How to Build a Career in Content Writing

[Jasmine]

Technically speaking, anyone with language and writing skills can write online and earn money. For example, you can earn on paid to post platforms, even with no writing experience. But making good money as a content writer is difficult. If you're not from an English-speaking country, you won't find high-paying clients. And if you have no experience, it's hard to get a job. You also need specific writing skills, like writing a white paper for a new project, writing sales pitches, writing ad copies, etc.. If you don't know how to do that, you won't get the job, even if you're a good writer.

 

[Phantasm]

There are many skills, knowledge and strategic steps to have a successful career in content writing. Here are tips that will help you establish and grow your career in content writing:

1. Enhance Strong Writing Skills:

Writing proficiency can be improved by regular practice, studying grammar guidelines, style guides and rewriting other people’s texts.

2. Learn the Basics of Content Writing:

For example: how to structure articles, different platforms write for or optimizing content for search engines.

3. Identify Your Niche:

The niche could be anything like tech, health, travels, finances or anything where one has a good interest on.

4. Create a Portfolio:

Examples of these would be; blog posts, articles website copy etc.

5. Gain Experience:

Initiate by submitting guest blogs or blogging but also keep learning about it through practical experience.

6. Network Within the Industry:

Online writing communities such as Linked-In groups or social media platforms (facebook and twitter) as well as physical networks and events are great options for connecting with these individuals who can feel isolated at times because their work is solitary in nature and they may not even have met anyone doing this kind of work before!

 

[Mika]

With the evolution of AI based writing tools, I do not think content writers have a great chance of surviving. If you can come up with a good prompt you can create a great content in few minutes. You can thank use another AI tool to humanize your AI generated content, and use another AI based editing tool to polish your content. In less than 10 minutes you will have an article this is not only good but also easily pass all sorts of AI detectors