Writing more and enjoying it less? Did you know you can get paid to write?

Are you writing more and enjoying it less? I hope not. I have been discovering, day by day, that writing online is a freeing experience. It frees me to think out loud and share my thoughts with literally thousands of interested readers, like yourselves.

I have only occasionally written my own blogs for sta.rtup.biz. However, I find myself regularly responding excitedly to other people's blogs, especially because of the promise of winning money, $1,000. I have not yet won that prize, but I keep trying. In the process, I continue to make new friends. People love to read the comments of all those people who have read their words, who understand what they are thinking and feeling, and who either agree, disagree, or offer some additional insights.

In my writing practices, I have also written 88 articles to date for http://www.ezinearticles.com. What has been so exciting about writing these articles is that I am gradually building a reputation for myself as an expert in my niche: healing, love and relationships. I see the statistics daily of how many people have actually read each specific article, how many have clicked on my URL, how many articles received 5 stars, and some additional factors. It was exciting when the number of viewers exceeded 100, and then when it went over 1000, and then over 10,000. At this point, to me this is mind-bogglling, there are over 13,000 people who have read my articles.

Recently I realized that as a Diamond Member at sta.tup.biz, my blogs (one per month) can be read by over 40,000 readers who are members. The numbers are becoming astounding! The only thing left to do is to offer something of value and sit back and enjoy the responses.

In February, only a few months ago, I was invited to write for another site, http://www.examiner.com.
This is an article site with national and local specialists, called examiners, writing about their selected niche topics. I am officially the Miami Relationships Examiner, writing basically for online readers located in South Florida. This niche is good for my purpose of promoting my private counselng practice and my local seminars. There are also national examiners who write for a broader base of readers.

What is unique and special about examiner.com is that they have a payment schedule. You are no longer just writing blogs and articles for free. You have the capacity to get paid. Now, the fee schedule is quite low, but it is based upon the number of clicks onto the site of people reading your specific articles. My readership has been slowly building since I began in February, but then I wrote one article, just one article that hit a bullseye. Within just two days, the number of people who clicked on the site and read my articles was over 6,000. And, the potential is limitless.

If you would like to become an examiner yourself, writing about your own niche, go to http://www.examiner.com and please use Referral Code #3145.
For a personal consultation about your overall wellness, emotional, business and career, or relationship concerns, contact DrErica at http://www.budurl.com/Wellness or at http://www.budurl.com/Reawakening. If you would lilke to take a complete Create Healing and Love Now Personal Assessment and receive your customized free report, go to http://www.budurl.com/Createloveheal. Keep your eyes open for the upcoming Create Healing and Love Now teleseminars and local on-site seminars.

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Comment by M. Rita Metts on July 28, 2009 at 6:46am: I am new to writing and have only considered making money when I joined this site.

Comment by JenniferLynn Productions on July 7, 2009 at 2:28pm: I do enjoy blogging, and I have four of them (soon to be just three.) Each one covers different subjects, and one of them is personal and limited to just me and my friends.

I do go through phases, though, and sometimes don't update more than once a month. It just depends on what is going on in my life.

I have absolutely enjoyed the connections I've made through blogs--both my own and those of other people.

Jennifer Moore
JenniferLynn Productions, LLC

Comment by MARY MCKINNEY on July 6, 2009 at 2:22am: Thanks for pointing out that 40,000 members could read a blog on this site. That is a huge amount of potential site visitors.

Comment by Leading Man on June 21, 2009 at 8:34am: Good morning all.
I thank Dr. Goodstone for her insight and desire to help others. I love writing and have a few thousand hits on my youtuble site teaching Movie script writing for free. Again I thnak the Dr. and wish all of you the best in your future writings.

Ron

Comment by Chris Cannon on June 19, 2009 at 11:37pm: I enjoyed the information and perspective you shared. As an author and national speaker, I'm always continuously marketing. This is another avenue that's well worth pursuing.

Chris Cannon (Leading authority on youth violence)
www.Fighting4Youth.com

Comment by Lisa Stadtmueller on June 19, 2009 at 11:11pm: My husband is always saying that I need to become a writer because I'm good at it (in his eyes anyways!)....maybe I missed my calling....thanks for some interesting ideas on how to tap into the business. And good luck to you!

Comment by Dr. Erica Goodstone on June 19, 2009 at 3:57pm: Hi, I agree. I am organizing a two day seminar with a colleague. We are experiencing exactly that with each other. Each is learning from the other as we organize our combined efforts into a lovely experience for others.

Comment by James Bryant on June 19, 2009 at 10:50am: It's always good to share with others ideas you may have or just thoughts about different subjects in general. Anytime you can educate someone or simply learn from someone else is without question a good thing. Stay focused, motivated and God bless!!

Comment by James Broadfoot on June 18, 2009 at 7:05pm: I found this extremely helpful, thank you Dr. Goodstone. I also like elance, as a way of getting compensated for your work.

Comment by Fred B. Thompson on June 18, 2009 at 6:53pm: In my mind the presentation of your business is your presentation of self. When this is done well, it sells the value of your associated content.