If you write articles for a living, then you know that you must get paid for all of your hard work. Payment can come through customers who have hired you to write, through pay per click advertising, or through banner or text ads you place on your site next to your articles. Regardless of your approach, a consistent and methodical plan is necessary to have in place in order to make a living for all of your hard work. Please continue reading for some helpful tips to help you survive in this highly competitive business.

Writing articles yourself isn’t necessarily difficult and they can vary in length and quality, depending on the article directories guidelines. You can write articles to share information on a subject or just to help in gaining links to your sites. Articles allow you to appear as a professional to an audience who are interested in the topic, but they also can help build high quality back links from content filled pages on other sites. Articles are separated in categories and sub-categories in order to easily find certain information the readers are looking for.

Some of the articles I have posted online are for clients. They have my name on them as my name is more visible than their name.

The overwhelming numbers of articles I write are ghostwritten. In 2010, I submitted 450 articles to article directories, but another 1300 or so went directly to my clients. When I submit articles jointly, I retain the rights to having my name on the articles. When I write, my customers get what I write and retain full rights to the articles. Guess who pays me more?

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