Are Free Articles Worth a Writers Time?

Is writing and submitting free articles online a good idea for writers? It certainly can be for several reasons.

Writers can write on the subjects that they know or feel most passionate about. Writing about familiar subjects generally makes it easier for a writer to generate several articles a week for distributing to free article directories.

Some of you might be thinking, “Yeah, but I won’t make any money off of free articles.” You do not make any up-front fees for the free articles that you create and display for others to see online. However, that is only a narrow view of what submitting free articles can mean for freelance writers, and especially net writers.

The broader picture here is that by submitting free articles, you can create a strong online presence for yourself as a freelance writer, promote your writing services and website, and gain increasing numbers of devoted followers. Accomplishing all of this through article creation, which should be a breeze for most writers, is a bigger payoff than receiving $5-$20 for an article would be, if you really think about it.

Establishing oneself online is a priority for internet and other writers. Producing free articles for web distribution is a very effective means for doing that. Each of your articles will include your bio (read submission guidelines for any restrictions on length) and a link to your website or blog, to help drive more traffic to them. You can also choose to provide contact information such as an email address so that folks interested in contacting you for your writing services, can do so.

The more articles that you write and place online, the wider your audience of dedicated readers can become. This can help you to build an extensive fan customer base of people eager to purchase your books and other works.

Writing and submitting free articles to online article databases is simple and has many benefits for net writers, and other freelance writers wanting to get the word out about their writing talents, and for securing more of the writing gigs that pay us well for what we love to do. Write!

I will be supplying the names and links to the free article directories that I use for submitting free articles to in a future post. Did you find this article helpful? Please share your thoughts on this subject of free articles and writers, with all of us.