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 Wendi Gordon on June 17, 2009 at 11:18pm: I love to write and hope to do more of it. I had checked into examiner.com before but at that time there was no possibility of ever getting paid writing for them; I'm glad you said that has changed and I may check them out again. In the meantime, anyone who is interested can sample my writing on my blog or sign up to receive my free personal growth newsletter.

Comment by Zachary Ananda Nanayakkara on June 17, 2009 at 9:44pm: For many years have wanted to write. Have a few blogs but not enough drive to churn out content. Maybe need a very good reason to do so. It could help with the stress level. Or bring up the level of expertise in a certain field.

Zachary Ananda Nanayakkara CHT
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Comment by Charlene L. Ragsdale on June 17, 2009 at 8:15pm

I enjoy sharing what I am passionate about and often it comes in a form of a Blog. I don't consider myself a writer, but I enjoy the interactions that my Blogs can bring to me and others.

Please feel free to view my Profile Page and if you feel I can be of any assistance to you, just let me know.

All the Best,

Charlene L. Ragsdale - Las Vegas, NV
“Proper Business with a Purpose”

Recent Winner of the Star.tup.biz $1000 Giveaway!

Comment by DR.UMESH KUMAR SAPRA on June 17, 2009 at 7:49pm: nice blog dear.
DR.UMESH KUMAR SAPRA,
M.D.AYURVEDA,
CEO SAPRA AYURVEDA,
www.SapraAyurveda.com
Email:umeshsapra123@yahoo.com

Comment by nine on June 17, 2009 at 7:38pm: I enjoy writing thanks very much for the invite.

Comment by Neelakantan Sadasivan on June 17, 2009 at 7:33pm: Hi!Good morning to all of you individually.I am Dr Sadasivan.
You are cordially invited to log on to my blog site at http://www.xanga.com/sadaboy
It is very relaxing to blog and write.I enjoy this personally.In fact I have written two full length novels also--one about family-level evolution to Blue ocean moment and the other about women empowerment as a tool for changing India...
Dr Sadasivan (http://www.belvederesystems.com)

Comment by M. Rita Metts on June 17, 2009 at 7:06pm: I wrote my first article in January 2009 and have written about 10 articles. It is freeing to express yourself online.

Comment by Dr. Erica Goodstone on June 17, 2009 at 6:52pm: Richard (Scott) Sade asked about my credentials. I checked out my home page and was surprised that I don't have a lot of information listed there. But it is available, for anyone interested, at my website which is listed right on the home page - www.DrEricaWellness.com.
Richard also asked how much payment there is for writing articles for Examiner.com. As I mentioned, the payment is low, but it can add up if you increase the traffic to your site and get subscribers - just as you would for your blog. Also, if you are an active examiner and refer other writers to the site to sign up and become examiners, you will be paid a referral fee.

Comment by Bill A. Medley on June 17, 2009 at 6:27pm: Yes I write travel blogs for money at times!

Comment by Rob Easley on June 17, 2009 at 6:21pm: I try and add at least a paragraph of new relevant text to each of our stores on a weekly basis, to keep the search engines happy. My discussions and blog posts should be more consistent, but I have less time to write now in the summer. For me it is difficult to try and reply and not act like an autoresponder, because it is personal.