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With people looking to make a little extra money in the recession, it’s only natural that they’d look to the internet to try and fill that void. There are a number of opportunities to earn extra income online, and our site is looking to cover many of them. With this article, we’ll look at the paid to write website Associated Content.

AC has been around for a few years now, I believe since mid-2006, and has collected a large number of articles from many different sources or content producers. They specifically focus on localized content or articles about local news and events in someone’s hometown. Of course, they’ll accept just about any submission specific or general.

Money is earned on two fronts. You can receive an upfront payment for your work that ranges between $3 and $7 generally. More money is granted if exclusive rights are given to the website; in other words, they’ll have the online copy of the article submitted on the internet. On the flip side, authors get paid for every thousand views their articles create. It’s called performance payments and it allows for individuals to earn on their writing after it has been submitted. That pays out $1.50 to $2 depending on how long you’ve been with the site and how well your articles perform. They also payout using paypal, so be sure to have an account with them.

Like with all paid to write programs, the best way to go about making money with Associated Content is creating lots of articles. With on hundred or so keyword-rich articles, you’ll actually be able to make enough in performance payments for it to be worth your time. Plus, most of your traffic will come from search engines. With more articles in your collection you’re more likely that one gets noticed by people searching. The more people that find your article the more you’ll get paid… I think you see where I’m going with this.

Overall, Associated Content is a fine way to begin making your first dollars online. It costs nothing to join and you have the opportunity to make monthly residual income on previous work. It’s the perfect storm for the budding online writer.

Writing online for an income can be tiring work, particularly if you’re only making a few dollars an article. Making such a messily rate for a freelancer is simply unacceptable and a higher rate of pay is necessary. That is where Constant Content comes in. They connect writers with websites owners that are in need of content and are willing to pay a premium for it.

As a writer, you probably have created several pieces of writing that haven’t been used for a single thing. Perhaps you have a favorite hobby or interest that you like to write about that none of your current clientele is in need of. Well with Constant Content you can list this work, along with anything else you’d like to create for the site, for sale for buyers to find. Best yet you can set your own rate and most pieces seem to sell for around $20 to $40. All you need to do to earn money is to list your writings on the site and wait for someone to come along and buy the work.

A buyer comes into the site looking to get some content for the site. There are a few different kinds or licenses that they could be looking for. Full Rights, the most costly, gives them exclusive use of your article and the ability to pass it as their own. Usage allows for multiple people to use the article on their own sites and is thus less costly. When browsing articles, buyers only get to see a snippet or preview of the article. This is in order to prevent theft and other copyright issues.

If someone chooses to purchase your article, your paid a healthy portion of its worth. Over 60% will go directly to you while the remaining 40% goes to Constant Content to cover their business expenses. Not a terrible deal considering you didn’t have to track down new clients. In addition, a writer can use it to sell previously unsold material. Overall, Constant Content is a good way for new and old writers alike to make an extra bit of money from their writing.

One of the easiest ways to make some money online is by writing articles. The only problem with this is that usually you only get paid once for the initial investment of creating the piece. There is no promise of future income to be received for your work and that is a disappointment. Passive income and earning residuals is a great way to make money on previously done work.

That is where Bukisa shines. They offer you a certain amount of money (based off their “Buzz Index”, more on that later) for every thousand views that your article receives on the site. If you know a little bit about writing for search engines and keywords, then you could easily write an article for Bukisa, leave it at that, and let the site bring in the traffic and money for you. Additional, promotion can also take place on your part in order to get web surfers from other website to take a look.

The Buzz Index is what is used to judge how much you’ll earn from the site and it is supposed to be derived from the advertising dollars the site has. Essentially, the index is simply the rate of pay Bukisa is willing to pay members at a given time. Currently, despite the recession, they’re paying out about $3.42, which isn’t to bad considering.

I personally haven’t earned a whole lot through the site. So far this month I’ll make 50 cents from 2 articles. My results aren’t really surprising really. The key to most paid to write revenue sharing websites is having lots of articles. The more articles one has means the more one will make per month. And it’s also not too bad of a result considering I’ll likely make that same 50 cents each month doing no additional work. Just think if I sat down to write and promote some articles.