English is not really my first language but I wanted to give this a go anyways and it is terrible to say the least so bad for me because over half the articles I have written on iWriter have been rejected. You couldn't pay me to write an article even if you offered me a million bucks because my English writing skills are the worst although I am trying my best to better my skills. What is the point of spending all these hours writing articles and doing all this research to write a decent article if they just go and decline all that hard work? I am sure you might have had an article or two declined or rejected but the truth is I have so far written over 10 articles and over half of them have been rejected. What is your experience with article writing like? How was it like for you when you first started and is there a better service then iWriter that you can suggest that has a better approval rate then iWriter or something? Not looking to get rich or anything just want to make some money on the side and article writing seems to do just that.
I feel for you and do understand your plight. I too am not a natural speaker of English. I fortunately had parents who could afford private tutoring and later on I studied English while at university. If you consider the money you have lost and all the wasted effort, then you do need to accept the fact that an investment is needed here. Why don't you attempt to find the money and the time to take a comprehensive English course? You could even do so online. You obviously have a strong foundation in English and you would do well in short order. If you don't heed my advice then you will be fighting a losing battle and you will be here posting another thread in a year or two with the same result, nothing will have changed for you. Good luck to you with whatever you choose to do.
When Google is there you can easily adopt to any type of language with hard work! Trust me nothing is impossible!
When I first started I wrote all my articles. But then I started to outsource my writing ton save time. If you are a writer you can look at fivver, odesk, get a freelancer, just the top of my head.
Hi from Eddie P You won't get much income from article marketing I'm afraid. I have an expert author status with Ezine Articles, (one of the best article sites), and have made little money as a result of 20 articles published. My suggestion is setting up a WordPress blog for free and do your article writing there -- a least you won't be rejected! You can also put an affiliate offer or two on a blog and possibly earn income. I have info on setting up a free WordPress blog, including free hosting. Send me a message if you would like this info. I also know of a free site that helps you check you articles for grammar and spelling errors. I use it before I submit my articles and have had none rejected. I'll gladly share this info with you as well. Cheers!
This is not necessarily because your writing sucks. iWriter is one of the worst sites in the world for selling articles: the entire system is weighted massively to the buyer and takes an enormous poop on the writers (usually from a great height). The ONLY reason it's so popular is because it's easy to get screwed... er... I mean, "easy to use". You could write for yourself (as others have said). You could write for rev share (though income is sloooooooooow). You could look for a training program. You could look for other writing sites. You could look for actual writing jobs. I've been writing for 4-5 years and it's made me more money than anything else online. That's not saying much, to be honest, given how crap I am at other stuff... but I've earned several thousand dollars every year from writing. I've moved on a little bit since I started, switching to other things I enjoy (like WP plugin development), but I still write for two main clients and the pay is nice. Yes, it's hard to get your foot (or even a toe) in the door, but frankly... your writing isn't as bad as some people I've hired in the past. Other sites? iWriter is pretty unique, not only in the setup but in the many ways it's bad. Assuming you don't want to use the bidding sites and prefer the easy option (i.e. "write, submit, get paid" as opposed to "join, bid, fight for work, argue, struggle, win bid, write, get paid") the best thing I can do is pimp the site I built the plugin for - the one in my sig. Their setup is a marketplace where you write, submit and wait for your work to sell; everything is rated (or refused) by the staff - who actually give rejection reasons and even reply to emails. Not the best pay in the world, but then they do all the selling and client hassle stuff. You just write. And no, I don't get paid for sending people there.
Get out of iWriter. If you can produce excellent research, you can always hire an editor to proofread & edit your articles. Secure clients outside as the flow is more regular and you get paid higher.
Thank you all for the kind responses here. These are all great responses but however I am a tad confused as to if I did set up my own wordpress blog or even wrote articles for myself as some others have suggested here then how am I supposed to make any sort of money from doing this? I have my own domain name and hosting I just need to build a website and have it uploaded to the domain and while building a wordpress blog sounds good or writing for myself sounds good too I am unsure of how that will bring me any money? Again I don't hope to get rich or strike gold with article writing just some extra money for my pocket would do. I will be sure to look into people who can proofread my articles next time although coming up with ideas for me is not the greatest since most of what I do is just read 4 or 5 different articles on the same topic and then summarize them all into one long article and that is how I submit my articles. Other times I will indeed do some extensive research on the topic if it seems like an easy topic and based on my research write an article like that. I am slowly but surely learning that iWriter is not really the best route to take when it comes to article writing well for me anyhow. But I thank you all for taking the time to respond I greatly appreciate it
Hmmm building up a website with your works is to build up your portfolio, and also in hope that people will chance upon your website when searching for article writers (through SEO). You should go out to get clients (via Fiverr, via DP Content section or even Warrior forum).
And, of course, the obligatory CPC/CPM ad banner, which will make a few cents. I find that the people who use iWriter don't want to do this. That's why they use iWriter - because they don't have to look for clients - everything is spoon-fed. That's why iWriter is so popular: it's the epitome of the content mill design because it requires no thought and no work to find "jobs"... unfortunately, it sucks on every other front. Unfortunately, ever since someone started posting ads that give the impression that writing is easy (and all the imbeciles jumped on the bandwagon to do the same ebook sale), the market is flooded with people who (a) believe that putting words on paper is the same as writing and (b) want everything handed to them on a plate. Hence iWriter. It's a simple fact that you can get MUCH better money doing proper jobs. One of my main clients pay around $20 an hour (for easy stuff); the other pays $30 an hour for tougher stuff. That's nice money, but it's real work and not just throwing words around to see if they fit. For @johnnyr860, I honestly believe you could work either way. Your writing isn't bad and there's plenty of scope for the easy work (at iWriter, WLE World, Fiverr, DP and even tasking sites like Microworkers) or you could hitch up your work-wagon and find some proper clients, either by looking on the bidding sites or building your own blog/portfolio and letting them come to you.
Spot on TIEro. Ultimately it boils down to where your passion lies. If you truly want to do writing for a long haul, then you should consider building your portfolio and branding.
It's usually easier for writers to succeed if they work in their native language. My native tongue is English. However, other people might want to see if they're websites that offer jobs in other languages.