Writing Web Content: What Does a Web Writer Write?

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Web writing is the hottest new opportunity for freelance writers. Many writers are making the switch to the online environment because selling what you write on the Web is easy. It’s also easy to find writing gigs.

A web writer writes anything and everything you find online.

Types of writing include:

* Web site pages

* Articles - the more content a site has, the more visible it is in the search engines, so articles are highly desirable

* Web sales pages (a form of copywriting)

* autoresponder sequences

* ezines (email newsletters)

* Web ezines

* ebooks for people to sell online

* product descriptions

The types of content are unlimited - you write what’s required.

Getting Hired As A Web Writer

The easiest way to get hired as a Web writer is to create your own Web site - it doesn’t need to be longer than a couple of pages - to advertise your services. Once people know you’re available, you’ll soon have a stable of clients for your services.

Your Web site acts as a portfolio for your services - it gives your prospective clients an idea of the services you provide.

Your Own Web Sites - Profit from Your Own Web Writing

When Web writers start writing, they’re happy to collect the cash and write for others. However, they soon discover that Web writing equals MONEY… so they begin to create their own Web sites, and monetize them in various ways.

You Don’t Need To Become A Geek To Write For The Web

Geekiness isn’t required, but the more you know about how the Web works, the more opportunities you will see and make for yourself. So by all means learn the basics of the Web - how to buy a domain name and set up a basic site, and how the search engines rank Web pages.

Can you write for the Web? If you’re writing for print, you can write for the Web. It’s a fast way to get published, it’s a lot of fun, and it’s also very profitable.

Want to become a Web writer? Read my ebook “Writing For The Web” and visit my new Web writing blog, Fab Web Writer.