As my regulars know here, I’m a self discovered passionate freelance writer and blogger. I see daily how many people struggle to make a cent online and thought of ways to provide you with some information on where I find the chunk of my work. This last two month have really been great for me as a freelancer as they have kept me very busy. Besides blogging I slowly but surely manage to grow my online income and I’m very happy with the process. This just goes to show, that anybody can do this if I can.

Now here is the thing many don’t know, I’m not an English speaking native. My mother tongue is Swiss German, but for some reason I get a lot of compliments about my ability to write very well. Naturally this is my intention and the fact that I read hundreds of books in my life might help. But then the other part is sheer practice.

I truly believe that by writing every day I consistently sharpen my skills and those who have and are currently employing me as a writer are all very happy indeed. That surely means a lot to me as it shows that I’m on the right track.

But where do I get my work? The first freelance job came to me while surfing the web to find some sites that allow me to bid for projects. I found Scriptlance and nearly didn’t join as I initially thought it was for programmers only. But upon closer inspection I saw many writing jobs advertised. So I signed up, bid and won my very first bid. It was that easy - some might call it beginners luck, which might have been. I actually believe that it was the fact of being different in my approach that did it for me.

I then finally set up my domain name (self branding) and even though it is still lacking sample content I got found by an employer in UK and am now writing for him too.

So if you are a writer that needs some funds, then get busy, bid for projects on places like Scriptlance, set up your own domain if you haven’t already done so and be confident in the knowledge that you will get work if you just persist.

I would love to hear from you on where you make your money online.

Thanks

Monika

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