Merriam-Webster describes a freelancer as a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer. Actually, a freelancer is getting paid for every project that he is able to deliver to the utmost satisfaction of his employer. Some writers are getting good earnings just by doing a freelance writing job.
Finding a freelance writing job on the internet is not an easy thing to do because of competition. The buyer has so many service providers to choose from and you will have to go through the eye of the needle to land the project. The best thing that you can do is show him previous samples of your works and if he is impressed with your samples, then he will instantly select you ahead of the others. Otherwise, he will continue looking at other prospects.
There are some variety of freelance writing job. First and foremost is content writing. This is where a website owner hire somebody to write contents for his website or blog. It can give the writer a very good source of income but the offers of this type of job are very few and far between. Then, there is article writing where a client will be requesting you to write articles for him because he will submit them to article directories. Commenting on blogs and forums are lesser form of a writing job but they still can give you a steady source of income because many clients are always looking for writers to comment on blogs and forums. Although the rates are very low but the offers are aplenty.
Freelance writing job can prove to be very rewarding if you can find a buyer who likes your work very much and he will go on hire your services indefinitely. But just like anybody who is just starting out, landing that first big project can be very hard and difficult because you will be drown by the others who are proven and more established than you. A very useful tip I can give to those who are just starting out is this, strive very hard to earn your first positive feedback. If it means giving out your service for free, then you must do it just to earn your first positive feedback. Once you have that, you are then very visible to the buyers and getting projects will not be very difficult anymore like when you first just start out.
