How to Make Money Online Writing Articles in India? Earn Rs 22,500/Month (Guaranteed)

Want to make money online writing articles in India? You sure do, huh! Why else would you be here if not looking for ways to make money through article writing jobs on the Internet?

How about earning a minimum of Rs 22,500 per month writing articles from your home in India? No gimmicks, no investment required. You can start earning a good monthly income writing articles from the very first month.

In this article, you will learn 100% real strategies on how to earn money writing articles on the Internet, including expert tips to brush up your English for the job of writing articles. Don’t forget to check out the sneaky little secret to cheat the system for a head start in earning money through article writing online.

Though the strategies are customized for how to make money writing articles in India, the information is equally relevant for everyone interested in working online as a content writer. It doesn’t matter whether you are a fresher, college student, retired person, housewife or a working professional looking for a part-time job. Anyone can start earning money through content writing articles online in India, or anywhere on the globe.

What do You Need to Start Earning Writing Articles?

Before we start exploring the ways to make money writing articles, let us see what do you need to get started.

• Good English (or any language)
• Computer with Internet

As the demand for articles and content is primarily for English websites, you must have sound knowledge of the language.

Someone living in countries with a developed Internet in the local language (eg: French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish) should be able to find enough work in the local language as well.

In India, the Internet is yet to grow for local languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Odia. The demand for content in these languages is low and, generally, the pay isn’t great. So, for those interested in earning a good income writing articles in India, the best option is to offer content writing in English.

That’s it. You don’t need anything else. You work as a service provider when working as a content writer.

How to Improve English for Content Writing in 1 Week?

You don’t have to be a literary genius for providing content writing services. You should be able to express yourself in simple language, without spelling error and with proper grammar.

If you are not very confident about your English, follow these simple ways to quickly improve your English vocabulary and grammar in just one week.

Get the following books and magazines from your local bookstore, or buy online.

• Essential English Grammar (by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press)
• Intermediate English Grammar (by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press)
• Advanced English Grammar (by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press)
• Word Power Made Easy (by Norman Lewis)
• English newspapers & magazines (you choose)
• Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (for reference)
• Roget’s Thesaurus (for reference)

Read the Cambridge University Press English grammar workbook, starting from the first essential version. Don’t scribble in the workbook; use separate sheets or textbook to complete the exercises. Keep repeating the workbook until you master all the lessons. Once you have mastered the essential grammar, you are ready to start writing articles. Don’t stop your grammar lessons yet. Continue your grammar lessons with the next level workbooks of the series.

While you study grammar, take up the Word Power Made Easy book simultaneously. Read and learn as much as you can.

You should also augment your English learning process through smart reading of newspapers and magazines. You can also read novels. Read voraciously.

Use the dictionary to learn the meaning of words unknown to you. Try to find other words with same meanings using the thesaurus.

If you dedicate 3 hours a day for one week, you should have your basics ready for writing articles in English.

How to Write Articles for Content Writing Jobs?

When it comes to content writing, the key is to research the topic, collate and process the information and, finally, write your own article incorporating all the relevant information without plagiarising.

Here’s the basic outline of how to write articles. You don’t have to be a master of any topic. Being smart at Google and imbibing information from other sources will allow you to write on a wide range of subjects. For writing articles, you can use Google Docs, which gives you access to spelling and grammar checking tool and allows you to organize your articles in folders.

• Research the topic on the Internet
• Copy the text that you would like to use or quote
• Prepare an outline of the article (like an index or bullet points)
• Write the article based on the outline and the information collated
• Write crisp sentences and organize the article in small paragraphs
• Spell-check the article for spellings and grammar
• Read the article for flow and consistency

How to Start Writing Articles for Online Income?

So far we have been priming the base for taking up article writing online jobs. Now, it’s time to actually taken direct action towards online content writing. We will divide the entire process in easily manageable sections.

Step 1: Write Articles for Your Work Sample Portfolio

Before approaching prospective employers for article writing jobs online, you need a work sample to show. People would be interested to see your sample articles to get a fair idea of your writing skill.

Your past work can be anything that you wrote earlier — stories, articles, essays, reviews, etc. Avoid poems as work samples for article writing. Why? Poems don’t truly showcase your article writing skill. Also, some might find your poetry boring.

If you have never published any article or text composition, spend a couple of days writing a few articles. Make sure to check spellings and grammar. Format your articles in a pleasing manner. You can share your work samples as text files or PDF files.

Step 2: Create a Blog Website for Your Article Writing Service

Once you have a bunch of articles to show to your potential employers when soliciting work, it’s time to get a shiny blog or website for your professional avatar.

Go to Blogger.com or WordPress.com, and start a free blog. Customize your blog to have a pleasing and professional look. Keep it elegant, not gaudy.

Make sure to add a nice photo of yourself (maybe, striking a pose on a garden bench). Provide links to your social network profiles, preferably LinkedIn. Also, add your contact email, Skype and phone number.

Step 3: Get Internet & Social Media-Savvy (If You Aren’t Already)

Start by creating a LinkedIn profile, which is the social media network for professionals.

Create your profiles on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram as well.

Got Skype account? If not, install Skype on your smartphone and register a free account. You can also use Skype through your computer. Skype is one of the most popular messaging services in the freelancing sphere.

Get an account with PayPal for sending and receiving payments from anywhere. When you are working as a freelancer, you need to accept payments from different countries. PayPal allows you to do this easily and securely. It’s free to register, but there is an approximat 5% fee for all seller payments that you receive in India.

Once registered, verify your PayPal account by linking your bank account with it. An Internet banking account helps to make the process fast. In India, a bank account is mandatory for receiving payments as the Indian law does not allow spending money received in PayPal directly. Each time you get paid for writing articles, your money will be transferred to your bank.

Just use your primary email address that you will share with your employers when registering with PayPal. You can link multiple email addresses to your PayPal account. In addition to receiving payments from other PayPal users by sharing just your email address, you can send invoices for work assignments to your employers.

Step 4: Finding Freelance Article Writing Jobs Online

Once you have completed the steps so far, it is time to actually look for article writing jobs and work assignments. Where do you find article writing jobs to start your freelance content writing work from India?

Here are some of the reliable and effective platforms to find article writing work for Indians.

1. Upwork.com
2. Freelancer.com
3. Fiverr.com
4. Facebook Groups
5. iWriter.com

Traditional Freelancing for Content Writers

Upwork & Freelancer are two freelancing websites where article writing works are posted as individual projects. Anyone looking for a set number of articles to be written will post their work requirement of the site. All potential freelance article writers will express their interest in taking up the work and place their cost/bid for the project. The employer gets to review all the freelancers and hires the one that suits her requirement and budget.

Start by registering with both the freelancing sites. Make sure that you provide adequate information about your qualifications, experience and back up your claims with your article samples for potential employers to review.

Do look at the profiles of other successful freelance article writers on these websites. Try to emulate their strategies, but do not plagiarise or copy.

Freelancing websites have some test certifications that show as a badge/certificate along with your profile on the website. Try to take some tests relevant to your work. In our case, it would be UK English, US English, Blogging. If you are on Freelancer, you will see that the test certification requires a payment. It’s worth making the investment if you are serious about taking up freelance article writing work.

How do You Start Getting Article Writing Jobs on Freelancing Websites?

When you are just beginning content writing for online income, you have no track record, no references and no work.

On a freelancing website, your prospective employers want to see some trust signals in form of previous work, ratings and testimonials. Being a newcomer, you have nothing to show. It’s a catch twenty two!

I will share two techniques to get work on a freelancing website and get your article writing job rolling.

1. Bid low with great project bid description/letter
2. Cheat a little for an instant start

One of the strategies to building your profile on a freelancing website is to start bidding the lowest. Make sure that your bids are accompanied with a good description on how you can deliver results. Help the employers with details on what/how you will deliver the best results. Make sure to mention that you are bidding low to build your portfolio, and that you would have ordinarily charged way more than your current bid.

Here’s a sample project bid cover letter. You can use it to draw inspiration, or simply copy it verbatim (as it is).

When finding freelance article writing jobs on websites, don’t bid on any random project. Make sure that the project description is suitable, preferably explains the writing assignment in detail.

Also, the employer posting the project should be trustworthy. The employer account should be verified, and payment method certified. If the employer has used an escrow or has already deposited the project cost with the freelance platform, the risk of not getting paid is curtailed.

An employer who has got a lot of projects done on the platform is a good sign. What is the ratio of projects awarded and projects posted? If the employer has hired and got the work done for all its projects, you are quite unlikely to waste your time bidding for a project for which employer is not going to hire anyone.

Check for the trust signals / badges provided against the employer profile. It usually helps if the employer is from some developed nation.

What about the little secret to getting started with freelance writing quickly? I will share the cheat method a bit later as it applies to all the freelance writing platforms.

Twitter: Where Freelance Writers Advertise Their Gigs

Now, it’s time to discuss about another platform to find work, but with a twist. Fiverr allows people to make themselves available for any task for a fixed free, say US $ 5. People post the jobs they want to do as Gigs. Just browse the website and you will find gigs for writing articles, fixing websites, shooting videos, illustrations, voiceovers and lots more. On Fiverr, you don’t bid for project. Instead, your potential employers browse through the available gigs and hire you if it meets their requirements.

For article writing, you will find people offering to write articles for $5. Some offer to write just a few words, while many offer two long articles for the same price. It’s up to you. Start as a cheap provider for an easy beginning. Also, try to add a video explanation of your article writing gig to stand out of the clutter.

Facebook Groups for Article Writing Assignments

As the last option here, I bring to your Facebook groups for freelancers, article writing, media jobs, writers groups and the like. A quick search on the social networking platform will yield results. For getting article writing jobs via Facebook, you must look for local assignments. The pay might not be the best, but you will find enough opportunities to get started. Do note that there is a high risk of not getting paid as you are solely dependent on the work ethics and honesty of your employer. Try to accept work from people representing organizations or companies with some repute, if you can.

iWriter: Start Earning Rs 22,500/Month Writing Articles Online, Today

Do you remember that I said you could earn Rs 22,500 per month writing articles? iWriter is the platform for the tall income claim.

iWriter is another freelance article writing website, but without the bidding war. Given that the website allows anyone to take up writing assignments immediately, it is the place to start your steady online income as a content writer in India.

Just register an account for free, perk up your profile, and start claiming article writing work available on the website. You don’t have to wait for approval from the employer, which is the case on Freelancer & Upwork.  The remuneration for each article assignment is fixed by the employer.

Based on the ratings of the writers, they can take up assignments that are categorised as Standard (anyone can write), Premium, Elite and Elite Plus. If your average rating is between 4 and 4.6 stars, you get promoted to Premium writer. If your star rating is 4.6 or higher, you become an Elite writer.

Different Levels in iWriter

• Standard Writer: All iWriter users automatically become a standard writer. The maximum pay per article is $4 and the article limit is 700 words.
• Premium Writer: When you get more than 4 stars (out of 5) from at least 25 employers, you become a premium writer. The payout per article is $4-12, with a word limit of 1200 words per article.
• Elite Writer: When you get an average rating of 4.6 stars or more from at least 30 employers. The payout per article is $8-100, with a word limit of 2000 per article.

If you are willing to invest money upfront, you can get yourself tested and rated by iWriter Fast Track programme for a fee of $ 197 (around Rs 12,750). By taking this test, you get rated and qualify for the better paying article writing assignments. However, this test must be taken only if you are confident about your English proficiency. You will have to write 3 articles, based on the keywords provided by iWriter. Based on the assessment of your articles, iWriter will calculate an average star rating. If your average rating is between 4 and 4.6 stars, you get promoted to Premium writer immediately. If your star rating is 4.6 or higher, you become an Elite writer. The entire assessment process is completed in 1 day.

The payment for standard articles that newbie writers can take are the lowest, as low as $2.5 (approximately Rs 150) per 500 words. Assuming you write 5 articles a day, you deliver 150 articles in 30 days. Even at the measly payment of Rs 150 per article, you earn Rs 22,500. Your monthly income will grow manifold as you accumulate great ratings for your delivered articles and get promoted to the Premium or Elite author status.

In iWriter, the maximum number of open projects are assigned for writers with proven track record. When you first check the Write Content page, you will find the projects created for top-rated writers at the top. The assignments for standard articles appear at the end of the page.

As standard, free-for-all assignments are claimed very fast, you might not find any standard article project sometimes. Don’t fret! If you keep checking the page, particularly when it’s daytime in the US, you will find work assignments that you can claim.

When you click on the expand link ([+] icon next to the project listing), you get the Write Article button. When you click it for the first time, you will be taken to a basic English language test. You must answer at least 13 of the 15 questions correctly. If you don’t pass the test, you will have to repeat the test after a few days. All of the questions are very basic and should be easy to score 15/15. On passing the English language test, you will be asked to verify your number. Then you are good to go.

English Quiz Sample Questions

Interested to see a sample of the English grammar quiz that iWriter requires you to take? Here’s a sample of the questions asked.

Head over to the Write Content page again. Scan the page for available article writing jobs, and click on the Write Article button against the article assignment that you want to pick. A time limit box will appear on the top of the page. Write the article quickly based on the instructions for the article assignment and submit it for approval.

When you submit the article, it is forwarded to the employer for approval, which can take up to 3 days. Once your article is accepted by the employer, you get the money credited to your account instantly. Your article will be rejected only if there are many spelling/grammar mistakes, or you fail to take note of the special instructions such as adding the required keyword phrases.

You can ask for a payout from iWriter only when you have at least $20 earning balance in your account. You will have to write a few articles before you can request for a payment.

iWriter requires a PayPal account to pay income accumulated by writers. So, you must get a PayPal account. It’s free and easy to have a PayPal account in India. Once you register your PayPal account, link your bank account with it so that the money can be transferred there. You can enjoy the fruits of your labour once the money is in your bank account.

Sneaking Your Way to Success on Freelance Writing Job Platforms

Now that you have discovered the honest method to start getting article writing jobs on freelancing websites, it’s time to learn a sneaky method to get out of the “no work, no trust” vicious cycle.

The sneaky little secret is…

That’s all the cheating you can do. From here on, you get hired based on your skills.

Best of luck for your mission to earn online income! Don’t forget to share this article on Facebook/Twitter and help others discover the opportunity to earn writing articles online. Do leave your comments and queries. I would love to hear from you!