Best “spare time” writing gig

And 4 reasons to love it … [The Writer’ s Life]( December 21, 2023 "Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it." – Andy Rooney Hi {NAME}, Fun money writing … without any clients … It's no wonder a Money-Making Website has become a side gig of choice for many AWAI members ([you can meet some of them here!](). Nick Usborne, the expert who first made me aware of this fun writing opportunity, has been writing about his passion for coffee … And amassed over $500,000 from it so far! What's more, he only spends a couple of hours writing new content for it, when he feels like it. Today he shares four reasons why he loves it (the money is only one of the ways!) … And why you should add a new form of passive income stream to your writing business this year (whether it's an additional income stream, or your very first one). Imagine additional money rolling in every month … Just for writing about something you love. Yes, please! 🙋 Oh, and I haven't even mentioned all the freebies!! This has to be the ideal fun little side business for writers. [>> See what I mean here.]( When you click that above link, you'll also see an incentive plan to motivate you to give it a shot … Where you can earn up to $500 in bonus incentives! And now, over to Nick … Rebecca Matter President AWAI Now Accepting New Members Ready to claim the ultimate "YES" writing career? - Yes! Take charge of your projects. (Goodbye, bosses!) - Yes! Schedule your day as you see fit. - Yes! Work from the comfort of home. - Yes! Give yourself a raise every month. - Yes! Take a vacation whenever you please. - Yes! Be there for the moments that matter. Thousands of others have already done it. Now it's your turn. [Claim Your Freedom Now]( TODAY! Get all this for $1 … [PWA Image spread] The Professional Writers' Alliance (PWA) takes the stress out of running your writing business. With ready-to-use business forms, templates, and checklists … VIP job board access … networking opportunities … and a mountain of tips, tactics, and "been there, done that" advice from working freelance writers … You'll minimize the "unbillable" hours you spend working on your business and maximize your time writing — and getting paid. [Claim Your $1 Access Here]( 4 Reasons Why I Really, Really Love My Money-Making Websites By Nick Usborne I've been a professional copywriter for over 40 years. As you can imagine, over that period I have tried pretty much every kind of copywriting imaginable. I've had a lot of fun along the way. I've worked with some amazing people at incredible companies. But here's the thing … I have no trouble deciding on my very FAVORITE type of writing. That award goes to the writing I do for my own Money-Making Websites. Websites like CoffeeDetective and IncredibleMushrooms. These are my babies. I own them. And here are the four reasons why I really, really love them. Reason #1: I LOVE the passive income. I've had some great paydays from some of my clients. Some big, fat checks and wire transfers. But … it's not the same as the passive income I get from my Money-Making Websites. There are plenty of ways you can monetize your own websites, but one of my favorites is simply to publish ads on all of the site pages. Go to either of my sites and you'll see the ads. And those ads make me money. Each month, I get a nice check in the mail. True … the checks aren't as big as some of the payments I got from my big corporate clients … BUT … they come in as regular as clockwork, month after month, year after year. At last count, my coffee website alone has earned me a little over $500,000 in passive income. True … that's spread over the last 15 years. I started writing the site back in 2006. But still … that's a LOT of money. And I didn't have to "work" for it. All I had to do was write more and more web pages about a topic I'm already passionate about … coffee. My mushroom website is less than a year old, so the income from that one is much less. So far! The best part? I can depend on that monthly income … every month. It has never once not appeared. The amount varies, but there's always something. And it has almost always been enough to pay my mortgage each month! Reason #2: I'm the boss … my websites, my rules. Like I already said, I've worked with some great companies. But still … it's nice to have total control over at least part of your writing income. I don't have a "client" when I'm writing for my Money-Making Websites. Nobody is telling me what to do. I get to set the rules and my own schedule. I decide what to write about and when to publish it. Don't get me wrong. This doesn't mean I slack off. I'm pretty tough on myself! I get a lot of work done each week. But still … it's nice to be in total control. I can't be fired or "downsized." When it comes to my own websites, and the income they generate, I'm the boss! Reason #3: I'm learning a ton. I love to learn, but I'm a terrible book learner. (Ask my old schoolteachers!) I learn best by rolling up my sleeves and doing stuff. And when it comes to being a digital copywriter, my absolute best source of learning has been creating my own Money-Making Websites. As you write and grow your own website, you'll become an up-to-the-minute expert in … - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Content Creation - Social Media Optimization - User Experience (UX) Optimization - Photo editing - Video production (If you want) These are things you learn while creating your Money-Making Website. You learn by DOING. This is so powerful. And if a prospective client asks me if I'm an expert in Search Engine Optimization, I can just point them to my coffee website and say, "This site has over 2,000 visitors every day, and 87% of them arrive via the search engines. So yes, I know SEO!" Social media optimization? "One of my coffeemaker reviews on YouTube has had over 480,000 views. So yes, I know social media and video production!" And so on. Having your own Money-Making Website helps you develop these core skills. And then you can use those skills to get better writing gigs from clients, and charge them more. Reason #4: I get to meet new people and I'm distracted from the bad stuff in life. I have met SO many new and interesting people because of my websites about coffee and mushrooms. I even got to visit coffee plantations in Jamaica as a guest of a major coffee company! And I have another site I'm working on right now … which I'm not ready to talk about yet. But I'm meeting so many interesting people as a result! This is just one more positive effect of creating your own websites. Which brings me to that other point … about the bad stuff in life. One of my sons called me during the pandemic to ask if I'd been keeping up with some aspect of COVID. My answer? "Not really … I've been knee-deep in research on the beneficial effects of mushrooms and fungi in our forests!" This doesn't mean I ignore world news. But I know my own mental health can take a hit if I get exposed to too much bad news. So instead of allowing myself to get sucked in by the bad stuff, I focus on positive things … and funnel that positivity into my websites. Honestly, these last couple of years, having my own Money-Making Websites has helped me stay focused on the good in the world. As a final thought … I really do love that passive income. As you can see, there are plenty of reasons I feel grateful for my Money-Making Websites. But if I could love them for only one reason, it would be for the passive income. Over the years, it has been so good to know that I can rely on that income every month of every year. Like every other freelance copywriter, I've had some lean months with client work. Those are the months I've really looked forward to the monthly income from my own websites. And yes, YOU can do this too. I've taught thousands of students how to create their own Money-Making Websites. Some of them have ended up making even more of that passive income than I do! Join us! There's plenty of room for you too. 😃 I show you how [here](. Nick Editorial Note: Nick Usborne has taught hundreds of AWAI writers how to write and make money from their own Money-Making Websites on topics ranging from rabbits and growing tomatoes to water and urban farming. He has a proven step-by-step method you'll follow to ensure you succeed. And he'll guide you every step of the way. But to motivate you to do this NOW and see it through to the end, we've put together a little incentive plan … Where you'll earn $500 in bonus incentives! [For all the details, go here now.]( What's Hot at AWAI … 👉 TODAY: [Grab our Money-Making Websites program — get started for as little as $69.40.]( ✅ [5-part checklist for building a Money-Making Website.]( 🤩 [Building an organic business from the ground up — a tortoise approach to the rat race.]( Yipeee! I just got hired for my first job! I'll be writing an article for an organization within my industry and one I highly respect. The Editor is hopeful this will be the start of a successful partnership. YIPEEEE! – Caryn Schneider Great job, Caryn! Being able to secure a win within your current industry is a big win! It's a great way to leverage your work experience and gain copywriting experience at the same time. Have your own story to share? 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