![]() Like Listverse and Upworthy, submission does not necessarily mean a payout is guaranteed, and in the case of Guideposts, the stories must be inspiring and true-this can be a hard niche to hit. They seek out works of approximately 1,500 words, and they pay out a little over $100 for each accepted submission. Guideposts is a spiritual or inspirational online publisher. ![]() The only other benefit to Listverse is the opportunity to plug a personal project – they allow writers to tie a Twitter handle, blog or author interview to their submitted article. The site doesn't require any credentials or special qualifications, but articles may not be accepted if they don't hold up to a certain standard, or if they are humorless or boring. For each article the payout is $100 sent directly to your PayPal. While far from the most prestigious use of one's talent for writing, Listverse pays. Top-ten lists and other bite-sized content articles, a product of the clickbait Internet environment, are Listverse's primary product. The content on Listverse is exactly what you might imagine. Rather than a consistent income, Upworthy is better considered a publishing opportunity. If your work is accepted, the payout will be around twenty-five cents a word. For this reason, Upworthy is a better place to start publishing, or seek initial publishing credits. This is the norm for the industry, and ServiceScape and Upwork are (for the most part) the exceptions to the rule. Unlike Upwork and ServiceScape, Upworthy relies on pitches from authors, which only pay out if they are accepted. ![]() Upworthy is unlike either ServiceScape or Upwork, which both support their authors and provide a variety of opportunities. Upworthy deals with projects that address social justice and positive news, and if you have unpublished work on those topics, you could do worse than to pitch the article to Upworthy. Authors can pitch directly to clients, but won't have to rely solely on marketing themselves: theoretically ClearVoice is a happy medium between the ServiceScape and Upwork styles of matching clients to freelancers. Unlike Upwork however, which places the stress of finding clients on the shoulders of the freelancer, ClearVoice directs clients toward writers and editors who match their profile, and this results in less time spent seeking new clients, and more time spent writing, editing, and making money. Then, like Upwork, ClearVoice links freelancers with clients. ![]() Like ServiceScape, ClearVoice allows a freelancer to develop their online portfolio, set their own rates, and verify their credentials. ClearVoiceĬlearVoice is similar to Upwork and to ServiceScape in many ways. Authors who value money over time will find Upwork is a good investment. Unlike sites like ServiceScape, where there is little room to approach new clients within the structure of the site, Upwork allows writers to invest time seeking out new projects. That being said, once the application process becomes familiar and streamlined, Upwork can offer more opportunities than most freelancing websites. It can be frustrating to spend time searching for work, rather than working. It takes a long time working with Upwork before clients begin to seek out the author, and this means that Upwork requires time dedicated to hunting down jobs. Upwork is a reasonable competitor to ServiceScape, but uses a more common project structure where writers seek out assignments and apply to them individually, rather than being sought out by clients. A university degree or an English as a second language teaching certificate will be a big draw for clients. Furthermore, credentials are confirmed by ServiceScape, so all of your writing and editing credentials, degrees or other certifications, can be displayed prominently. Happy clients generate more clients, and consistently happy clients will produce a correlated increase in earning. ServiceScape allows authors to set their own prices, and the amount of work they receive will be proportional to the quality of the service they provide as determined by the clients. The layout of the website is intuitive and clients come to the writer, rather than the author seeking them out. I work for Servicescape, and it's mostly excellent, at least as a supplementary income. Today I want to talk about a few websites where a writer's investment in their abilities can (literally) begin to pay off. I spend a lot of time writing about resources for writers, how much they cost, what they offer and whether they are worth it for authors and editors. While these opportunities can be important stepping stones toward a professional career, there comes a time when writers need to be paid for their expertise. Oftentimes, freelancers of an artistic persuasion are expected to work for exposure or to volunteer their services for friends and families. For writers, artists and editors, this is especially true. They say if you're good at something, never do it for free.
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