Are People Still Interested In Finding Highy Paying($50 and Above) Article Writing Job?

My advice was to the buyer not the seller (the writer). But both can benefit from my advice so it's a 2-for-1 special offer

Writers who can only write the sort of 500 word articles that are found in article directories can't really charge more than $10 per article - because they are not worth much more than that.

Writers who can write quality magazine style articles can charge a lot more by writing for magazines...

However! Magazines pay more for articles because a lot more work is involved (this is broken down below).

Here's where the advice for buyers comes in -> If you want magazine style articles you must lure good writers away from the magazines that pay more. If you buy articles from these writers you can get your site going as an authority website from as little as $1500 to $2500.

Here's some advice for writers -> A $450 magazine article is comparable to a $50 online magazine style article. If you can get regularly published in magazines paying between $225 and $450 an article then price your online articles at $25-50 per article.

This is how it breaks down

When you write for magazines you are paid by the word. If they were paid by the minute then that would be a whole different kettle of fish!

Here are the things you don't get paid for:

• Researching articles. Not just what to write about but who to write for.
• Pitching your articles. Finding out editors names, the best way to contact them, what kinds of articles they normally accept/reject.
• Chasing up editors. Have they received the article, when are they going to publish it, when are they going to pay you.

The actual writing part comes between pitching and chasing up. This is also where the serious research comes in. Your first bit of research was mainly looking for a story, checking you can find out enough about the subject and devising a pitch to sell the idea to an editor. On top of that you need to do your research on the magazines themselves:

• Do they publish these kinds of articles.
• Have they already published something similar.
• Do they theme each edition of their magazine.
• Do they have full-time staff (who will be required to write 'filler' articles)
• Do they get a lot of free/amateur contributors
• What do they pay and when do they pay.

Now, of course, all this work is actually factored into the price of the article. Adding up all the time it takes to get the tasks done you're looking at about 3 full days worth of work. So if you value yourself (realistically) at $150 a day then you should be looking at $450 per article.

Almost all of this work is cut out when you sell articles online. You don't need to pitch articles and you won't have articles rejected because someone has just bought an article from a different writer on a very similar subject. This alone cuts 1/3 of your workload. Since you get paid in advance when writing for the online market you don't have to spend hours chasing up payments (and other negotiating - will the editor attempt to hold your article and only pay for it if s/he uses it?) This cuts out another 1/3 of the workload. Now your $450 article has been cut by 2/3s it is $150.

On top of that the articles are often less than half the length of magazine style ones. So you can half the price $150/2= $75.

It would be nice and neat to stop here. The effort of writing two smaller magazine articles without any of the other hassles would be around the same as writing one full-length magazine article and all the hassle of getting it printed and paid for. Both would earn you around $150 a day. However it's not that simple.

As I mentioned in my previous post, online articles are not held to the same high standard as print articles. A good online magazine style article (as opposed to a low standard 500 word article directory style article) is much easier to write. People read them but not in the same way as they read magazine articles. For a full time writer, writing three of these articles a day would require the same about of effort and skill as one magazine article. Returning to our $150 a day target, writing three of these articles comes out at $50 an article.

Now this is all still quite neat and tidy but the world isn't very neat and tidy. Online writing has been undervalued and competition drives down the price. Writers have to make the choice where they would rather sell their work. To make it simple we can refer to it as online and offline.

Online: Pros

• Earning immediately
• Paid in advance
• Reliable source of income
• Majority of time working is time writing
• Easy to get into

Online: Cons

• Competition drives down earnings
• More ghostwork (no clippings)
• Less prestigious

Offline: Pros

• Higher earnings (possible)
• Increased opportunity to get into other writing work
• More prestigious

Offline: Cons

• Takes a long time to get established
• May have to wait a LONG time to be paid (I once waited a year)
• Chance plays a large part (has the magazine spent their budget, have they already bought a similar articles, is the new editor as good as the old one)
• A LOT of time spent working that isn't writing

There are other variables to consider. Many magazines pay much less than $450 and some pay nothing. Some article topics are usually written by inhouse staff who are expected to write these on top of their other duties. You need to compete with amateur enthusiasts writing for free and people trying to get into journalism who will work as interns also writing for free.


The biggest consideration is that many magazines are making the move online. National newspapers are currently making senior journos redundant and creating new jobs for interns writing online content.


Conclusion


Bear in mind this advice was intended for buyers rather than sellers. Now is the best time to get good writers for $30-$50 articles. The lure of the offline magazine is weakening BUT they are moving in on your territory. It won't be long before you will need to be of the same standard as them if you want to be able to compete as an authority website. For this you need good writers.