Get Paid to Write: 5 Sites That Pay $50+ for Guest Posts and 35 More “Write-for-Pay” Sites

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October 11, 2011

There are tons of ways to get paid to write. Many are covered right here on this site, eg: SEO article writing; creating minisites; and writing for write-for-pay sites like eHow and AssociatedContent, to name a few. However, one option that’s not discussed nearly as much is getting paid to do guest blog posts.

While we accept guest posts here at InkwellEditorial.com, we don’t pay for them. But, there are quite a few sites that do – and it’s pretty decent money. Following are five.

Note: I “blog for free” all the time. I do it for PR purposes and have appeared on some of the most popular blogs in freelance writing, eg, CopyBlogger and FreelanceWritingGigs to name just a couple. For me, it’s paid off handsomely. I point this out to say, IMO, there’s a time and a place for writing for free.

get-paid-to-guest-postGet Paid to Guest Post Site #1: WritersWeekly.com: Rate — $60 for 600-word articles. Get their guest post submission guidelines.  

Get Paid to Guest Post Site #2: BloggingTips.com: Site accepts unpaid guests posts, but also pays a roster of frequent guest posters. I wrote for this site for about a year and a half starting in early 2008 on into 2009. See all of my posts on the site.

Posts can be any length you want and you can write on whatever you want, as long as it’s about blogging/making money online.

When I wrote for them, the rate was $50/month for a post a week (so about $12.50 per post); it could be more now. I wrote for them for the exposure though, as I was getting into creating minisites and ebook publishing. As they gave free reign on what to write about, I could usually knock out 400-800 word posts in less than half an hour. I enjoyed writing for this site and only stopped because I got too busy with my own projects.

I couldn’t find the “write for us” link on their site anymore, but I do know that they pay guest bloggers. Send an email to info[at]bloggingtips.com requesting to be a paid guest poster if you’re interested in writing for this site.

Update: Thanks to freelancer Audre who sent in the link to this site’s guest post submission guidelines.

Get Paid to Guest Post Site #3: FreelanceSwitch.com: Rate — $50 per post. Can be about anything that has to do with freelancing (eg, freelance writing, web design, graphic design, etc.). Get their guest post submission guidelines.  

Get Paid to Guest Post Site #4: MakeaLivingWriting.com: Rate — $50 per post. What type of guest posts does this site like? In the webmaster’s words:

Some particular areas where I am always looking for guest posts include specialized writing niches, time management, and the technical end of blogging and writers’ Web sites. I also like success stories about how a writer broke in, or got a great client.

Get their guest post submission guidelines.  

Update: The site’s webmaster, Carol Tice, sent in the following info hours after this post went up.  

I’m all booked up with guest posts through the end of 2011. Folks should try me again in late December for Jan/Feb post ideas.

Get Paid to Guest Post Site #5: OneSpoonAtaTime.com: Rate — $50 per post. Type of guest posts this site looks for? In the publisher’s words:

. . . video marketing, infoproduct creation, ways to write more effectively, ways to write more productively, creating pillar posts, unusual blogging tactics . . .

Get the site’s guest post submission guidelines.  

35 More Get Paid to Write/Guest Post Opportunities

Here’s a list of 7 blogs that pay for guest posts (we covered a couple above before finding this link).

Here are 28 more get paid to write/guest post opportunities. Note:  Be careful of the “shared revenue” model. Look for get paid to write opportunities that pay you actual dollars, not some portion of revenue earned for traffic your writing generates.

How to Increase Your Chance of Getting Paid to Guest Blog

Here are some great guest blogging tips; really a mini “guest blogging tutorial” – that will increase your chance of getting paid for your posts.

Enjoy, and happy guest blogging!

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17 Responses to “Get Paid to Write: 5 Sites That Pay $50+ for Guest Posts and 35 More “Write-for-Pay” Sites”

  1. Andy says:
    October 11, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    Hi Yawanda,
    You’re amazing! Providing really useful info on getting paid for writing – and ‘going the extra mile’ by supplying links/contact info to all the Sites/other information sources you’re talking about (not all other professional writing sites do this, but we try to always do so on our ‘Write2Profit’ Site). Anyhow – well done. You’re providing a regular, useful and valuable service to all us writers around the world. Thank You – and keep up the good work!

  2. Yuwanda says:
    October 11, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    Thanks Andy, you are a dear.

    Be sure to check out Andy’s site if you want to “get paid to write.” There’s tons — and I do mean tons! — of reso9urces on there for evertyhing from how to write better to how to set up a money-making blog. It’s at http://write2profitonline.com.

    And, thanks for dropping by Andy. It’s always nice to read your comments :-)

  3. KMerriweather says:
    October 11, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    Thanks for the info Yawanda. You don’t have to explain the “shared revenue model.” I kinda don’t like waiting to get paid when someone visits the site. As usual your information is very valuable to me.

  4. Audre says:
    October 11, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    Hi Yuwanda,

    Great article about guest posting that pays. Although I freelance-write SEO content (bought your ebook a couple of years ago), I want to set up some other gigs both for exposure and to even out my cashflow, so this article helps a lot.

    Besides saying thanks for the article and ebook, here’s the link to the BloggingTips.com ‘Write for Us” page that you said you couldn’t find: http://www.bloggingtips.com/write-for-us/.

    Hope that helps, and thanks for the great newsletter!

  5. Yuwanda says:
    October 11, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    @KMerriweather:

    Kathy, RE ” You don’t have to explain the “shared revenue model.” I kinda don’t like waiting to get paid when someone visits the site.”

    LOL!

    I know what you mean. But there are a lot of newbies coming online every day. So, even though a lot of what I write may be old hat to more advanced freelancer writers/bloggers like yourself, I do my best to protect new freelancers by explaining as much as I can.

    But, believe me, I hear ya!

    Thanks for dropping by :-)

  6. Carol Tice | Make a Living Writing says:
    October 11, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Thanks for the mention! But my site is actually Make A Living Writing, not Making.

    I’m all booked up with guest posts through the end of 2011. Folks should try me again in late December for Jan/Feb post ideas.

  7. Carol Tice | Make a Living Writing says:
    October 11, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Also, here’s a link to my guidelines: http://www.makealivingwriting.com/why-i-pay-writers

  8. Yuwanda says:
    October 11, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Thanks Carol, will update the post with the correct info, as well as a notation about you being booked up through the end of the year.

    And congrats! :-)

  9. Karen Cioffi says:
    October 11, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    What great information, Yuwanda. I subscribe to your site and Make a Living Writing. You both always provide such useful info. Thanks!

  10. Lasha says:
    October 12, 2011 at 9:00 am

    Yuwanda, you’ve outdone yourself yet again. What else can I say but THANKS.

  11. Yuwanda says:
    October 12, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    @Lasha: Ahhh, thanks doll! :-)

  12. Yuwanda says:
    October 12, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    @Karen Cioffi:

    Glad you find the info here useful. And you’re right about Carol’s site (MakeaLivingWriting.com). I pop by there from time to time as well. I admire her platform of getting freelancers to aim for higher pay.

  13. Tess says:
    October 17, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    Great resource for those looking for paid blogging gigs AND a little more exposure as writers. I am so bookmarking this and coming back when I need some more opportunities!

  14. Yuwanda says:
    October 17, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Thanks Tess! Glad you found it useful enough to bookmark. :)

  15. Chase Watts says:
    October 19, 2011 at 11:24 am

    Great post! Keep up the awesome work!

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    October 26, 2011 at 7:05 am

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  17. Quora says:
    October 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Do guest bloggers get paid?…

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