Make a Nice Extra Income by Becoming an About.com Guide

About.com is probably the largest content network on the Internet. They offer a bunch of lucrative opportunities in the freelance writing world.

If you are an expert at a particular field or topic, there is a good change that you can become a guide of About.com and write about what you know to share with others. You will be paid at least $725 per month for writing 2 full-length articles every 2 weeks. If your GuideSite become successful and gain plenty of page views, you will be compensated much more than that.

About.com has a long list of specific topics where you can choose one from the list to get started in About.com. The topic you choose will have it own set of qualifications you have to meet. If you have what it takes to become a guide for a topic of About.com, then you can apply and go through their 17-day online training program. At the end of the program if you are accepted, you will start writing for a GuideSite and get paid every month.