I know I'm being picky. I know I don't need to complain considering I do need money. However, I'm having just little bit of a tough time with Textbroker. Why? Because, I consider it to be just a little bit degrading how much some clients are willing to pay for articles. Some people will literally work for pennies and I know that I'm not the best writer on the market, but come on. I'm just breaking into the freelance game and I'm trying to build my portfolio but some of the articles up for grabs there are a little ridiculous. For instance, there are several clients paying between $2 and $3 for articles that are 400 words. That's less than a penny a word! For most articles you have to do a few minutes of research before you write them. It may take anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour to write the article. Now, some of the articles are easy enough to write and it really wouldn't be a big deal to me if they paid at least a penny a word, but they don't. I think my efforts are worth a little more than 7/10 of a cent. I get paid more than that for a sponsored blog post and I don't even have a pagerank. Sitting down and doing research, however much it may be, and writing and editing a piece can be draining. It's especially draining if you do 3 or 4 of them a day. I can make two cents just for clicking an advertisement on Clixsense or InboxDollars. Why would I drop my standards for something that I'm actually going to put effort into?
On a slightly different note, I just joined Swagbucks the other day and yesterday I joined Moola. I think I like Moola so far. They start you out with a penny and you can play against other people to try to win their money. I'm at about $0.61. It's pretty fun and I like to gamble from time to time. It's definitely something that I'll probably do in my spare time. I get to win a little money, too.
On a completely different note, I am so happy that I have exactly one more week to go before I go back to school. I'm so ready! I also have no textbooks, but that's another story. The point is, that's the bright side.
Going back to my freelance writing dilemma, there are a bunch of places where I can try to bid on some projects, but I'm not totally confident in my skills. This is why I'm trying to build up my portfolio and resume. I may need to change the plan just a little with Textbroker. I'm not entirely sure that Textbroker is a site where I need to be. I'll try to put up a few articles a month with Associated Content to see how well they'll do. Pray for me.
On a slightly different note, I just joined Swagbucks the other day and yesterday I joined Moola. I think I like Moola so far. They start you out with a penny and you can play against other people to try to win their money. I'm at about $0.61. It's pretty fun and I like to gamble from time to time. It's definitely something that I'll probably do in my spare time. I get to win a little money, too.
On a completely different note, I am so happy that I have exactly one more week to go before I go back to school. I'm so ready! I also have no textbooks, but that's another story. The point is, that's the bright side.
Going back to my freelance writing dilemma, there are a bunch of places where I can try to bid on some projects, but I'm not totally confident in my skills. This is why I'm trying to build up my portfolio and resume. I may need to change the plan just a little with Textbroker. I'm not entirely sure that Textbroker is a site where I need to be. I'll try to put up a few articles a month with Associated Content to see how well they'll do. Pray for me.
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