it’s true the best online writing gigs rarely end up advertised on job boards, you can find other websites that pay writers when you seek out writers’ markets instead (publications that accept pitches or submissions on an ongoing basis. Let’s focus on blogs and other websites that pay...
Over the years, I’ve acquired a gratifying number of readers and followers, with more arriving each day, and I owe much of that audience to the tools and opportunities that WordPress.com provides. Alec N. WordPress.com has allowed me to present my content in an attractive way. It’s gi...
Substack is a free, subscription-focused platform that allows writers, journalists, and bloggers to tap into an existing community, attract a portion of it to their content, and eventually accept payment for their work. It provides a simple publishing interface, and in recent years, it has also...
We will walk you through how to choose a domain name for your blog, and then the best platform to get it up and live, whether that means you self-host it with your own web hosting package, or use one of the all-in-one blogging platforms or websites builders. Both have their pros ...
Outlines help to organize your thoughts and even beat writers block. When you have an outline, you’re not writing from scratch. Instead, you’re filling the “gaps” in it. What’s even better is that you don’t have to create the outline from scratch either. Spend enough time online...
For writers creating and selling their books through Bookemon, this exciting addition will be a double bonus. Not only will they be able to provide readers with a handy ebook copy, but they can also offer them the many benefits of audio that make their works unique. Audio in ebooks can ...
Of course, we internet users see countless display ads, videos, and sponsored search results a day. But at the time, the process was unique. A way for websites to monetize their content so they could pay writers? Who would think that would catch on? But sure enough banner ads became on...
There’s an old truism, “Writers don’t like writing; they like having written.” I think the opposite is true for bloggers: because of the instant gratification of the WordPress “Publish” button, I find that bloggers enjoy writing because they’re constantly sharing that writing with the...
We recommend using the self-hosted WordPress.org platform to everyone because it’s a truly superior blogging platform. We use it on all of our websites, including this one! The main difference between self-hosted WordPress and other options is that it gives you full freedom and control over...