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Step 1
Brush up on AP style guidelines. Many people that hire content writers require that the articles be written in AP style. AP stands for Associated Press. Every year the AP comes out with a guide, "The Associated Press Stylebook and Liable Manual," that teaches writers the top tips for writing quality articles. If you are able to string words together and are able to follow the AP guidelines then you can be a content writer.
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Step 2
Research the best SEO keywords. Keywords are words that are placed throughout an article that identify the topic. Search engines pick up on these words and give the article's web page a higher ranking depending on how relevant the keywords are to the search. The higher in rank, the more hits the site receives, and the more money it makes. People want articles that drive traffic to their website.
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Step 3
Keywords can be tested with Google AdWords Keyword Tool. Popular keywords get more hits. For example, if you are writing an article about How to Draw Ducks and used the Google AdWords Keyword Tool, you would see that the keyword "wild ducks" is very popular, so you may want to include it several times in the article.
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Step 4
Choose three popular keywords for your article that fits the subject well and and use each one two to four times in the article. SEO articles range from 300 words to 600 words, generally, so you want to adjust your keyword amount depending on the overall amount of words in the article.
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Step 5
Make sure not to put an overabundance of keywords in the article. Search engines, especially Google, will penalize the article's ranking. This is because articles with too many keywords look like articles with no useful content. Google's job is to direct users to informative content, not junk.
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Step 1
Trolling writer's job boards are probably the best way to find buyers for SEO articles. Some great boards are Freelance Writing Gigs, Online Writing Jobs and SunOasis.
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You can also advertise that you have articles for sell on certain forums designed for selling content, such as the Digital Point Forums.
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Step 3
Avoid jobs that pay $3 an article. Even though most SEO writers can pump out a new SEO article every 30 minutes or so, $3 is still not a good rate. Think about it: one article written in 30 minutes equals $6 an hour. That is a poor rate.
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Step 4
With a little perseverance, though, you can find jobs that pay $10 to $15 per keyword article. These are the ones to get. One article written in 30 minutes equals $20 an hour. That is pretty good money.
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Step 5
Set up a PayPal account. Most buyers only pay through PayPal because it is convenient and secure. All you have to do to get payment is use PayPal's invoice system or give the buyer your PayPal email.
