Writers Become Trainers

How to Set Up a Training Business is an article that can help you take your seminar, workshop and presentation writing experience and turn it into a successful training business.

Love to Read and Write? How about Make Money, too?

Making Some Extra Cash at Half Price Books
If you want to make an extra $10 to $30 a week, try selling books, cds, videos and dvds at the Half Price Books near you.
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How to Make More Money as a Freelance Writer

Those of us who enjoy the freelance life know it can be challenging at times. We're always looking for new and better opportunities. One thing that works for me is to publicize the work I've already done and bring more people to sites where published work already sits (like Associated Content.) In so doing, I'm getting more page views, more potential clicks on ads and affiliate programs, and in turn, I'm monetizing the pages to my advantage and the advantage of the site where my articles are posted. This brings more money to me at the end of the month.

Article Posting and Promotions

Have you ever wondered how to get more people to your content sites? Consider posting your blogs and articles on more blog sites. Here are 55 places to choose from.

Commercial Blogs

Something else that works is to start your own themed blogs. I've discussed this before. If you enjoy a particular subject and have written numerous articles on the subject, post those articles on your blog, or start the article on that blog and make it go to the site where your article sits. I started this one recently with a list of my own "green-related" articles. Notice how the articles link back to Associated Content.

It's probably better to write for blogsites that share their adsense and affiliate profits with you as they've already got the traffic. A list of 22 sites that pay you to blog can be found here.

Affiliate Programs

Joining affiliate programs helps monetize your blogs and websites. Here is a list of the Top 10 Affiliate Programs. Find great affiliate tips and guides here: http://www.affiliatetips.com/ . By joining free affiliate programs and writing about them, you increase your chances of having more traffic, gaining better ranking on Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines and becoming known for affiliate write-ups. As a result, you may even be in demand by companies to write articles, reviews and web content. Never underestimate the power of SEO content.

Other ways to make money online

If you're open to doing more than writing, editors and proofreaders are also needed, as well as list makers and headline writers. Always be open to new opportunities and channels by which you can use your current knowledge and talents. Other ways of making money online are listed at the following sites. If you're like me, these places always help stimulate your own ideas! Good luck!

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ENewsletters are The Way to Go!

Creating an E-Newsletter and Building the Mailing List
E-newsletters are an important marketing strategy in helping to increase business.
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Planning Your Retirement with Andy Barkate

If you’re a full-time freelance writer or someone who works for yourself, you know first hand the difficulties that come from having no benefits or retirement plan. However, if you’re a smart freelance writer, you’ve made provisions for health insurance and retirement. Andy Barkate is among many bright and insightful financial executives who has helped hundreds of people carefully plan and execute a retirement and income plan.

As a financial author and speaker, Andy Barkate has met a variety of independent contractors, writers and freelancers who attended his retirement planning workshops. He specializes in small businesses and individual investors.

As a freelance writer, it is important to start early to make plans for retirement and to understand all there is to know about investments, IRAs, estate planning, annuities and other plans.

Choosing a Career Path in Media and Marketing?

For many young people, an area of career interest is media and marketing. This field is vast and allows many to integrate their creative skills with their strong desire to grow with a business. A good idea for people choosing a career is to get to know others out there who are top in their fields.

Many professionals throughout the world have made quite an impact in the field of media and marketing. Among them is Linus Gitahi, CEO of Nation Media Group. He had a long and successful executive career at GlaxoSmithKline, the global pharmaceutical company, and is now happily providing excellent services to the business sector through his media group.

Linus Gitahi is a good example of a person with diverse talent and initiative. Both his dedication to his work and his integrity in media related projects have moved him forward to one of the largest media firms in East and Central Africa. Linus Gitahi, through Nation Media Group serves the market with both print and electronic platforms.