20 Ways To Make Money With Your Writing Talent

So you have a skill or talent for writing and you have not used it to start a business? Yet, you see others telling you they are writers, authors, speakers etc and they do make a living from it.


When I meet people and tell them I am an Author and Writer, they ask me: “So how do you make a living from this?” The next question is what do you really write about? And my answer will always be: “I write about information”.


Anyone can become an Author or writer full or part time. The word  Authority comes from Author, meaning you are an Authority or an expert in that area you write about.


Some develop interest for writing early in life while others who would just want to leave a legacy also start writing based on some factors or later in life.


It does not matter if you have a PHD or High School Certificate. What matters most is your interest.
Writing gives you legacy. It makes people to read you and your opinion. You also help in adding value to people’s lives with writing. This is what you find in the lives of Authors like Robert Kyiosaki, Mile Munroe, Joe Vitale, Sunny Ojeagbase, Sam Adeyemi, Mensah Otabil  and yours truly Henry Omenogor etc
Below are twenty ways to make money as a writer and author.


1.  Write Biography for others and get paid: People want their lies documented. You can make money as a biography writer. Here people tell you their story and you are paid to pen it down.


2. Write a book for someone who cannot write but want to be an author and get paid: There are people who would like to be Authors but do not know how to write. Use your talent here and write a book for them. They will have their name as the Author.


3. Write for technical product description manual. Companies make products and would need a good writer to write about the technical description of the product in the form of users manual.


4. Write movies and get paid by selling it to producers


5. Write a book on How-To and sell: Information Marketing is great. You can start writing a How-To Information that changes lives. This way you create it as tips booklets, ebooks, physical books etc


6. Write a book in the form of ebook and sell online on your own site as I do at MenogDigital
7. Write a book to sell as POD (Print On Demand) at Lulu.com, Amazon etc


8.  Write a book and place it on Amazon Kindle Publishing: Amazon Kindle is the latest publishing technology. Anyone can read your book with Kindle application on phones, ipad, blackberry etc


9. Write speeches for company directors, politicians: These set of people hire others to write their speech. You can do this for them if you are good at writing speeches.


10. Write for newspaper as a columnist and get paid. Start writing to news papers and magazines. Once your opinion or article is published, they pay for it. Start and build it up.


11. Write tips booklets and ask companies to sponsor the pages. This is the reigning business. Start writing and making Tips Books where you write tips.


12. Write music and sell offline and online: Most music stars do not know how to write their music. Truth is that they buy it from writers. If you have passion and flare for this, you can start writing and selling music to others


13. Write about what you know through blogging: Blogs are everywhere and you can start one at anytime. You can start with free blog from blogger or wordpress. Here you can make money from advertising programs such as google adsense, clicksor etc


14. Write educational information in a members only site and get paid for accessing the premium site as I do at Site Flipping School and Internet Marketing Online Class


15. Write your book and Organize Seminars. Here you teach what is in your book in a Workshop or Seminar. Lest I forget, you can meet me at the Next Internet Business Success Summit in Lagos come 7th of April


16. Write for online Magazines or blogs and get paid: There are a lot of Magazines online that would pay you to write for them. Some are called pay per post. These sites includes among others Associated Content, eHow etc


17. Write romantic or emotional text messages and sell them: This is a great area. Write romantic, emotional, Festive text messages and sell them to writers or make pamphlets and sell. It is in hot demand everywhere.


18. Start a translation service from one Language to the other if you know one. You know some other Language like French and speak it well. You can use your writing talent to make translations from English to French or French to English.


19. Help companies create brochures and get paid: Yes, companies need to have brochures but would like to contract it out to writers. You can create this.


20. Write Fiction Books like Harry Porter and smile to the bank.


Culled from: Start Your Own Business