A freelance writer is someone who gets paid for an online piece of writing. If you a newbie to freelance writing I just want to get in-depth about the types of freelance writing jobs you can apply for as a freelance writer.

In this article, I will also discuss what are the exclusive benefits which are only for freelance writers. Once you have decided to pursue your career in freelance writing jobs, you have to understand the types of jobs you can apply to and what is best for you to apply to.

Types Of Freelance Writing Jobs

• ARTICLE AND BLOG WRITING

There is a slight difference between articles and blog posts. There is not much of a difference between these two but the article is a more in-depth type and well-researched of content writing whereas a blog post is precise and easygoing than that. This kind of job nature such as article and blog post writing is covering the bulk of freelance writing jobs online. 

Article writing pays better than the blog post writing. But blog post writing is nowadays more popular than article writing. A blog post is in a conversational tone where is articles are mostly journalistic tones. So, considering one of the other better than each other is a tough choice to make. 

As a freelance writer, you must master these two categories, they use in increasing traffic to the websites. You can also create your own blog. But creating your own blog requires a lot of time and effort and it’s not at all an easy job.

• MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

These types of writing mostly having a typical article writing. The newspapers and magazine writers are an informer to general people about any current event and the piece of writing is published in a magazine or a newspaper.

In this category competition is higher, the pay is lower and most of the time experience is a must.

• WEBSITE CONTENT

Website content is what you have seen written on when you visit a website. Like the Home page, the About page, frequently asked Q and A’s, product illustration, and all the other pages you have seen on different websites are written by web content writers.

Nowadays every company is building a website these types of writers are in increasing demand and having a reasonably paid value.

• COPYWRITING & SEO WRITING

Again to repeat this, if you need to be successful in getting freelance writing jobs and making clients, or to be a successful and in-demand freelance writer these two will be your best friend. Whatever content you write must be eye-catching, engage the audience, and having good search engine optimized than no one can beat you.

Learn SEO and Copywriting today and involve in every piece of writing you are dealing with. If you are a writer whose writing is ranking higher in search engines such as Google and you are increasing traffic through your posts you are more likely to be successful in freelance writing jobs.

• LEGAL WRITING

If you are a legal person or having know-how about it. This category will pay you off as this niche is in demand. This type of writing needs to be double-quick and smart and requires a law background.

• E-BOOKS

If you are okay with the lengthy writing projects or need a project which is a long term then this category suits you best. The client may require to write e-books about the biography of their own, a company’s product explanation, or much more reason.

Whatever the purpose of an e-book is, most of the time it’s not written under your name and it’s a time-taking and challenging project.

• AFFILIATE CONTENT WRITING

This is basically a form of marketing strategy, in which an affiliate content writer kind of promote or market the product through the piece of writing. As a writer, you need to explain product details, its pros, and cons too but mostly your writing should be in the favour of the product. 

After the writing piece is completed you will provide a product link at the end which will be an affiliate link. If someone bought that product through your writing content and the link given in that, you will get paid accordingly. This is another category that is in demand and most well paid.

• EDITING, AND TRANSLATION 

This one is an easy job. In editing and proofreading, you will be given an already written content and you have to go through it and look for grammatical and spelling errors, the topic is well covered or not, the tone is right or not, etc. If you have a good critic’s eye or you are good at observation, you can go for this category.

Translation works for you if you know more than 1 or 2 languages. In this category also the content is already written you just have to translate it into the required language.

• GHOSTWRITING

Ghostwriting is that your piece of writing will not be published under your name. This is a category I really don’t like or recommend. If you don’t need urgent money and can wait for it try to publish your content under your name this will help your career as a freelance writer. 

Initially, if you are not getting freelance writing jobs I might advise you to do it unpaid but not ghostwrite. But, no doubt it’s profitable but not recommended by me. 

• RESUME WRITING

If you can write a good resume this will be a good category to start with. It is mostly a side business. Not everybody can write resumes and if you help them writing it and they get hired, you will not only get paid but also be praised and get prayers. 

Exceptional Benefits Of Freelance Writing Jobs

Freelancing itself is having a lot of benefits especially over a traditional job, but Freelance writer jobs are having some exceptional benefits listed below:

• A variety of work under one category that is writing
• Flexible job and job timings
• Chances of earning more than 9-5 jobs
• Freedom of expression
• Decrease stress 
• Your work creates awareness for people
• Your mind is growing with constant learning
• Fame and money together
• Most secure job category of Freelancing

Some tips: Like if have said before always prioritize your client. Think about it, research thoroughly, then go for the project. Always communicate with your client will help you setting up and getting freelance writing jobs. Every client whoever is hiring you has the goal to either to increase traffic to the web or increase the selling of the product. 

Always keep in mind no one hires anyone for writing. There is a purpose behind every project. Always understand and keep that purpose in your mind. Understand that you are hired to fulfill an expectation of the client and his needs. With your writing and help the client to generate sales.

Keep on trying. Many people when starting their freelancing career get freelance writing jobs that are unpaid or uncredited. Don’t get disheartened by that. Spend time in learning and building your skills slowly and gradually you will get paid and get credit ultimately.

Or you recently encounter a friend or family who just started as a freelance writer and you have zero ideas about it. Well, I will give answers to most of your questions regarding freelance writing and freelance writer in the post below, that will help you to kick start your career as a freelance writer.

Freelance Writing And Freelance Writer

Freelance writing is a branch of Freelancing which is already discussed in my previous article.  There are a lot of things one can do in freelancing, but today I will be covering what is freelance writing and how you can kick start your career as a freelance writer.

A freelance writer is a type of writer who works from home through a laptop, and completely independent and self-employed. You can write on about almost anything, or you can choose your niche according to your interest. As a freelance writer, you have the freedom to express each and everything you want.

There are two types of freelance writers who are doing freelance writing on a full-time basis, and the others who do it on a part-time basis. It depends on your schedule and personal choice what suits best for you, or whether you prefer it over your traditional job.

 How to Setup As A Freelance Writer?

• Things You Will Need

A need only following things to kick start your career as a freelance writer:

1. A decently upgraded laptop with Microsoft word 
2. A good internet connection

• Skills And Softwares You Need To Master

– WRITING PRACTICE

This is the main skill you need to master, rest are all side ones. Only practice can make you a better writer and nothing else. If you feel sad or happy write. If you feel anxious write. Are you facing a major trauma or major change in life? Write. Having some thought in mind? Write. This will make your way expressive, improve your writing skills, speed, and tone.

Do you know what is the main thing besides practice that can improve your writing? It is learning and reading about each and everything, and gaining information daily. Keep feeding your mind with information to grow.

– MICROSOFT WORD

I don’t think that Microsoft office or Microsoft word needs any introduction for not only freelance writers but also for everyone who uses a computer. This is a software pack almost always installed in windows. 

Microsoft word is a software used to write letters, documents, applications, and different types of writing pieces. As a freelance writer, you must start with a Microsoft word as your writing pad. It’s easy to use and contains everything one may need.

– PICTURE EDITING TOOLS

After writing an important aspect is to learn photo or picture editing. Pictures must be attractive, high quality, and relevant to the topic of your article or blog. As a freelance writer always use Alt text for every image you use in your text.

You can use pictures from a copyright-free website such as Pixabay. Or you can also use pictures to edit and make them your own by using editing software like Canva.

– GRAMMAR CORRECTORS

Being a freelance writer having grammatical errors is generally unacceptable. Don’t worry nobody is perfect. You can write freely and later on correct your grammar using the build-in software or online available software such as Grammarly. It will not only correct grammar but also provide a lot of aids to your writing.

– SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO)

This one is the key to your success as a freelance writer. I can not emphasize enough on this one. But my advice is to start learning SEO as soon as you start your career as a freelance writer.

SEO is search engine optimization which is needed for increasing the traffic on your blog post or article by search engine results such as Google. 

– COPYWRITING

To start your career as a freelance writer, I will recommend you to learn about copywriting which is actually focus on the things that will increase sales to your services or products if you are writing affiliate content for example. Copywriting helps the customer or audience to take action. 

– LEARN ABOUT HIRING PLATFORMS 

And finally, once you have all the skills and software in orders start your research on the platforms or websites through which you will get hired like Fiverr or Upwork. Understand them so that because they are the platforms between you and your client.

• Step by Step Setup

Once you have mastered the skills and software start setting up yourself as a Freelance Writer with these steps:

– DECIDE YOUR NICHE

Niche is basically a category you want to write on. This can be something related to your field or something you are good at or understand better. Once you have decided your niche. My advice is to stick to it as it’s better for your career. But if don’t many people have their own style of writing and they write on almost everything this is also not an issue. But choosing a niche helps you to focus more and results will be better.

– PUBLISH SAMPLE WORK

Once you have decided your niche. Start writing guys what are you waiting for? I mean I know you are asking how and where? The answer to this is the website that provides you a platform to publish your writing work under your own name such as Medium.com you can get an idea from my profile on that. 

How this will help? In freelance writing, it is difficult to get hired without samples of articles. Once you approach a client send them your proposals with your sample works links. This will increase your hiring chances and get the client an idea about your writing style.

– SETUP A PORTFOLIO

It’s better than with the online sample of published articles you create your online portfolio. The portfolio must be attractive, and explain all about you, and your skills as a freelance writer, can be made easily on Medium or you can create your one-page portfolio website for a better explanation. Check out my profile for reference.

– RESEARCH

Whenever you get any project or topic to write on getting thorough research about that first before writing is crucial. Read all the related articles, blogs, and researches on that topic to get an idea then start writing. Use search engines for your research such as Google or Google scholars.

– WRITE YOUR CONTENT

Start writing your content in Microsoft word. Keep short sentences. Use bullets and headings to improve readability. Make short paragraphs. Then check your text for grammar mistakes and finalize. Everything between 500-1500 words is good to go.

– EDIT AND ADD RELEVANT PICTURES

Add relevant pictures in your text after editing from canvas or downloaded from copyright-free websites. Add alt text in every one of them.

– PUBLISH OR SUBMIT

Once your text and pictures are ready submit your work to the client or publish on the platform you are working on. Check out the blog I am working on Cheekly.

– MAKE A PROFILE ON HIRING PLATFORMS

Hiring platforms are a lot of them but you need to consider those who are trustworthy. Platforms that are user-friendly, scam-free, and have a secure payment method such as Fiverr and Upwork. You can visit my profile link on them to get a better idea.

– APPLY AND SEARCH FOR JOBS

All the above was relevant about how to write and how to publish and where to publish. This was to introduce yourself to the world of freelance writers. Now, you need to apply for jobs. I have already discussed the platform on which you can search for jobs. Go there set up a profile and start finding jobs such as Fiverr.

Once you find your relevant job. Starting pitching and sending proposals to clients. Give them the link to their sample work and portfolio to get hired.

– UNDERSTAND YOUR CLIENT

There are thousands of freelance writers or jobs for them in the market. But why are some successes and others don’t? The reason is to get a job lot of things matter, but one thing that matters most is the client. You have to understand your client and what he is required. 

If you communicate and understand him it will not only help you to deliver the desired work but also building up a long-term professional relationship with the client. Learn better how to pitch for jobs to get hired.

Top 10 Niches In Trends

You can write on every topic but it’s better to find and stick to your niche. Check you the link to find more about top niches you can write. I am listing below the top 10 in my opinion.

1. Freelancing
2. Pets
3. Health, and Fitness
4. Food and Nutrition 
5. Beauty and Fashion
6. Lifestyle
7. Travel and Tourism
8. Information and Technology
9. SEO and Digital Marketing
10. Parenting

Additional tips are to stay consistent and patient. Success never comes overnight, it comes best to those who wait patiently. Always try to look for great content for your article or blog post which is of public interest and according to your niche. And always make eye-catching headlines as this is a must. In the end, I just want to say that Don’t jump over things, stay calm. Spend your time in learning and reading and this will be the key to success for your career as a freelance writer.