How to Pay Utility Bills with Online Earnings

As outlandish as it may sound, folks who earn money on the internet can set up their earnings to pay their utility bills. This works especially well for freelance writers who engage in writing for several online residually paying sites. It doesn’t happen over night, but with proper planning it can be done.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Sign up for a few online web content sites that pay residually. Sites such as Associated Content, eHow, Suite 101, Helium to name a few all offer residual earnings to freelance writers.

2. Build up an article base on each of the sites. It’s necessary to build an article base because the money doesn’t really start to kick in until you have close to 100 articles on each site. Some sites pay a higher residual than others, but the only way you will get the hang of the pay scale is to have a large article base.

3. Compare the monthly earnings for each site to your monthly utilities. For instance, if you have a high oil bill, then connect the earnings with the highest paying site to your oil bill. Although it depends on which sites you write for, rumor has it that eHow will most probably be your most profitable over a shorter period of time.

4. Assign the revenue from each site to the appropriate utility bill.

5. Pay each bill with your freelance writing earnings. This may take a little planning. Some sites pay by the first Tuesday of the month while others by the 15th of the month. Once you get the hang of which sites pay when, you’ll getter better feel for how to schedule your utility bills.

6. Pocket the excess. Over time, if you continue to write quality articles, employ SEO tactics and gain traffic to your articles, your residual income will exceed your monthly utility bills. Then it’s up to you to figure out what to do with the excess.

Tips & Warnings

• Start small. Maybe you can start with your cable bill and then work up to your oil bill.
• This does not happen overnight, but with persistence and consistency it can happen.

Resources

• Earn Money Freelance Writing for Suite 101
• How to Increase Your Online Earnings as a Freelance Writer

[awritermom]

on 1/16/2009 Great article about using your online earnings to cover utility bills.

[lymanalo]

on 12/27/2008 Hehehe. I don't think the $5 a month I earn online now will cover my utilities. Soon I hope and I would certainly keep this post in mind. I need to shoot for 100 articles first. 5 stars from me!

[americanguru]

on 10/13/2008 Neat idea.

[PajamaMommy]

on 10/9/2008 I use my paypal card to pay for gas. I also used it to purchase my daughter's Halloween costume. Maybe when I start making more, I can use it for utilities. Thanks for the suggestions!