FrugalPinoy Q&A: How do I start as an online freelance writer?

Posted by FrugalPinoy on Aug 20, 2008 in Earning and Income | 12 comments

Several readers sent me a note this week, asking me how they can start an online freelancing career.  Here’s one of the emails I received:

Hello, I’ve been writing professionally for quite some time, and I’m trying to augment my income by trying out freelance writing online. I’ve only had a couple of projects, which paid about a dollar per article.

If it isn’t too much trouble, I was hoping you might help me in trying to find good writing gigs online, and maybe give me some tips on how I can start out.

Thanks very much!

- Tim

Thanks to Tim and the other readers who wrote in with their questions.  I’m going to answer it in simple, concrete steps so that everything is clear.  Regular readers might note similarities between this post and my previous post, “How to Make Money Blogging (Part 1)”. If you haven’t read that post yet, click here to read it, because it contains some points and definitions that aren’t found in this post – especially a needed introduction on online writing.

Without further ado, here are the steps that you can take to start your online freelance writing career: