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Earning money online is fairly straight forward with sites like LiteracyBase. Writers provide user-generated content, and the site pays for the writing. Payments do tend to vary with things like the length of a post or how SEO-friendly it is, and that can sometimes make it more difficult for a writer to predict how much money she’ll earn for a given post. New members of LiteracyBase, especially, want to know what will help them earn more money on the site.
This post is a roundup, intended to help both newbies and veteran writers alike make the best of the work from home opportunity that LiteracyBase offers.
While all content you write on LiteracyBase tends to be measured by its length, posts will still earn you the most money of the three. Both replies to forum threads and comments on posts will pay you a little bit, and in both cases you can earn more money if your comment is longer. But it’s still not nearly as much as you would earn for writing a 300-word post.
I was asked by @bestwriter whether the longer comments were worth as much money as a post and I really didn’t know, to be honest. I had written a few comments that were about 100-200 words. But nothing that was 300 words – at least, not that I could recall. So as I was reading posts by some other writers here on LiteracyBase, I looked for a few that really made me want to leave a longer comment. And when I did, I found I had left a number of comments that were around 250-275 words long. All of them earned 2 cents, whereas comments just a little shorter were earning just a penny (and really short comments, a half-penny.)
When I found a post that deserved an even longer comment, I wrote a response that was well over 300 words long – long enough to have been submitting as a post of its own. That standalone post would have earned me about 15 cents. The comment? It brought in just 2 cents.
The lesson here? Do comment to encourage other writers, and do feel free to post a comment that’s 100 or even 200 words long. But if you have much more to say, consider writing a post instead. It will earn you significantly more money in the long run!
LiteracyBase pays you a referral bonus for sending visitors to the site. So whether you wrote a post or you simply discovered a great post by another writer here, share it on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, StumbleUpon, or whatever other social networks you use! There is no limit to how many posts you can share – though you should pick well-written articles that are informative and helpful, because they’ll tend to get more clicks and reshares. And that’s what will earn you more passive income!
Check out the links to follow. There are several helpful posts that will show you how to find your LiteracyBase referral code, and teach you how to use it when you share links to your posts and other quality posts you see on the site.
There are a ton more things you can learn that will help you write better content and earn money on LiteracyBase. Here’s a roundup of just some of the topics you might find helpful. Please share these articles with your writing friends! The more people who learn how to really write for the web, the better all our writing sites will fare and the better potential we all have to earn more money for our writing.
Do You Want to Make More Money Online? – explains how LiteracyBase pays users and what you can do to earn more money here.
7 Great Things You Need to Know About LiteracyBase – an assortment of different tips for navigating LiteracyBase and keeping track of your content and earnings. Note the information on how to find and use your referral code to earn more money!
2 Super Easy Ways to Find Posts You Want – how to find another author’s posts on LiteracyBase. This is very useful if you know you like to read another user’s recipes, product reviews, or how to articles. You can now share a link to your friend’s posts that includes your referral code, and earn extra money by posting it on your social networks!
Are You Sharing Posts on Social Media? – more on how to use your referral code in social media sharing.
How to Get the Best Impact from Your First Words – how not to start a post and why the first words of every post are the most important ones you’ll write.
What is the Best Way to Use Images on LiteracyBase? – how big your images should be, how to name your files, how to write an image credit that won’t land you in a pile of legal troubles.
Why Do You Need to Write for an American Audience? and How to Write About Home and Earn Money – advice for international writers on how to write for Westerners – which is what the search engines want you to do!
Finally, I wrote a series of several articles that examines the importance of titles to your success as a writer on the internet. I began with a 3-part analysis of some post titles I found here on LiteracyBase, and compared them with a similar group of titles I saw shared on Facebook. I looked at how the titles were rated by a free online headline analyzer, and where they could be improved. In the final article, I show you how to rewrite a generic title to give it much bigger impact. It will score better in the headline analyzer, get more clicks, and help you earn a lot more money!
Why Generic Headlines Fail – and Secrets to Boosting Success;
Why Co-Schedule Gave LiteracyBase Headlines a Red Light for Power & Emotion;
Want to learn more about how to earn on LiteracyBase? Looking to improve your English and writing skills in general, or to learn how writing for the internet differs from writing for hard copy? Follow my content here on LiteracyBase and check out my author page, #RubyWriter. I post lots of great content and share many interesting links from all over the web. Learn about writing, SEO, social media, and lots more!
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Great post as usual Kyla. Good you pointed out comments not getting much attention in terms of earning. I have never written long posts but I notice you do, perhaps to steer the community into learning.
@bestwriter Yes, the comments make very little in comparison to the posts. That doesn't mean we should stop commenting, as it is still a viable means to earn a little bit of money when we are reading and sharing one another's posts. It also shows appreciation for a fellow writer's content, which can be most helpful when a writing friend is needing a little extra support!
But all that being said, it is the posts that earn the most on LiteracyBase. (Sorry for the rhyme: I couldn't help myself!) And although it may seem more "economical" to write several shorter posts, I like to go with posts that are at least 500-700 words long (if not longer) for several reasons:
1) It makes less work for the staff when they are assessing and approving posts;
2) It means a shorter publishing queue, so more writers will get the chance to publish a post in any given period of time;
3) Because the work of creating graphics, composing titles and promoting our content can take just as long as writing the post itself, it can be a big timesaver to write fewer posts and to make them longer;
4) It's better for SEO, which helps the site. And if LiteracyBase is getting better page views and earning more from ad revenue, that means a more stable, sustainable site for all of us too :)
The fact that Literacy Base allows short posts they must be having reasons. I prefer short posts. It is interesting to write on various topics.
Everyone is free to write how they want, as long as they follow the site rules. I think the reason for LB setting the minimum at 300 words was simply because the owners wanted to attract more writers and feared a higher minimum would scare many people away.
That doesn't mean that it's good for the site's search ranking to have many shorter posts. Like anything, it's a compromise. If they allow shorter posts, they get a higher volume of posts and that makes the site look busy. But if the posts are mostly short, the site won't gain much in the way of ranking.
Right now, more than 50% of site traffic comes from India - and yet the site is ranked 41,664th in that country. Almost 35% of traffic comes from the Philippines and LB rates 3,082th there, which is significantly better. But if you look at where the traffic is coming from, it's mostly people who are hoping to earn here or who are friends of LB users. So the site has no real reach at the moment. The SEO must improve if it will survive.
I was just wondering about sites that have ranked high but accept even a sentence or two and also broken English. myLot is one such example.
Any way I have reasons why I write short posts and the reason that I can write on many subjects is just one of the reasons.
I want to enjoy being here and as for sharing I am honest in saying that none of my contacts write online. So may be others could share my posts with their contacts and earn.
@bestwriter Comparing MyLot to LiteracyBase is a bit difficult because the two sites are set up for different purposes. The forum here at LB is similar to MyLot in that there is no minimum length for a forum thread, and only minimal moderation to check for inappropriate content.
But MyLot doesn't revolve around a knowledge base or longer posts, which is how LB was set up to function. MyLot was designed to facilitate discussion; when search engines look at a page they see not the short sentence or two, but a very long string of comments - often 50-100 words long, with replies just as long. So a search engine sees hundreds of words, and keywords being repeated over and over in the comments. I imagine that helps a great deal.
Here on LB, a threaded conversation is not really encouraged. Just as an example, in order to respond to your comment I had to reply to myself and tag you: it was impossible to carry our conversation back and forth for more than two full volleys. And as you yourself have pointed out, many comments here go unanswered. Unfortunately, we also get a large number of comments that are either generic (in the vein of "nice post") or that refer to the post but fail to mention any of the keywords. That adds length, but it also lowers the keyword density. So it's not much help for site ranking :(
Also, I do think it's significant that higher ranking sites have a larger percentage of both search engine referrals and American/European visitors. We know that search engines and ad services value English-speaking markets like USA and UK. They also tend to prefer European traffic over traffic from other geographic regions.
I suspect it's these last two factors that keep BlogJob up & running despite the fact that it isn't paying users. And if you ask me, the site has no incentive to even discuss when it will reinstate the payment program as long as users keep posting and writing in the forums and groups. Their stats are dropping, but they should still be earning all the same. Without an incentive to writers to push for a certain objective, and without a promise from the site that they'll restore payments if they reach a specific target, the site could go on earning from the writers without paying, pretty much indefinitely.
These are good tips for us to follow. I never thought that we can also earn from sharing other blogs in social medias. I just the other way around. It brightens up my day today. Thanks for sharing it.
Yes @shavkat, we can make the same visitor referral bonus regardless of whether we share our own posts or someone else's. What matters is that our own referral code must be included in the link for LiteraycBase to record the visit and pay us for the referral.
Great post My friend. I like your idess especially media sharing. Writing longer posts are better. Earn more money
Thanks so much @peachpurple! I hope more people will share their own posts and their friends'. This will help bring potential writers to look at LiteracyBase, and it can also help with ad revenue and search ranking over time.
Great ideas Kyla! Your posts are a delight to read.
Thanks so much, @swalia! I hope that reading this post and the others linked will help many fellow writers to earn more money.
Great ways to get more out of being a member on this website.
What I really like about LiteracyBase is that there are lots of different ways to earn. Of course, writing posts is the best way. But some people are choosing just to interact while their lives are too busy to allow or writing time :)
I really need to get busy and write, thanks for the info.
It would be great to see you posting here, Andria!
Great post. Step by step instructions. Very well written and informative. I will definitely have to make some time and start to write. Thank you for your inspiration.
Thanks so much for the compliment, Francine! I look forward to seeing what you'll choose to write about and learning about all your writing successes :)
Thank you for your encouraging words.
Literacy Base should pay writers more that take the time to put great effort into post comments. You should get a badge for all the time and care you give all the writers here on Literacy Base. It is hard to make money on writing sites; however you make the impossible seem possible. Thank you!
It is true that writing the posts d for LB is a great work and Lb gives its return in money. the other source of earning making comments on the written posts and but the post must be more than I think, 700 words so that to could say easily with argument in a single post.
I think the consists of 300 words is not good for earning because 300 words post is insufficient for complete commentary. Everyone write 700 words post on the new topic with functional words and use images if need be according to situation enhances the grace of your post.
O have experienced on adsense writing thousands of posts on my site every new article is read with keen interest. Your materials must not be copied and cheated nor software distorted as most of the writers do on internet is a bad habit.
Kyla, dear, You are doing a good job.Your views are like a beautiful bouquet for all those who are new in this field. I myself have been wondering what to do and how to do? But after having gone through your directions and information, I have got a lot of confidence and I hope my job as a writer for LB will become easy as the time passes.Moreover, you have become a source of inspiration for all you.Thanks a lot.