My Helium Experience
Writing Essays and Articles Online for Helium.com
I'm testing out the Helium website. A number of writers on the eHow site were recommending it, so I decided to give it a whirl. The site prides itself on quality writing, both essays and creative writing. The mechanism for maintaining this quality is peer review. To earn money on Helium, it isn't enough just to write well and often. One must also compare side-by-side articles of other writers and select which is better. I found this part rather difficult, as I preferred to be writing. At tim...

How to Get Started Freelance Writing
Get Started Freelance Writing
The first steps to getting started in freelance writing are not difficult. Everyone has something they can write about, some sort of experience they can draw from. Writing isn't hard once you get started. However, before anything else, you need to decide what you want to write about. Do you want to write fiction or non-fiction? What are you skilled at? Maybe your an amazing cook (I know I am not) and you could recipes with those of us who usually can't cook anything not microwavable. Whatever...

Freelance Writing: One Single Mother's Experiment
Pay-Per-Article: What is Freelance Writing?
Freelance writing is about writing what you know in hopes that someone will buy it. It used to be a freelance writer did their research, wrote an article, and sent it off to various newspapers and magazines, hoping someone would buy it (kind of like trying to get a book published). The internet has changed freelance writing a lot, and a lot of freelance writers now work through agreements with 'middle men.' The middle men take writing orders from websites and e-newletters and assign them to ...

The Freelance Writer Journey - are you up to it?
From the Desk of a Freelance Writer
Welcome to my freelance writing lens. It's my tenth Squidoo lens. I'm a university educated freelance writer with a variety of experience and interests. I operate Article Writers Australia, a content and article writing service that provides marketing articles, blog posts and web page content for website owners, marketing and SEO firms and affiliate marketers. I have several tertiary qualified writers on board who can write on a large variety of topics and have a great understanding of SEO. ...

Freelance Writing
Jumpstart Your Writing Career Today!
Do you dream of being a professional writer? You have the talent and the drive to succeed. What you don't have are the tools and resources to get you where you want to go. We can help. Here you will find products that will help jumpstart your writing career as well as resources to help you along the way.

Freelance writing tips for success
Six secrets to improving your freelance writing success
Six Secrets to Winning Work on Elance shows you how to tighten your profile and word your proposal so that you are turning down work instead of hunting for it all the time. There is also information about pricing, and how to help you build a sustainable long term freelance business. Although most of the comments are directed at writers, there is nothing stopping other skill sets on Elance using the same ideas for your success. We all want to get that competitive edge when it comes to winning...