Can You Make a Living Writing Content?

Making a living from content creation is a long and tiring adventure that requires lots of efforts in many aspects. Just like any business, it has many ups and downs, for which you must be prepared. In the beginning, you have to spend a fair deal of time providing content at lower fees to find recurrent clients, build your portfolio and gain experience. Note that few clients will disappear from the radar without a reason, others will grab their content delaying your payment for weeks and some will have a ton of requirements for $10.

4ContactUK said:

My partner is a copywriter and his best day was 6000 words, so practice makes perfect. The reason he can type so fast is that he's a touch typer.

He is on 2 different freelancer platforms and has his own private clients. Spread your work over a few like that and you would be full-time in 6 months, although he did it in a year without promoting or a website until now.

The ongoing contracts are where the money is. 2 large e-commerce stores with regular new products have endless work. Both of them have experienced crappy writers and ones that just can't stick it for very long. White papers are supposed to pay well.

Yes, you may get bored with some of the repetitive work but it pays enough to support our family.

You will probably have to increase your rates a few times to get to the rate you want once you have experience.

Use Grammarly for your grammar and spellings, it's a free extension.
Good luck.

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Just like @4ContactUK said that he's friends works with both private clients and freelancer platforms. Being a freelance writer requires a bit more than just great writing skills. You have to learn to be proactive, communicative and have some marketing skills. Writers must consider themselves as products, which must be sold. Another fellow member above said that the biggest challenge of writing is the mental burnout. After all, you have to do a proper research, then writing, revisions and etc. That's a ton of information for the brain, which eventually results in a mental breakdown. Not necessarily, but it happens if you don't know how to blow off the steam

I am currently researching the Indian content mills. That sh!t is depressing. The price per word is almost zero. If you want to earn anything close to a number that registers. They want a f**k!ng certificate of education and experience.

I have also been researching peoples current opinions on the internet. Especially the results they receive when asking uncle google a question. The big complaint people have is about content. They want to know why a simple answer is buried in a thousand words of poorly written sh!t.

This gave me an idea for a little experiment. I am now talking to the most "right on" vegans I can find. I am explaining to them that every Google search they perform. Is having a negative effect on someone's human rights. I am telling them about the content mills and click farms in India

You wouldn't wear a dress made in a sweatshop, I say. But you will read a sh!t article produced in a content mill Call yourself a liberal? You make me sick. Every day I am told that I am a c>>t. Every day I agree, I am a c>>t.

The artist formally known as Prince put it perfectly. The internet is dead, he said. Now Prince is dead. What the f>>>k can you do?

eltan said:

I am currently researching the Indian content mills. That sh!t is depressing. The price per word is almost zero. If you want to earn anything close to a number that registers. They want a f**k!ng certificate of education and experience.

I have also been researching peoples current opinions on the internet. Especially the results they receive when asking uncle google a question. The big complaint people have is about content. They want to know why a simple answer is buried in a thousand words of poorly written sh!t.

This gave me an idea for a little experiment. I am now talking to the most "right on" vegans I can find. I am explaining to them that every Google search they perform. Is having a negative effect on someone's human rights. I am telling them about the content mills and click farms in India

You wouldn't wear a dress made in a sweatshop, I say. But you will read a sh!t article produced in a content mill Call yourself a liberal? You make me sick. Every day I am told that I am a c>>t. Every day I agree, I am a c>>t.

The artist formally known as Prince put it perfectly. The internet is dead, he said. Now Prince is dead. What the f>>>k can you do?

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What do you mean "the internet is dead"?
The internet is not going anywhere.

If you want good content, you are going to have to pay a handsome sum.
If you are lucky, you can get a decent copy writer from Indian, but, you are going to have to look hard.

If you are newbies without any reviews or reputation then noone gonna pay you $10 or $15 per article.
So start your work with low rates, generate great Client Reviews . And increase your rate step by step.
If you have that quality then no-one can stop you.

Yes. You can make a living through writing content. You can write in blogs, make a website and moneytize it. You can also write articles in magazines and online pages. You can also work in freelancing websites like upwork, freelancer.com, etc.

I understand, it's easy to get disheartened when you go on content mill sites like upwork and you see people on here who sell content for such low prices.

Don't let it get to you, all it means is that demand is high! Clients are starting to realise that you get what you pay for and so there is a market for the truly high-quality writing that Google loves.

I would stay well away from content mills and market yourself as a niche writer in an area such as finance or real estate where there is potential to attract high paying clients.

Good luck with it and stay positive!

Do you want to make a living out of it because you're enjoying it? I would never recommend copywriting to anyone who wants to make a living out of it for the sake of money, you won't earn as much as you could potentially from other things.