How to Make Money Online Writing Poetry
To use your art to make money, think of it as product. Even the most talented poets need self-promotion in order to gain revenue from their work; otherwise, most will toil away in obscurity, creating brilliant pieces of literature that no one will ever read. To make money online, you must not only exist on the web but let people know you're there. With diligent effort and quality pieces of poetry, you'll gain regular followers and the income they bring.
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Populate your poetry blog or website with advertising. Services such as Google Adsense will provide you with ads and a portion of the revenue when each ad is clicked. Online retailers such as Amazon.com will pay you a portion of the revenue from goods sold to a user who has clicked an ad on your site. Drive traffic to your pages by maintaining an active online presence, adding new poetry to your blog or website on a regular basis and promoting your work on social networking sites.
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Solicit website advertising from local businesses for a flat fee. Gain a local following by participating in spoken word events and poetry jams. Promote your site by gathering names for an email list, sending out regular newsletters and tracking the number of visits to your site. Once you can demonstrate your online poetry has an audience, approach local businesses such as small bookstores to pay a monthly fee to have an ad on your site.
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Publish pieces of poetry on revenue-share websites. These sites include Hubpages and Squidoo, which pay writers a portion of the revenue earned from each post. Depending on which revenue-sharing site you choose, you may have to place your poetry within the context of an article or otherwise tailor your work to the demands of the platform.
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Submit your poetry to online magazines, also called zines. If your work is accepted for publication you may receive payment depending on the editorial policy of each zine. Many zines also run poetry and fiction contests, which may require an entry fee but offer a sizable prize to the winning entry.
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Submit your poetry electronically for publication in print magazines and journals. Your poetry may not end up online through this method, but if it ends up in print you'll have used your online savvy to reach the publishers willing to pay you for your product.
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References
- TechnShare; Make Money Online Posting on These 4 Powerful Revenue Sharing Websites; Fabrizio Van Marciano; June 2, 2011
- AmazonAssociates: Make Money Advertising Amazon Products
- Rutgers University; Poetry Publishers Who Accept Electronic Submissions; Louie Crew; 2011
- EveryWriter'sResource.com: Best Online Literary Magazines
- Google; Adsense Program Policies; May 27, 2011
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