Now You Can Earn $1000 as a New Writer Without Curation and Major Publications
Don’t get stuck up with the jargon.
The analysis paralysis is real.
Humans have a tendency to build everything perfectly so that no one can find any fault in their creation.
However, it is not a good idea when taken to the extreme.
Time is wasted, and ideas run into dead ends because of this mindset. It is said that the most important thing is not to be perfect but just to move on. You don’t need to have a perfect first article.
I have seen a ton of new writers who struggle to put out their work only because they think that it is not ready yet. But the rules of digital writing are different.
You don’t take your writing to perfectionism in isolation.
You write, publish and then take feedback and improve on it.
What if I tell you a story about how I made more than $1000 without any major publications?
My Little Experiment
I wake up at 5 A.M, make a cup of coffee, check my emails and then sit at my table to start writing every single day. I have posted more than 15 articles in the last three weeks. Among them, I only submitted 2–3 pieces to the major publications (with a follower count of more than 50,000).
The rest of them were self-published.
I have been writing for the last year, and I used to believe that publications matter because they give you a stadium full of eyes.
But to my surprise, the curation rate and publishing to major publications don’t matter when it comes to what people want to read.
My best-performing article this month is self-published.
My second best-performing article this month is not even curated (again self-published).
You only need to master a few basics to write viral articles that will fetch you that early $100 and eventually $1000.
Writing Magnetic Headlines
The Pareto principle is at play every time.
Out of the 10 people, 8 will read your headline, but only 2 of them will click and read your article.
Your aim is to make your headline so magnetic that it drives 80% of your readers to click on it.
Your well-written, formatted article doesn’t matter if your headline isn’t catchy and brings the reader to click on it.
The three questions you need to answer when writing a headline -
1. Who will benefit from this article?
2. How do I help them?
3. What makes this article special?
You should always have a clear avatar of your target audience for whom you are writing. It will help you get clear with your message and address them directly.
For example, here I’m writing for new writers who want to make extra income. I am helping them avoid the system’s complications and focus on writing. This article is special because so many people waste their time optimizing their profile, finding the best publications, and attaching hope to curations that they miss the objective — To provide value to readers.
Learn to write clickable headlines and deliver your promise in your article.
Dumb It Down
You may incline to make your article long and sound “clever” with your 100,000-word vocabulary.
Don’t.
My attention span is getting shorter, my reader’s attention span is getting shorter, and everyone’s attention span is getting shorter.
It is a curse that we have to live with. So, keep your articles short and to the point.
No one wants to read complex words that they don’t understand. Know that your readers are there to get value from your article, not to learn new words.
Think about readers when formatting your article, when editing it and when structuring and dumbing it down so that even a 6th standard kid can read and understand everything.
Your audience is the king.
Don’t overcomplicate things; write, and you are good to go.
Your aim is to make your headline so magnetic that it makes readers click on it.
You should know for whom you are writing the article and what kind of message you want to deliver.
You have to keep your articles short and simple while still providing value.