Wikinut Earnings - How to Write for Money - My First Month

Making money at Wikinut is relatively easy. In this article I report back on my first month earnings at Wikinut. Wikinut is an article submission site that shares 50 percent of the total revenue earned with the writer. Wikinut also has a referral program where you can earn 5% of the royalties on any new referral you make. Today I discuss the highs and lows of my first month at Wikinut and in particular what strategies worked for me.

Publishing Articles at Wikinut
The first point to note is that I have to date only published 3 articles at Wikinut. Now we all know that you can't earn if you don't publish however I decided that my approach would be to write somewhere between 1 and 5 articles and see what kind of success I had before I wrote more.

I joined at the end of July but did not publish my first article until August 3. I subsequently published two other articles. Three articles in total. Not a promising start to my freelance writing career at Wikinut but enough to get a feel for whether Wikinut was the type of site I wished to publish on.


All of the articles I submitted were rewrites of articles I have published elsewhere either on my blog or on other content sharing sites such as HubPages and Triond. They are unique however and although contain much the same information I have carefully reworded paragraphs and changed the keywords. So keep in mind that you can reuse other articles at Wikinut but I advise against posting exact duplicates of articles published elsewhere.

Wikinut Page Views and Earnings for August 2010
As Wikinut is a UK website earnings are in GBP. You can elect to be paid the equivalent through Paypal in US Dollars or several other currencies .


As you can see from the statistics above the number of page views for the month at Wikinut was 340. Some of the traffic came from within Wikinut. I gained 11 followers alone. There is no easy way within Wikinut to track traffic sources so I used Google Analytics to get a picture of external traffic sources and search terms used to find my pages.

Instead of publishing the articles all at once I chose to publish two early in the month and one mid month so I could observe the effect on earnings of publishing a new article. Daily page views varied greatly but were highest the couple of days following publication.

Most days at Wikinut I earned about 1 pence per day to end the month with 0.032 GBP or about US $0.50. While these figures may appear low to some my earnings are remember from just 3 articles. And what I earned at Wikinut is better than many article submission sites I have tried. Keep in mind that had I published these articles on HubPages for instance I very likely would have received nothing in earnings unless I was lucky enough to get an Adsense click through. With Triond that pay between $1-3 per 1000 page views I would have likely earned about 1 penny a day.

Income from Referrals to Wikinut
I had one referral to Wikinut generated from one of my articles that I published elsewhere at the end of August. My new referral did not make any earnings though so I derived no income for August. However I now will earn 5 percent of that new members earnings on any articles published on top of the earnings from my own articles.

Ability to Make Residual Income from my Wikinut Articles
The three articles I wrote were keyword optimized and were designed to keep earning for some time to come. One of the best things about writing for article submission sites is that you can earn residual income from your articles long after you publish them. How much that residual income is depends on four main factors: the level of topic interest, choosing paying keywords, SEO optimization of paying keywords and degree of article promotion.

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As you can see each article I have written has achieved a place within the first 40 results in Google. Only one article has made it to the first page of Google.

I need to promote these articles well or risk them being buried and not earning any residual income in the future. My strategy is to continue to socially bookmark these articles to create do follow backlinks at sites such as Propeller.com, Snipsly, Xomba and RedGage along with Facebook, Twitter, Digg and Delicious. If my articles gain enough quality do follow backlinks chances are they will be promoted higher in Google search engine results.

Summary Analysis of Wikinut Earnings Results
For a little effort and some time I was able to publish 3 articles on Wikinut. Each got a little traffic and together they resulted in earnings of $0.50 for the month. On the basis of my earnings results to date I would need to publish about 20 articles to make 5.00 GBP or $10 US the minimum Wikinut payout per month. With 23 articles published that would result in about $120 over $12 months or about $2 per article.

With greater promotion the articles are likely to rise higher in Google searches and my page view earnings would increase. If I choose topics that are being highly searched for I am even more likely to get elevated traffic levels. And by writing a cluster of articles on the same subject I am likely to get more page views per visitor.

However my earnings at Wikinut are likely to be a lot higher overall when I factor in my blog and other article submission sites. I have my articles linking directly to this blog and design my articles in such a way that I will not only earn money for submissions to Wikinut but I will get traffic and referrals to my blog.

In addition by rewriting my articles, using different keywords and publishing them on Triond for example I am doubling their earning potential. The true earning potential of each article is probably around $20 to $40 over two years and more depending on the number of ad revenue sharing sites I submit to. In my book writing articles at Wikinut is definitely worth the investment of time and effort.

Sign Up to Wikinut
If you are not registered at Wikinut it only takes a few moments to do so. If you sign up for Wikinut using the following link you will gain me as your first follower. Sign up to Wikinut and start earning today

If you need more information about making money at Wikinut before signing up please refer to my article Write for Money and Earn at Wikinut

Multiple Income Streams Make Money Online Writing Articles

If you have some writing skills and some know how about a range of subjects you have two of the main ingredients necessary to make money online writing articles. Some people will tell you that you need to be a writer to be successful writing online but the truth is that there are many people who are making a decent living from the internet without ever having had a writing lesson in their lives.


There are many ways to make money online writing articles. I began nearly 18 months ago by creating a free blog at Blogger and then mushroomed into writing more blogs. Other writers begin with revenue sharing websites like HubPages that pay writers a share of the Google Adsense revenue. Still others get paid a set amount for each article. All of these methods of generating income online are worthwhile and can be combined to form multiple income streams.

I have discovered that it is not difficult to make money online writing articles. Working from home suits my lifestyle. No travel, no workplace conflict and complete autonomy. I enjoy the convenience of working my own hours and at my own pace. I have little to waste my time like endless meetings and interruptions which means I have more time and energy to devote to producing articles. Making money online writing articles ticks all of the boxes for me.

When I started I had the vague idea that I could generate some income online but I had no real idea how to do that. Through trial and error I learned the basics of making money online writing articles. Other bloggers have kindly shared their secrets of success with me. In a sense I am gifting back to others the help I have received by creating the I Make Money Blogger blog.

The activities that support my online writing are still the same as when I started blogging. I spend a lot of time doing research for my article and its associated keywords. I try to learn as much as I can about the various ways to make money on the internet as I can. The internet is such a dynamic place that it is crucial that I stay alert to new opportunities to make money online writing articles.

I make it a rule to only pursue legitimate methods of earning income on the internet so if you are looking for get rich quick schemes you won't find information about them on this site. There are plenty of honest ways to make money on the internet now and more potential emerging everyday that I can't see the point in scraping other people's content or other backdoor methods like spamming.

I won't lie to you about the effort required to make money online writing articles. Let me dispel that myth right away - writing is not an easy option. Freelance writers need self discipline. They need the ability to stay on task without any prompting. They need to be motivated to get up in the morning and produce despite whatever else is going on in their personal lives.

I write everyday even when I don't feel like it. I write even if I am not making as much money as I thought I would from the last half a dozen articles. I write and I research and I produce quality content no matter what.

I currently make money on my blogs from Adsense and Chitika revenue together with affiliate referrals such as EBay and Amazon. This revenue is growing all the time and has happened largely without me actively promoting my blogs.


Now that I have moved from dabbling to trying to make some serious income part-time I have had to crank up my online activities to generate multiple income streams.

My first choice in considering new ways to make money online was to join ad revenue sharing websites such as HubPages, Triond and Xomba. Each of these sites is a way to make money online writing but requires consistent posting and participation in the community as well.


More recently I have also joined RedGage, Squidoo and Wikinut. Although I have been a member of each of these sites for nearly a month now my only revenue is $0.21 from RedGage. However I am hopeful that once I get established on these sites and build a community I will start attracting the traffic necessary to make money from article writing.

Another website that I have just joined this week to make a little extra money is Microworkers. Microworkers pays you for performing easy online tasks some of which involve writing. In my first week I made $2.46 from 5 micro jobs and 1 referral. Not bad considering I spent less than 1 hour to complete the tasks.


I have made quite a few mistakes in setting up my passive income streams. Although my earnings are enough to meet the Google Adsense threshold for a monthly $100 check I have had to learn experientially about what works best. I think my main downfall is in not actively promoting my blogs however I am currently beginning to address this by using social media to gain some valuable backlinks.

Generating an income from writing articles online requires me to keep publishing and marketing my articles on an ongoing basis. Search engines reward productivity. The internet is fast becoming more and more saturated with articles of similar content and competition for keyword dominance is growing. However, in real terms this just means I need to take a creative approach, research my articles well and stay informed so that I can easily identify any gaps. There are still plenty of keywords that have not been fully exploited yet.

That little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow with your name on it is there waiting for you once you figure out how to find it.

Best of all my articles will keep earning money for years to come. The opportunities for earning residual income writing on the internet are high compared to conventional outlets for your writing. I concentrate largely on writing what are known as evergreen articles (articles that don't date quickly) about subjects that people are searching for information on. This gives me a mechanism to be able to create a continuing source of income that has the potential for growth too.

If you are considering writing articles online then don't limit yourself with one or two sources of income. I believe the secret is to diversify. Build yourself multiple income streams that way if an earner stops generating revenue you are not so vulnerable to the decline.

If you would like to sign up to some ad revenue websites where you can submit your written articles I would suggest you try Triond and HubPages first. Triond because it pays for page views and that will give you a little encouragement to see your articles earning a few pennies. And HubPages for the excellent community and as a great training ground in learning to write keyword rich article against pretty stiff competition.

Microworkers - A Good Way to Make Money Online?

I recently discovered Microworkers, a website that pays you to perform online tasks called micro jobs. Microworkers offers a way to make money working from home. There are no set hours and you can work as much or as little as you like.

Typically micro jobs at Microworkers are tasks such as commenting on a blog, rating a YouTube video or joining a Facebook group. Most micro jobs at Microworkers take less than 5 minutes to complete. Payment for each micro job can be as high as $1.61 per job. In addition you will earn $1.00 for every Microworkers referral you make.


Is Microworkers Legimate?
Before I joined Microworkers I read lots of forums and did some of my own research. All the evidence in the forums shows that members of Microworkers get paid for the jobs they complete. I wanted to make sure it was not a scam as I only involve myself in money making schemes that are legitimate. I am satisfied from this research that Microworkers is genuine and that they offer a real opportunity to make money online micro jobbing.


Benefits of Joining Microworkers
The benefits of joining Microworkers seem to far outweigh any negative comments I have seen.

• Payments of up to $1.61 per task
  
• Sign up bonus of $1.00
  
• Referral payments of $1.00 for every member referred
  
• Referral bonus paid once referrer's account reaches $25.00
  
• Choose your own assignments
  
• Earnings paid out via Paypal, Moneybookers or Alertpay
  
• Low payment threshold of $9.00
  
• Payment made on verification of PIN Code sent
  
• Payment within 15 days of passing the payment threshold
  
• Ticketed support system
  

How Much Money Can I Earn at Microworkers?
It is possible to make money online at Microworkers. Although many of the tasks pay only 10 cents job they are quick to perform so a member could complete many of these in a day. There are higher paying jobs that are open to everyone so it is easy to perform a mix of both higher and lower paying jobs. Obviously the more higher paying jobs you take on the more money you will earn.

Here are a few types of micro jobs at Microworkers together with their responding payment bracket.

• 100 word post and link to a PR3 website or blog - $1.61
  
• 50 word post and link to a PR3 website or blog - $1.25
  
• 100 word article and link to a PR2 website or blog - $1.00
  
• Post to Craig's list anywhere in the USA - $0.20
  
• Comment, rate and subscribe on YouTube - $0.10
  

Examples of Micro Job Task at Microworkers
Spend a few minutes doing any of the following tasks at Microworkers and you will make money online. The micro jobs are relatively easy and you can pick and choose depending on your interests.

• Blog about a product
  
• Discuss a product or service in a forum
  
• Follow someone on Twitter
  
• Digg a website
  
• Join a Facebook group
  
• Add someone to Facebook, Myspace, etc. friends list
  
• Comment or write an opinion on a blog or website
  

Conclusion
For me the jury is still out on whether Microworkers is a good way for me to make money online. Clearly some money can be made by anyone prepared to consistently carry out the chosen tasks.

Microworkers probably best suits someone looking to make a bit of extra money online. And someone who is quite happy doing these tasks on a part-time basis. Alone, Microworkers is probably not a viable way of earning a living on the internet.

I am still uncertain in my own case how much money I can make online with Microworkers. Whatever the outcome of joining Microworkers this is by way of an experiment for me rather than an endorsement of Microworkers so please if you have experience of Microworkers I would love to hear from you.

How Do I Sign Up?
Sign up to Microworkers and start making money online today. International signups to Microworkers are accepted just follow this Microworkers sign up link.