Writing Articles -- Part II >> What Articles can make Money

Articles aka Content is needed for all domains/niches and in varied forms. There is no definite answer to what can or cannot be written which will be sellable. There are millions of web users who are writing content everyday in form of articles, in form of opinions/views in blogs.

You can write about anything and make money.

The starting point to succeed should not be the question "What should i write to make money", but rather should be the question " What am I good at, What are my interests".

Start by listing down what you are good at : it could be what you do in everyday job, or selling on ebay or gardening, or following up on Hollywood happenings. Come up with domains where you are most strong at.

Next step is list down all interests you have: Gardening, Photography, Painting, Cars, F1, Tennis and so on. Select the ones which you follow religiously and can speak about without getting tired/bored.

Once you have done the above exercise, you will have list of atleast 2 or 3 areas. These are the areas in which you can write and make money, as you will have passion for these.

You could be a salesperson, but still have storng interest in gardening and have good knowledge about it. What can you write about: Selling or Gardening.

I believe if you write about your interests, you are bound to create content that is unique and hence sellable.

Writing Articles -- Part I

Content is king ! Content is key success factor for any web site. Internet magic is driven around words that attract users to particular website. Be it news site or blog or discussion forums, the key to unique visitors to a site is defined by a single strategy: Content.

Content also drives search engine ranking of web sites. Search Engine is used by users worldwide to find relevant content. Relevant content drives more users towards website and in turn increasing the ranking of website.

Writing Articles for publishing is one of easy ways to make money. Two questions one should ask before starting writing articles:
1. What articles can I write
2. Show me the money honey : Who will pay me to write articles

Getting Started

So I want to start off with sound start by learning what are the various ways by which people are minting money online. Started with search on Google and Technorati (www.technorati.com) with "Making Money Online" phrase. The results displayed on first pages are disappointing and lead to nowhere for a novice.

Hence, I started off by putting a simple kick off plan:

1. Information Gathering Phase: Find information sources to understand online money making options
2. Analysis Phase: Analyze each option to determine what it takes to make money, determine pros and cons of each option

After the analysis phase, will define the options that I'll be using to define the strategy to make money online.

About

Wondering in the endless world of World Wide Web to search for ways to make money online led me to couple of web sites, blogs and interesting stories about people who are making cool amount of money from advertising revenue by Google Adsense, or by selling adspace to sponsers.
These sites provide a lot of information on how to make money online, some share details of how they earned money, how much are they earning every month and so on.

These people making money fall under who have been there, done that category, and understand Abc's of technology behind online world.

For the common man who wants to start the voyage in the endless sea of this online world to make money, more crisp and clear information is needed which can help understand the technlogy and clarify that money making online requires structured approach and strategy rather than just starting a blog.

With this Blog, I'm trying to capture my personal voyage in money making business of online world.