Are you planning to make a career in content writing domain? You are more interested in working from home and making money online. If yes, you are in the right place.
It is a very lucrative profession requiring no significant investment to start. There is no dedicated course to help you learn content writing tips. This is why I will try my level best to let you know how to become a freelance content writer through this blog post.
Before getting into the main part, I would like to throw light on the below-mentioned questions:
What is a content writer?
A content writer is a professional writer who produces textual content to publish online. He can work full-time or part-time basis.
What does a content writer do?
A content writer searches online to collect data and information and write engaging content, based on these (data and information). He or she produces different types of textual content in different niches for on-page SEO, off page SEO, social media post, etc. There are website contents, articles, blogs, and press releases to inform people about a product, service, and business or only educate people about something or someone.
Who is a freelance content writer?
A freelance writer is an independent writer who works on a self-employed basis. Freelance content writers work from home or own offices for different agencies, organizations and business.
What are the different genres of content writing?
- Articles
- Blogs
- Press Releases
- Web content writing
- Academic content writing
- SEO writing
- Technical Writing
- LSI writing
- News writing
- Storyboarding
- Content writing for social media
- Travel writing
- Business and marketing content writing
- Financial writing
- Real estate content writing
- Entertainment content writing
- Medical content writing
- Automotive content writing
- News journal writing
- Fashion writing
- Sales page writing
- Brochure writing
- Email writing
- Ad copywriting
- Social writing
- Legal writing
- Shorter sentences
- Use of more active words
- Try to use active voice
- Do not use jargons unless you badly need to use there
- Take care of the grammatical issues.
Now let me come to the main part. This part will answer all questions mentioned in the title of this blog post.
How to become a content writer
The matter of fact is that writing is a 99% hard practice and only 1% inspiration. You need only 1% inspiration while you are developing a piece of content. What you need as the basic skills are a very good grasp of English (this is only for an English content writer) and a flair for developing crispy content. A very good understanding requires on the topic that you are writing on. Else, you will get confused and confuse your readers as well.
Follow the tips (mentioned below) while developing content
How to become a freelance content writer
There is no quick math and the rule of thumb how to become a professional freelance content writer.
Find your clients and make a client database
To become an independent writer or a freelance content developer what you need to do first is to make a strong client base.
Deliver industry standard content
To make your clients happy and satisfied you need to sharpen your skills, research much on the topic, use relevant and related words in the content, edit content and proofread it properly until it reaches up to the mark.
How to make money from freelance content writing
To be paid for your freelance content writing works, you can start bidding on various freelancing sites except (Fiverr, as it is a scam site). Besides, you can do various social media posts with attractive images and engaging texts. You can advertise there. Creating your business pages for various social media platforms can bring you many valuable clients.
