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A Complete Beginner’s Guide on How to Earn by Writing Articles

This is for you if you have never earned a penny in your life from writing — but you want to.

Zulie Rane
Zulie Writes
10 min readDec 17, 2023
Source: Playground AI. Created by Alexander Voss. I liked this ambidextrous woman because she looks industrious, and she’s writing!

I still remember being inundated with those ads that promise you it’s “easy” to figure out how to earn by writing articles.

I didn’t believe them then, and you shouldn’t believe them now, either. It’s not easy to earn money online by writing, certainly not as a beginner.

But:

  • It’s easier for writers to earn money than it used to be, because there are lots of places to apply and pitch
  • Competition probably isn’t as stiff as you imagine — there are lots of crappy “writers” out there just trying to earn a quick buck

With that in mind, with this article I want to talk about how I earn from article writing. I’ll cover my three streams of income from article-writing:

  • For clients — freelance clients or agencies who hire me for ghostwriting or SEO articles
  • For platforms — Scripted, Textbroker, etc
  • For my blogs — on Medium and ZulieWrites

I’ll also cover tips on how to set up your freelance writing portfolio, how to pitch, mistakes to avoid, and how to scale up your…

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Zulie Writes
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Zulie Rane
Zulie Rane

Written by Zulie Rane

Writer and cat mom. Opinions are my own. This is my just-for-fun profile! My official Medium profile is @Zulie_at_Medium.

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