Short Reports Are Easy for Writers to Write and Sell

There’s an information revolution taking place online, and as a freelance writer, you can profit handsomely from it. Not only can you profit, but you can achieve much more freedom in your life.

If you’re sending ten proposals to editors to get one assignment, you can stop. Realize that the Web gives you independence from editors. Writing and selling short reports is one way you can achieve that independence.

People pay for information on the Web

Although the Web is packed with information, people are willing to pay for information too.

What kind of information? Almost anything. People will pay for information on: organizing weddings, how to diet, how to research their family tree, what to name their baby…

Short information reports are quick to write – you may already have the information you need, no research may be necessary. (Discover where the information for your short reports is lurking, below.)

Short reports are quick to sell, too. A writer friend told me: “I look on my short reports as extended articles. When I write ten pages in a day, I’ll sell the short report from my Web site next day. Writing reports is easier than writing the same material and trying to sell it to a magazine – I write, I sell, and keep selling, and I keep earning money from it, day after day.”

How to find topics for your short reports

If you’re a selling writer, here’s where the information for your short reports is lurking – on your computer hard drive. Information for your reports is in all the articles you’ve written for print publications. No matter what your specialty, if a magazine paid you for an article, you can repurpose that article as the basis for a short report.

Just one tip – hunt out the contract you signed for each article. If you sold first, second and third rights, you’re good to go. If you sold ALL rights (never sell all rights if you can help it), you’ll need to rewrite the article to create your report – just add a new intro and close, reword the rest, and add some new information.

Additional places you can find topics for your short reports include Amazon.com (if a book is a bestseller, the book’s topic is HOT), and magazines.com (an endless supply of topics).

How to sell your short reports

You can start selling your short reports as quickly as you write them. Over time, you’ll develop your own strategies for making sales.

Here’s a fast way to start making sales in three steps:

1. Get a PayPal account at paypal.com so you can accept payment;

2. Create a Web page using Google Page creator at www.pages.google.com – which describes your report; add a PayPal button. Page Creator is just like a word processor, and is handy for creating ultra-fast and free Web sites;

3. Advertise your report on CraigsList.

Here’s your takeaway from this article: your words are profit, and you don’t need anyone else to start profiting from them. Short reports are a fun, exciting way to turn your email inbox into your own personal money tree.

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