Image via Wikipedia I know. A lot of web writers don't want to say what they make per word. It's embarrassing. Well, no; I take that back. To web writers it isn't embarrassing because all of us have been in a spot where we are making peanuts. To others though...brrr.People who can't write will cringe at the fact that you might make a penny or less per word. There's a simple reason for it. They don't like to write. To write 100 words for them is like pulling out finger nails and being water-boarded at the same time. To us, writers/web writers, words come quick and easy.
When I first started writing on the web for money I was doing ALL of my work for a place called LondonBrokers.net . I promise you. I'll probably never do that again. They were paying something likey $6.86 for a 500 word article plus 2 re-writes. 1500 words, 2 hours...for less than seven bucks. Frig' that...and frig' them.
So, did I work my way through the web writing ranks and now make a lot of money? Not exactly. Though, I make a little more than a penny or two per word now.
I joined Break Studios about 1 year ago and started writing some article or blog posts for Made Manual and Break which are their highly trafficked sites. I started out like everyone else. One article of 250-700 words made $8 and at the time it was a landfall.
I guess someone there liked me because they chose me for a program where the articles make $12 and have a lot better topics and titles to write.
And you know what? I haven't written much for them since.
Why? I don't know. I guess that was one of the reasons I decided to start my own blogs and do my own web writing for my own domains. My money is my money. My effort is my effort and it was a validation that I could do this; at least a little bit. It is at times like those that I constantly think about the 2004 Red Sox World Series win and their motto in the playoffs:
"Why Not US?" so...
WHY NOT ME?
And you know what? WHY NOT YOU?
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