself for articles alone, you can make double the money with Ebooks and even professional magazine articles, but without a portfolio the client has no way of knowing what you are capable of.

5. Always get feedback from clients. On the freelance websites your clients can write a little note to tell other potential clients what the quality of your work and service are like. Professionals like to go over feedback before awarding a project to a writer, so built this section of your portfolio as quickly as you can.

6. Use free classified websites to advertise your services. There is no need to only focus on the freelance websites. There are many websites and even some newspapers where you can place a free classified ad, use that opportunity and market yourself and what you have to offer.

7. Stick to deadlines and if possible, finish ahead of time. The person you are writing the articles for is most probably also working according to a specific deadline. Never give your clients stress and worry because you don’t finish when you promised. When you place a bid make sure you set milestones that you will be able to stick to.

8. Pick projects and topics carefully. If you get bored quickly when it comes to writing about certain topics then you should only bid on the ones that you have a passion for. A writer without passion for the topic they are working with is likely to produce a boring, uninteresting article. Having passion will show in your work, so stick to things that excite you.

9. Lower your price in the beginning. You need to built a reputation and get some feedback from clients after you complete projects. The quickest way to achieve this is by offering your services at a lower price until you’ve finished a few sets of articles and made your small mark in the industry. Gradually let your prices rise as your reputation and skills grow.

10. Have fun. You must have a passion for what you do or it will become a headache and show in your work and the way you communicate and interact with clients. Article writing generally involves a lot of describing and explaining – without a passion for words this can become a very daunting task!

Zachary Goh – Road To Internet Marketing http://www.zacharygoh.com

Author: Zachary G
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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