Making Money as a Webwriter » productivity

Tuning into the Kerrie Show

mrshannigan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:35:05 +0000

I have this awesome friend named Kerrie, who is a mom-of-many like me, and a freelance writer. She blogs at TheKerrieShow.com and everything she writes is hilarious and heartwarming. Gotta love her!

Anyway, back in 2009 when I was focusing on Internet-based Income, Kerrie was focusing on getting published in regional parenting magazines, instead. Kerrie [...]

DOWNLOAD – income tracking spreadsheet for freelance writers and niche bloggers

mrshannigan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:14:38 +0000

Hey guys, if you’ve been with me for a while then you’re already familiar with my income tracking spreadsheet. It’s really fun to use and easy to get started. Here are a few of the most popular features:

Enter your daily earnings ONCE

Automatically generated reports for

monthly profit and loss statements income per source [...]

How to Write a Roundup Article

mrshannigan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:41:33 +0000

Roundup articles are a little like “freebies” for web content writers. Presumably you’ve been writing in the same niche for a while and have several articles about a few very precise topics.

Mini Touchscreen Laptop - irrelevant but awesome

A roundup article is basically a compilation of all those articles, with links to several [...]

note to self: never publish this

mrshannigan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:27:18 +0000

I keep a page with this title on each one of my sites, saved as a draft or password protected. I use it as a general “things to do next” and a place to document the invisible work I’ve done on the site. It’s amazing that I can remember what each of my six kids [...]

Suite101 earnings, revisited

mrshannigan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:36:04 +0000

Almost a year ago, I wrote about my Suite101 earnings, because one writer made $5000 in a month and they finally told us we were allowed to discuss our income.

I’m revisiting that topic this year because the industry has changed a little, so have my earnings and my writing habits and Suite101′s best practices

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Writing Process for webwriters

mrshannigan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:04:24 +0000

On writer’s message boards, occasionally someone new will ask seasoned writers about our process. What steps do we go through in the writing process, to write fast web copy that (hopefully) doesn’t suck?

The process that works for me is so different from what I’m being asked to do in school (did I mention I’m [...]

Free Download – URL Tracker

mrshannigan — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:35:15 +0000

I mentioned this spreadsheet the other day in a post called “If you’ve been writing online for over a year, do this NOW.”

BUT… your life as a web writer would be so much easier if you didn’t wait until you’ve been writing a year to use this form.

Imagine… you publish a mere 1 [...]

Audiobooks & Outsourcing

mrshannigan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:48:03 +0000

I recently clicked an ad for audible.com in order to get a free audio book download. I keep meaning to get an iPod so I can listen to audio books while I clean house or cook dinner. I might even be inspired to exercise or something. Maybe not. Still, a girl can fantasize.

Anyway- I [...]

Free download-Income Tracking Form for webwriters

mrshannigan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:17:37 +0000

In case you’re new here, I need to clarify that I am extremely obsessed with tracking my statistics. I probably spend as much time analyzing numbers as I do writing. Maybe even more. I actually had to put myself on a stat-checking diet.

Why a Stat-Checking Diet?

I was checking my adsense income hourly, checking [...]

How to Make a Career of Freelance Web Writing

mrshannigan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:33:53 +0000

by Barbara Cedillo Alvarez (with permission)

Several writers, veteran and new, have posted questions about how to make DS and freelancing for other clients a viable, profitable WAH (work at home) career.

I’ve been thinking about different ideas and strategies while I was driving around Las Cruces taking photos for my Quick Guides today.

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