The Basics

Web 2.0 Freelance Writing

The Basics

The general idea for Web 2.0 writing surrounds the fact that while you sleep, major Internet business entities are benchmarking their efforts to ensure readers receive information in a timely manner.

If you've heard the expression "content is king on the Internet," that may explain the inordinate amount of revenue generated by companies such as Amazon and Google.

Readers acquire information at no cost by searching web sites and blogs [with attached Google advertisements].

The text for these web sites and blogs is written by Web 2.0 freelance advertising copywriters [whether the writers realize that's what they are, or not; I first noticed this circa 1999].

And/or readers purchase information by way of paper books — which are slowly but surely being replaced by Amazon Kindle Editions [Amazon has a lock on future book format, if you were unaware].

Freelance advertising copywriters also propagate advertisements for Amazon books throughout the Internet via Amazon's Associate Program.

So. How to tackle both markets as a modern-day freelance writer?

1 Create ultra-low-overhead web pages like this one [the one you're looking at] using Microsoft Small Business Office Live, Google Docs, Amazon Associates and Add This Web 2.0 share buttons [like the one on this page].

2 Concurrently describe your efforts in Kindle Editions by writing directly to Amazon Digital Text Platform — also a low-overhead publishing effort — with no requirement to buy a Kindle to see your published work [buying a Kindle at some point in time may be a wise move over the long-term].

Presto ... highly efficient freelance text bouncing about the globe — albeit down two slightly different paths.

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