How to make money just by writing articles

If you are educated, then you probably know how to write essays or articles on any topic you are given. There is a growing number of ways through which Nigerians can make money from the internet and one of them is by article writing.

Whether you are currently employed or not, you can make money just by writing reviews and articles on the things you are knowledgeable about.

Ways to make money from article writing
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- Writing for publishing websites
- Writing for affiliate marketing
- Writing for direct payment

Writing for publishing websites
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There are a lot of websites that are into content publishing. It may be an online magazine or just an article directory or news websites. In those websites, they accept a lot of articles from people and reward them for it. You can make money by signing up with them and submitting your articles as often as you like. Some of these websites pay you a salary while others pay you a commission based on the amount of traffic you articles bring. A good website that pays you a commission is Hubpages. You can earn money from them based on the amount of traffic your articles bring.

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Writing for affiliate marketing
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If you have a website or blog whether free or your own, you can make money with it by writing a lot of articles around a particular product or service. As your website gets more traffic from visitors, you can convert those traffic into sales referrals for affiliate programs which you are registered with. You can do this on your website, blogger or even with Hubpages. You just need to include your affiliate links when making review of those products or services. Affiliate programs you can join include Amazon, bluehost, Jumia, Hubpages and so on.

Writing for direct payment
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This is also another way to make money in Nigeria on full time or part time. This basically involves writing and submitting articles in order to get paid almost immediately for it. You may need to belong to a freelancing community and be able to get and work on projects which you have accepted. Sites like iwriter and freelancer are good sites where you can get paid for directly submitting articles to it.