It's really quite easy to make money selling articles. The World Wide Web need constant fresh content to keep it running and anyone who can provide good quality articles will always have work to do if they go about it properly.

You can check out some of the freelance bidding sites where people willing to buy articles and other things will state what they need and invite freelance writers to bid on the project. there is usually a rating system in place.

This means that if you are just starting out your rating will be low or non existent. It will take time to build up a good rating, but it will be worthwhile doing. With a low feedback rating you may have to accept low paid article projects to begin with.

To some extent you can make up for this by working harder to produce more, but in time your rating will increase and with that increase you should be able to increase your pay rates too.

Those who make money selling articles usually see it as the long term work that it is. The best way to earn good money selling articles is to become really good at what you do. This takes time; there's no real shortcut. Always try to position yourself as different from the crowd. Try to have a unique edge of some kind that publishers are likely to want.

One of the best paid ways to make money selling articles is to write search engine optimized (SEO) articles. This is not really very difficult to do. You will need to educate yourself in the basics of SEO and put forward a compelling case for why the articles your client's buy from you should be properly optimized for the search engines. But this is not difficult to do either.

SEO companies charge their clients a lot usually. Part of what they charge for is likely to be web content or articles in other words. If you can write the kind of optimized articles that work best for web content, you can most likely find work with the SEO companies. They will usually pay a lot more than the average person developing a website.

It's not essential, but to be seen as a real professional in this market you need your own website promoting your writing abilities. This isn't primarily to make money, but rather a website to direct busy SEO companies to. When they see that you have a well built professional looking website, you are likely to be treated more seriously.

You will also need a portfolio on your website. This is simply a collection of articles you have written. It's best if they are original and have not been published elsewhere, but it's not essential as long as they are your original work.

When you start to expect others to take you seriously and see you as an article writing professional, you need to realize that it's time to push up your charges. If an SEO company decides to hire you, they will expect you to charge at least $25 an article, or even more. If you are still charging $5 or so, they will begin to wonder about your abilities. Don't be afraid to charge what you are worth.