Why I Stopped Working as Freelance Writer (And You Should Too)

Writers sometimes forget that those who don't practice the craft daily find it exceptionally difficult to communicate in the written word, but if you are listening to this podcast episode, you already understand how to communicate in the written word. 

Chances are, you know how to hit writing deadlines. You know how to research articles and how to publish them. So, rather than just doing it for someone else and letting them reap all of the rewards, and you get paid 5 cents or 10 cents per word, why not build something for yourself that can become much more valuable?

These days, here's what my writing day looks like. I usually get up and write an article for one of my content sites about a topic I'm interested in.

When I've written the article, I'll either edit it myself using some software like Grammarly or I'll give it over to another editor on the team who will fix any mistakes for me, then I'll publish it on the site. So I still feel like I'm writing regularly.

Then, I'll typically spend the afternoon assigning articles or researching articles that I want to brief to the freelance writers for the sites I run. This way, I can scale up content production for the site, but I can also continue to learn more about the topics in question because I'm researching them.

The benefit to doing all this is that writing for myself and a site that I own is ultimately more valuable and more profitable than writing for a client or somebody else's site. Freelance writing is fantastic because it can get you experience and your name out there, but when you build something you own, you can earn more and still accomplish your creative goals.

In this episode, we discuss: 

Freelance writing vs. creating your own content websiteWhat precisely a niche content website isHow to build and develop content websitesBuying and selling content websites for profit

Resources:
 
Become a Writer Today Source Links for Further Information:

https://becomeawritertoday.com/become-a-freelance-writter

https://podcast.becomeawritertoday.com/1055644/8554444-turn-your-hobby-into-a-saleable-niche-website-with-mushfiq

https://podcast.becomeawritertoday.com/1055644/3579640-how-to-build-a-niche-website-that-earns-six-figures-a-year-with-jon-dykstra

John Dykstra's Blog fatstacksblog.com

Website Flipping thewebsiteflip.com

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