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 Dr. Erica Goodstone on June 18, 2009 at 5:35pm: I didn't understand why I had received so many wonderful comments on this blog on Wednesday and zero responses on Thursday. The reason - every new comment was placed into Spam by my GMail account. I am so happy I checked it out before deleting. All these wonderful and thoughtful comments have been a joy to me. When I read Charlene's blog about blogging, I thought - Oh No! I hope I am not "selling" too heavily. But then I also thought, "This is a business site to help all of us promote our businesses." So it is okay to mention our business in the midst of informing others about whatever we know can help them to be more successful.

Comment by Sean J. Kennedy on June 18, 2009 at 2:34pm: I love writing and it is high time I draw an income from this talent!

Comment by Lynne Gordon on June 18, 2009 at 12:58pm: I have several businesses online but I find that when it is time to write on my blog, those are some of my favorite days. All said, I think that I would just blog all day if I could.

I am a proponent of alternative medicine. But just one. I first began as an affiliate for a company which sold the book. I decided to start the regimen for myself and it was then that I started blogging about the changes I saw in my health and my body weekly.

It has been over 3 months, I am in Week 13 and I am still as excited about it as I was on day one!

My Self-Administered Oxygen Therapy Program

Comment by Nancy Beahm on June 18, 2009 at 11:59am: I love writing. If I didn't I wouldn't have the business I have. I particularly love to write newsletters, articles, etc. about a new twist on commonplace things. Being a Christian business, I never have any shortage of finding God's words within everything/anything that I see, experience, etc. so I love to write about application while motivating people in the process...you know, is the glass half full or half empty.

Comment by Cynthia E. Mike on June 18, 2009 at 10:48am: I love writing. It's my soul pouring out the passion that I have embedded in me. I have written an article for a nursing magazine. However, my passion goes beyond that. I enjoy writing to inform readers (no matter who they are) about the importance of living their lives to the fullest. Life is wonderful!

Comment by Anisha Henson on June 18, 2009 at 10:23am: Well writing for me is like cleansing of the mind and soul, you write to get things off your mind and put things on paper that you normally could not say to others or that special someone. For me when I wanting to say things I forget most of what I want to say so I write it and then allow the person to comment or feel me when they are reading. So writing is so good for soul

Comment by Mary Ellen Marsh Wieberg on June 18, 2009 at 9:43am: I LIKE TO WRITE BUT I HAVE 5 YOUNG CHILDREN AND A POODLE BUSINESS,I WOULD ONLY WRITE IF I HAD TO OR IF I KNEW I COULD FOR A JOB AND GET PAID FOR IT,OTHERWISE I'M TOO BUSY TO WRITE A LOT JUST TO BE WRITING.BUT I MAKE MY OWN SIGNS AND ADVERTISE AND SELL MY OWN PUPS,SO I DO MY OWN WRITING,ADS,AND SIGNS.

Comment by Fred B. Thompson on June 18, 2009 at 4:05am: Thank you Erica. I will be submitting an app., with the referral code of course.

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Comment by Kraig on June 18, 2009 at 1:12am: I really lied that article on writing. I enjoy writing, poetry, lyrics, fiction, and editorials. I had an idea to start a magazine. You may disagree with me, but I don't believe print is dead. However, online publication is a good addition. I had an idea of a magazine that publishes all viewpoints. Not having the thousands to launch a print magazine, its a blog. The idea behind that strategy is to raise money with the blog for the print launch. Blogs have the advantage of interactivity, print magazines have the advantage of portability, its not practical to take a laptop to the beach or many other places you may go, like a train station, etc.

The blog isn't [strategy] isn't working out, probably due to my lack of knowledge. I need to know how to get traffic, in order to get advertisers.

I am pleased to know of Examiner. Will have to check it out.
My blog is www.theunreasonablerationalist.blogspot.com
Right now there are 2 posts, one is a movie review, and the other is a piece on ways to save money that I've thought up. On that one, I want people to try them, and post their results. But that's not likely to happen til people see it.