When it comes to freelance writing jobs, I will pretty much take on anything that I can handle. This is not to say that I know everything about every last topic, but I am always willing to try. With that being said, there are some niches that I seem to write for time and time again. They were not my favorite topics upon starting my freelance writing career, but over the years they have definitely carved out a special spot in my mind. After all, you cannot help but to learn about certain topics after writing about them for months on end.
Here are my top three freelance writing topics at this time.
1. The insurance industry is hopping, and I have been cashing in on it for a couple years now. It seems that both agents and insurance companies are interested in increasing search engine rankings through quality content. One of my biggest clients that accounts for $800/month is in this industry.
2. Gambling has always been of great interest to me, but even then, I have only been to the casino a hand full of times. Additionally, I never gamble online. But all in all, this has not stopped me from writing hundreds of gambling related articles this year alone. There are a lot of people who are attempting to cash in on online casino affiliate programs. In turn, they hire me to write content which will increase their odds of success.
3. Investing in real estate may not be as popular as it was a few years back, but I have not noticed a difference in this niche of the freelance writing arena. I have several clients within this industry including: webmasters who run real estate sites, agents, and companies.
One of the biggest benefits of freelance writing is that you will learn a lot about industries that you never paid attention to in the past. Before I became a freelance writer I did not know much about any of the niches listed above. But as of today, I can confidently say that I have an above average amount of knowledge in these areas.
Ever since the big response to my freelance writing income last month, I have been looking forward to disclosing my earnings for August. Well, the time has finally arrived!
Over the first 10 days of August I was slightly concerned that my income was going to stay just about the same as the previous month. But as the month wore on, I began to pick up a lot of repeat work. Additionally, I also secured a few new jobs through referrals.
Listed below are my freelance writing income stats for the month of August 2007.
Number of Completed Projects: 30
Payment by PayPal: 28
Payment by Check: 1
Payment by Bank Wire: 1
Total Income: $5,705.61
As you can see, I earned $810.83 more in August than in July. This is not a huge jump in income, but a good sign nonetheless. I am still several thousand dollars away from my highest months earlier in 2007, but once again, setting up other income streams and working on new projects has cut into my time.
After posting my freelance writing income in July I received 51 comments; the record by far on ChrisBlogging. Additionally, the article was stumbled time and time again. Even though comments and stumbles are nice for me, they are even better for the people out there who want to reach this income level as a freelance writer. So once again, I hope that you guys and gals can add some great comments, and stumble this article if you see fit!
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Since starting this blog I have wanted to write a post on “who to freelance write for.†Yesterday, one of my favorite bloggers, Michael Kwan, beat me to the punch. Even though I plan on touching on this topic next week anyway, I wanted to direct everybody to his post entitled, Freelance Writing for a Niche or for the Masses. The title pretty much says it all, and I urge all of you freelancers to read this article. It gives great information on this topic as well as a unique point of view.
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