As I found it necessary to find some extra side income to help pay for some extra magazine subscriptions, an upgraded internet connection, and to build a new website, I thought it would be necessary to find some extra income on the ‘net aside from my ebay sales and this blog’s income(which is nill). So I offered my services as an article writer. Yeah, it involves me writing content for other blogs and niche websites and I always put my best effort forward.

So far, I have made $16 from 8 articles and the buyers have been very impressed with what they have received. Take into account I have only been offering my services for a day or two. I have a huge list of requests that people have been sending me and I am completing the articles in the order in which I received them. Typically I charge $1 per 100 words and if you request some anchor text or linking, it might cost more.

Unlike many of the other “professional” online writing services that write students essays and term papers, I actually put due diligence into each and every article and I try and make them interesting and complex so the buyer is happy and requests my services in the future.

I will not write anything that has to do with cheating such as a term paper or an essay and I simply write these articles to help people add content to their blogs and bring a new approach to a topic. So far, they ask me to suggest a topic and allow me to talk about whatever I want on a given topic as long as I don’t bash a product or website as they are usually adding their referral links to each post, or “anchor text”.

I estimate that I will receive about 30-50 article requests per week and as long as my financial economics and trade policy classes don’t get me bogged down, I will be able to keep pace with this amount of articles per week. And as you all know, this blog is a huge priority to me so don’t worry about the lack of content coming from MM and You.

In regards to other extra income programs, I have completely quit all of the “Get Paid To” programs that I mentioned in that post. None of them were scams, I just figured it was necessary to focus my time on school and this blog. I previously mentioned that I was going to open a Build-A-Niche-Store, but after some consideration, I am going to postpone that venture for now and focus on this blog, article writing, and creating a niche website which all streams will make me some extra income.

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