Do you realize that you can write your way to riches online? As the saying goes, content is king online, and you can use your own content to profit. In this article you'll discover how to get writing jobs via your writer's Web site.
1. It's All About Content: Help Buyers Find You
Let's start by looking at how the Web works. People search for information and products online. They search using specific words and phrases. For any site's page to come up in the search query results, it must include the words the searcher typed into a search engine.
Therefore, think about your writer's Web site and the keywords (search terms) you need to include for buyers of your writing to find you.
Would you include the words "writing jobs" on your site's pages? You probably wouldn't, because you wouldn't attract buyers.
Would you include the words "content writer" or "medical writer" on your site's pages? Chances are that if that describes what you do, you would, because it would help buyers to find you.
2. Building Your Name: Add Material to Your Portfolio to Show What You Can Do
New writers tend to think of their Web site as a brochure, rather than as an ever-expanding hub of their writing activities.
The words on your site are vitally important: they have two functions. The first is to get buyers (traffic) to your site.
The second is to enhance buyers' credibility and trust, so that they hire you when they're looking for a writer.
Here's a big tip: have FUN on your Web site. The more your personality and enthusiasm show through on your site, the more likely it is that buyers will bookmark your site, and will hire you next time they need a writer. Buyers are looking for YOU.
Believe it or not, it's hard to find competent, reliable writers. Finding such a writer (you) is gold to buyers. You can turn one-time buyers into steady clients, bringing you thousands of dollars of income every year.
So add content to your site -- as much as you can. Add pages, and add your portfolio too. Your portfolio is social proof that others have hired you.
3. Create a Marketing Plan for an Ever-Increasing Income
Your site's traffic is the barometer of the health of your writing career. No matter how small your traffic is initially, it will grow. You'll start with five visitors a day, then 50, and then 500. Once your site's traffic hits 500 visitors, I promise you that you'll have more buyers of your writing than you can handle.
So create a marketing plan to increase traffic to your site, and do one marketing task a day. It will pay off beyond your dreams.
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