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Hey Buddy - Gotta Buck d, this is changing, but slowly.On a Wednesday afternoon , a leased commercial jet landed at Bangkok International airport. Two hours later, a Thai bus driver for the Airports Authority of Thailand maneuvered narrow alleyways to Thailand's version of the Red Roof Inn. When getting off the bus, the first words I heard were, "Hey Air Force man; gotta buck?" Today kids are asking This means that in Web writing, a reasonably competent writer gets hired - good writers are in high demand online. This demand will continue to grow, as more and more companies develop their online properties. Someone has to write all those millions of Web pages. 4. There Is Unlimited Opportunity - Spend Your Time Writing And G If you're making a living as a writer, or want to develop a full-time writing career, there are many reasons to make the switch to writing for the Web. Here are five of them: 1. When You Write For The Web, You Get Paid Fast When you're writing for print, you get paid a couple of months after you've completed an article, even if the payment is "on acceptance." If the payment terms are "on publication" you can look forward to getting paid anywhere from six months to a year or longer after you complete the work. This is no way to run a writing career. Web writers get paid up front, with a retainer. (Tip for new Web writers: always get a retainer.) 2. You Get Published Almost As Fast As You Can Write Whether you're writing articles or Web site copy, you see the results fast. This is great if you love instant gratification. Your Web publishing credits also give you visibility, which leads to more writing work. 3. There's Much Less Competition, So You Rarely (If Ever) Get Rejected In 2007, new freelance writers still think in terms of magazine and book publication, rather than the Web. As major publications shift more of their operations to the online world, this is changing, but slowly. This means that in Web writing, a reasonably competent writer gets hired - good writers are in high demand online. This demand will continue to grow, as more and more companies develop their online properties. Someone has to write all those millions of Web pages. 4. There Is Unlimited Opportunity - Spend Your Time Writing And Ge Here are five of them: 1. When You Write For The Web, You Get Paid Fast When you're writing for print, you get paid a couple of months after you've completed an article, even if the payment is "on acceptance." If the payment terms are "on publication" you can look forward to getting paid anywhere from six months to a year or longer after you complete the work. This is no way to run a writing career. Web writers get paid up front, with a retainer. (Tip for new Web writers: always get a retainer.) 2. You Get Published Almost As Fast As You Can Write Whether you're writing articles or Web site copy, you see the results fast. This is great if you love instant gratification. Your Web publishing credits also give you visibility, which leads to more writing work. 3. There's Much Less Competition, So You Rarely (If Ever) Get Rejected In 2007, new freelance writers still think in terms of magazine and book publication, rather than the Web. As major publications shift more of their operations to the online world, this is changing, but slowly. This means that in Web writing, a reasonably competent writer gets hired - good writers are in high demand online. This demand will continue to grow, as more and more companies develop their online properties. Someone has to write all those millions of Web pages. 4. There Is Unlimited Opportunity - Spend Your Time Writing And G Web writers get paid up front, with a retainer. (Tip for new Web writers: always get a retainer.) 2. You Get Published Almost As Fast As You Can Write Whether you're writing articles or Web site copy, you see the results fast. This is great if you love instant gratification. Your Web publishing credits also give you visibility, which leads to more writing work. 3. There's Much Less Competition, So You Rarely (If Ever) Get Rejected In 2007, new freelance writers still think in terms of magazine and book publication, rather than the Web. As major publications shift more of their operations to the online world, this is changing, but slowly. This means that in Web writing, a reasonably competent writer gets hired - good writers are in high demand online. This demand will continue to grow, as more and more companies develop their online properties. Someone has to write all those millions of Web pages. 4. There Is Unlimited Opportunity - Spend Your Time Writing And G 3. There's Much Less Competition, So You Rarely (If Ever) Get Rejected In 2007, new freelance writers still think in terms of magazine and book publication, rather than the Web. As major publications shift more of their operations to the online world, this is changing, but slowly. This means that in Web writing, a reasonably competent writer gets hired - good writers are in high demand online. This demand will continue to grow, as more and more companies develop their online properties. Someone has to write all those millions of Web pages. 4. There Is Unlimited Opportunity - Spend Your Time Writing And G This means that in Web writing, a reasonably competent writer gets hired - good writers are in high demand online. This demand will continue to grow, as more and more companies develop their online properties. Someone has to write all those millions of Web pages. 4. There Is Unlimited Opportunity - Spend Your Time Writing And Getting Paid There's unlimited opportunity to write online. If you're used to print publications, you spend a lot of your time researching and sending out queries. This is unpaid writing. Web writers spend their precious time writing and getting paid. 5. You Can Act As Your Own Publisher - Write, And Get Paid Again And Again Because there's so much money to be made, once writers familiarize themselves with the Web, they start working for themselves, as Web publishers, publishing their own Web sites, blogs and ezines. So there you have it: five reasons freelance writers are becoming Web writers. Does this new world of writing sound intriguing? Web writing provides unlimited writing opportunities, much satisfaction, a lot of fun - and of course, a great writing income for writers at all levels of experience.
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