How to Survive in Your Article Writing Business

Article writing has been a great way to make money online. Webmasters and publishers often need help in web content and article writing. So, this opens up a lucrative earning opportunity in the web content writing field. But, recently more and more writers have seen this good opportunity and wanted to get into it. This isn't a good news to you if you already making money with article writing because it means that you will be facing greater competition.

So, what should you do to survive?

You will have to make yourself and your articles stand out from the competition.

Article writers generally earn money by writing articles for a paying client. The paying client can be a webmaster, blogger, e-entrepreneur or e-zine publisher. They are always searching for new and unique content for publication on their websites and blogs. Their article requests can be in relation to any niche, so you must always be ready to do research and gather the necessary information so that you are able to write the articles as requested by these clients.

But, since many people are now trying to make money with article writing, the competition will become tougher. In order to make yourself stand out from the competition, it is necessary to create a great pitch. Summarize why you should be hired and why you are the one best fit for the article project in question.

When looking to obtain paid article writing works, a simple resume can’t help you much. Just because you say you are an excellent web content writer, it doesn’t mean that you are. For that reason, you should make a list of sample articles that you have written for your previous clients and show them to your potential clients. If you just got started into the article writing industry and haven’t taken any writing job before, then you may give the sample of your articles that have been published on your blog, website, or anywhere else that is visible to your potential clients.

Set you price at a reasonably low level. Charging $6 - $8 per article is a good price level that could potentially attract a lot of people to hire you. Offer some forms of guarantees like guarantee 100% unique article, guarantee 2 days turn over time and etc will further convince them to use your service.

Also you should set realistic goals for your article writing business. Then, work toward achieving the goals. This will help ensure getting the result as you have expected.