How To Become A Guide At About.Com And Earn $600 Monthly Writing Online
76Hard times calls for all options to be reviewed, whether you’ve just lost your job as a result of recession or you are looking for new ways to earn some monthly income. You are a writer or would like to be a writer and still wondering where to start, you are a blogger who enjoys writing and interacting with people online or you are a freelancer who had been scammed by bogus freelance writing companies; do not look elsewhere even if you are writing here at Hubpages as I do
Why About.com
About.com is an online writing platform just like Hubpages that allows talented individual like you and me do writer useful and informative information online on various topics like Technology, Business, Science and many more
How to Join About.com
Getting started with About is simple and free, you have to feel application form which has to be reviewed before you are accepted to be one of the Guides. Writers at About.com are called Guides, during your application as a guide you choose a topic of your own and writer a guide about the chosen topic. Once your application is accepted to become a Guide you undergo a training called Guide Prep program. During the Prep program you will have a trainer to assist you but as a trainee you will not be compensated for your articles. The Guide Prep program might take sometime depending on your previous writing skills and how well you know your area of choice
To enhance your chance of becoming successful you may have to provide your previous work if any. This will enable them to know that at least you have some experience in writing online
What Next After Successful Completion of Prep Program
Once you are accepted as a guide at About.com, now you will start receiving monthly compensation starting from $600 fixed payment. As you write more quality materials and are receiving more pages views and traffic from the internet there are bonuses that are associated with all these and your monthly earning depending on your work could passed the fixed $600 being paid. The more Guides you write the better your chances of getting paid more
HubPages vs. About.com
Now that you have known all that and wondering the difference between About.com and Hubpages, am a writer here at Hubpages being paid royalty on my contents. There major differences are
Hubpages
- Free to join and no training to qualify for you to get started
- You gain skills as you writer
- You earn through Google Adsense, Amazon, eBay and Kontera
- Easy publishing tools
- Already existing traffic from Search Engine but you have to get more traffic to earn more
- Writers are called Hubbers
- Articles are called Hubs
About.com
- Application is free but one has to undergo training to qualify
- You gain skills while you are being trained and no compensation
- You are paid by About.com some fixed money
- Good traffic
- Writers are called Guides
If you are just getting started writing online to earn some little extra income then the best is get started with Hubpages and sign up for free: Hubpages Sign Up. If you are a journalist, a professional blogger and a freelancer sign up for Hubpages to promote your About.com by providing backlinks on Hubpages to your Guides, get started with About.com here
Check on my first Success with Hubpages Here: 50 Hubs and $40 Google Adsense Earning and My 30 days 30 Hubs Challenge traffic and the Money
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Hi, I'm busy as it is with HP will need to relook at how I spend my time here. Thanks!
Great informativr hub, i will check it out. thanks again.
creativeone59
Thanks oderog, I'm going to apply now.
Great Info ODERDOG Thanks
Wao. All things worketh together for good to them that believe. I honestly believe that this works out. Thanks a lot for the information. I will check them out.
@Chanchafance - Your persistent will pay off, improve your
writing here at Hubpages and give it more try and finally
you will be approved
@awsdney - Yes great to hear that you are busy at HP, put
more effort and work, About.com is rather for more experienced Hubbers and blogger and professional freelancer, then you can give it a try
@creativeone59 - Glad this hub helped you, just check About.com to get more information about it
@fasftreta - Best wishes at About.com
@Hmrjmr1 - Your are welcomed and am glad you found this hub on writing at useful
@philipo - Best of wishes when you made you application. do get accepted find the field you have vast information or experienced about, that will make it easy for your application and earn $600 monthly after the Prep Program
600$ in month is fixed ? In Here we will get money for the life time
Kevin Peter $600, that's the minimum when you get accepted into their program, earn there is also unlimited
It would nice to get accepted there but nobody I know has made it yet. I still haven't even tried myself. I have so many projects going on I could not devote the time that it would require.
$ 600 is much for me. Unfortunately, about.com just accept one man for one niche topic
I tried to get in there once, over a year ago. Didn't make it. Every so often I check out their topics but I haven't seen one in awhile I was interested in. If you get in though, it's a good gig. Thanks for the hub! :)
great hub. It's like an invitation to join the organization. I wish I cold be selected there.
@Camping Dan - You can make it a try, but for professional
and writers can easily make it there
@forlan - That's the tricky part, one nince topic, therefore
you have to know much about your niche to be accepted
@pgrundy - Yes joining About.com seem to be the most difficult thing but once you make it then you can do well, there is always another time, you can apply later
@Clara Ghomes - Try your best at about and you could be selected
great hub and great comments - thankyou! Its always motivational to read good clear hubs and know that someone is really making their blogging work.
it s very nice to comment
Now I know how about.com's writers earn money. You need to be a very good writer. I'm still practicing to be a good writer, so hubpages is better.
@salt - great comment and appreciate your time reading this hub
@danish - thanks for reading this hub, I highly appreciate your comment
@mrdanilodiaz - great to hear that, hubpages is the best place to get started before moving into highly sophisticated platform like about.com, thanks again
The problem is, they have a restricted list of topics, and quite often they want people with qualifications in the field.
Marisa Wright you are right actually at about you will go through some serious training before get involved with them
They require experts who are very familiar in the topics they write about, plus about.com has a list of specific subjects that they want covered, most those who apply have several years experience as well as college degrees, certifications and prior reference work on other sites and publications.
You are right, at About.com you have to be an experienced writer for you to get accepted, and one has to go for about 4 weeks training during which you can be rejected or accepted
Oderog I think you're missing the point Research Analyst and I are making - if you check each of the available topics on About.com, you'll see most of them require you to have an academic qualification in the subject, or be a journalist, before they will even look at you.
I think that would be worth mentioning in your Hub so people don't waste their time applying without the right qualifications.
Thanks Marisa Wright for pointing out this, I highly appreciate and hope others will take note
I applied to about.com many months back and never heard back from them which was disappointing. For those that get accepted it's definitely a nice way to earn a regular income from writing.
Hi Susan S about needs professional as noted by Marisa Wright otherwise you do not stand a chance to make money or get approved
Hey oderog, do they accept international users too?
nice work
It would be nice to be accepted, but their checklist counted me out. It does sound like a great opportunity, so well done to those who make it.
Now I know how about.com's writers earn money. You need to be a very good writer. I'm still practicing to be a good writer, so hubpages is better.
Chachafance 2 years ago
I wish I could get approved there. I've applied twice and got denied both times :(