How Much Are You Making Online?

In December of 2008, I began writing online, mostly for eHow in the beginning. I had no real expectations to make very much money, but I was sure hoping for some kind of windfall passive income. Initially, I only make a couple of bucks from my articles written in December, but since then, I have made a couple hundred dollars from those first few articles. Ehow has even deleted some, but I am still making money.

Fast forward to September of 2010 and I am now making a steady $1,300 to $1,600 per month from eHow, Bukisa, Associated Content, Oainternet, Clickbank and Commission Junction. Google adsense through blogger and hubpages are just trickling in. The majority of my money is made from eHow and Clickbank right now. I can no longer write for eHow because I do not want to sell my articles to Demand Studios, so I am now writing on Hubpages or my own blogs.

Although I am happy with the passive income that I am making right now, I am also surprise to hear that Pat Flynn from Smartpassiveincome.com is making between $7,000 and $20,000 per month. I don't know exactly when he started, but Pat started posting his monthly income statements in October 2008, just a couple months before I began writing online. I do believe that Pat had begun some of his online money making attempts way before October 2008. However, I cannot help but compare myself to Pat in some ways just because we were both trying to make passive income at the same time.

Another huge difference between Pat and myself, besides our income, is that Pat has dabbled in many different internet money making adventures such as educational test study kits, cell phone apps, ebooks and his own websites. I have not tried any of these pursuits because they seem way over my head.

I have also noticed that Pat does not even really try to make money from Google Adsense.

These differences make me wonder what I should do differently today? Although, I know that I am not going to go down the road of making cell phone apps or sell test kits, I still have a lot to learn from Pat Flynn.

Pat has been an inspiration to us all because he has shown us that it can be done. If you put in the time now, you can benefit in the future. Now I just need to figure out what it is I need to do to grow my future passive income, you are welcome to follow me along the way.

Sometimes Articles Do Make More on Associated Content

Most of the time it seems that there is not much money to be made on Associated Content, however, I have noticed that there are times when an article can make more money on AC than anywhere else.

There is a quirky editing team on AC that offers more money for articles that on subject matters that are not well covered or even heard of.

Has AC ever offered you a low up front payment for a good keyworded article because "there are already too many articles on AC covering the subject? This has happened to me numerous times. I can write an article on a good topic such as Credit or Teeth Whitening only to be offered two bucks from AC.

I can then write an article (fictitious) on How to Clean My Eyebrows with Mayonnaise and AC offers a fair amount. Since this article would not make a penny anywhere else, I am happy to take an offer from AC.

I have noticed that some of my articles that have never made a penny on websites such as eHow, Bukisa, Blogger, and Hubpages, even after being posted for many months or years, can then be sold to Associated Content for an upfront offer. It is unbelievable.

If you have articles that have never made a penny or have been deleted off of other writing websites, you just may want to give them a try over a AC before sending them to the recycle bin.

Make Money Now on Associated Content

I have found a new way for you to make some fast cash online. It is called Associated Content. You can write, just about anything that you want and submit it to Associated Content. They will usually pay between $1.00 - $15.00 per article of 400 words or more. The subject matter needs to be fresh for the higher payments. They also pay you a regular residual for your number of page views.

Articles that do not qualify for upfront payment and still receive regular performance payments which are pretty nice.

The only draw back is that they only pay via Paypal. Paypal is not good for consumers or business, but most people have not figured that out yet, they are theives and shister over at Paypal, try to avoid them if you can.

Write a few articles for Associated Content just to try it out, you may like it and find a new stream of income. Making money online is possible, it is not fast money, but it will eventually be a good income.

So you want to Make Money Writing Online?

There are many opportunities for you to make money online. You will not get rich overnight, but over time you will be able to eek out a nice passive income. Many of your better articles will continue to make money for you for years. Here are some good resources for posting your wares:

Hubpages.com

Ehow.com

Bukisa Best money maker so far.

Today Blog for Money Steady money every day. They pay you $1.00 for everyday that you post a 100 word blog.

Associated Content

Your own Blogspot

Start checking out the options and you will be surprised that over time, you will make money online, and continue to make money even when you are not online. You will not make money overnight but in time when your income starts to flow in, you will consider it to be fast money.