Online Writing Careers: 11 Tips on How to Earn $75,000 - $100,000 Per Year

by Yuwanda Black

Overview

PREFACE

I've been a freelance writer since 1993. In 2007, I stumbled upon SEO writing, a form of web writing. I say “stumbled” because in my daily marketing for jobs, I kept running into ads for “article writers,” “SEO article writers,” and “SEO content providers.”

Now, most of them paid slave wages (eg, $3 for 500 words), but there were so many of them that it forced me to do some digging to find out what this freelance writing niche was all about. Once I did, I knew I could make a go of it.

Learn more about me at http://InkwellEditorial.com/about.

Why I Wrote This Ebook

I had immediate success as a web/SEO writer. Literally, within a couple of months, I had to hire other freelancers to outsource work to. Then, because I started blogging about this new niche, readers started sending in questions, eg:

What is SEO writing;

How can I find article writing jobs;

How much should I charge for SEO article writing;

What skills do I need to become an SEO content writer;

How do I find clients who need SEO content; and

On and on and on.

So, I wrote an ebook entitled, How to Make $250+/Day Writing Simple, 500-Word Articles (http://bit.ly/akL7HZ). Once this ebook was published, it was like it made me an
instant “SEO writing guru,” and even more questions poured in. So, I started a blog specifically for freelance SEO writers (http://SeoWritingJobs.com). Week in and week out, questions are asked and answered there, and it’s become a go-to source for new and aspiring SEO writers.

Who This Information Can Help

Hence, the information here is for existing/aspiring web writers who want to know how to earn upwards of $100,000, which is pretty easy to do. Proof?

I had one SEO writer email me from the Philippines. He’s American, but lived and worked in the Philippines because of family. On 2/18/2011, he wrote:

Hi Yuwanda,

I don’t think I mentioned this to you before, but I currently live with my wife’s family in the Philippines. We moved here out of necessity-we are adopting a non-
orphan child and the only way to complete it was to live in this country for 3 years before starting the adoption. For most of the time here, we’ve been living off our
savings, while I’ve been searching for a way to make money online to help support us.

Thankfully, a friend I met in one of the forums recommended your ebook [on SEO writing] to me and has been mentoring me on much of the details ever since, which has
helped me to reach the point now where I have consistent weekly cash flow.

The reason I mention all this is I wanted to know what you know about the tax implications of living abroad. I have heard that if you are a US citizen and you live abroad, you are exempt for like the first $90k or something in income. This has never been an issue in the past, but this year it definitely will be. I was wondering
if you could post sometime about how you handle your taxes and if you are able to qualify for this tax exemption.
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I want to point out that this freelancer started his SEO writing career in and around November of 2010. I’m writing this ebook in November of 2011. So, it’s totally possible to earn six figures your first year in this business.

Question from a Fellow Freelancer: How to Earn 6 Figures as a Freelance SEO Writer

What inspired this ebook was a question from another freelance SEO writer. She emailed me the following:

I know you write a lot about marketing etc., etc., but I am really curious to know what you did to make your first 6 figures and how long did it take. Did you have a strategic plan, or just wing it? I am really thirsty to hit the 6 figure mark within the next 6-12 months.

Do you have an ebook that details that? If so, please send me the link and I will purchase it :)
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So, following are my keys/insights/tips to how to hit the six-figure mark as a web/SEO freelance writer.

Note: Although the discussion here centers around SEO/web writing, the advice is applicable to any type of freelance writing career you want to start – online or off.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014898690
Publisher:	Inkwell Editorial
Publication date:	08/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	157 KB

About the Author

My name is Yuwanda Black and I'm a freelance writer, author and web entrepreneur.

I've been a freelance writer since 1993, an ebook writer/publisher since 2004 and an internet marketer since 2008.

TRAVELING FREELANCE WRITER

My primary residence is in Atlanta, but I live part time in Jamaica (Negril). I visited for the first time in 2009 and started going back on a regular basis. After so many trips (and so many expensive hotels) I thought, "It's cheaper to rent."

So I did!

THE THING I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT MY CAREER

The thing I love the most about being a writer is that it allows me to live and work where I please. As long as I have an internet connection, I'm good to go.

I've worked everywhere from a hotel room in Barcelona, Spain; to a cafe in Stockholm, Sweden; to a farm house in Cordoba, Argentina. As far as work, I feel like the luckiest girl alive most days.

THE THING I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT BEING AN EBOOK WRITER/SELF PUBLISHER

In a phrase, "income stability." As long as I can write (ie, produce new products), I can make a living. How much I earn is entirely up to me. Thanks to places like Barnes and Noble, you don't have to be famous to make a living as a writer.

RUNNING, RUNNING, RUNNING!

I'm also a marathon runner. I've completed over half a dozen marathons as of spring 2012. I'm always training for the next one. One of the most fun ones was the half-marathon in Negril, Jamaica in December 2011.

LIFE PHILOSOPHY

Just do it! (As a runner, of course Nike's philosophy fits who I am :-)).

LEARN MORE ABOUT ME

You can learn more about me at http://InkwellEditorial.com/about. Inkwell Editorial is my freelance writing website. It's been live since 1999 (for better or worse, especially design wise) and has hundreds of articles on how to start a successfuL freelance writing career.

You'll also find info on ebook writing/publishing, blogging, social media, article marketing and more.

CONNECT WITH ME ON TWITTER

Connect with me on Twitter at Twitter.com/InkwellEditor. It's my preferred social media outlet.

Thanks for dropping by, and feel free to send me any questions you have about freelance writing, ebook writing and/or self-publishing in general.

Sincerely,
Yuwanda