Get off the sidelines

Writing content for your own sites is a longer term solution.  Writing for others is great, but what can you do in the short term?  Taking the plunge into creating your own sites means that you don't have to wait for an assignment.  You can start displaying your writing talents now.

Why would you sit and wait?  You can come up with ideas and put your writing on display.  There are a number of income routes.  Building up your own mailing lists.  Driving traffic to your own sites with cost per action offers, banner ads and contextual ads could all be a part of your online business plans.

Another major reason is control.  You can start creating your own writing schedules and publishing when you want.  Being a freelancer waiting for an assignment or waiting to get chosen is a weak position.  

Write the content that you want and put it online.  Build up your newsletter and email lists.  Create your own information products and use your writing to help sell it.  Think about being more than just a freelancer that is sitting on the sidelines.

Blogging on the internet - Reviewing Your Likes and Dislikes

Online blogging can be a way to work on your writing skills and a chance to go after online income.  A blog can be the place where you share your thoughts on topics and have a chance at gaining followers and lead prospects.

Writing online reviews for products and services that you like and dislike is easy to do.  This is something that anyone can really do.  Do you have favorite books or videos?  Tell the internet about it with your blog.

You don't have to keep your blog entries tied just to writing.  You could make videos and post them online.  You could make mp3 recordings or do online webinars.  The choice is yours.

Build up your skills and use a blog to build up a list of followers.  Your blog could also be linked to social media accounts like twitter and facebook.  If you are good with taking pictures, you could use a site like pinterest to also go after more online social traffic.