Ever since the day I woke up and realized I had the experience behind me to be a freelance writer, I’ve been on a mission to turn it into a career. To get it going, my first step has been to get paid for writing articles.

There’s just one big problem with this – my grammar is HORRIBLE. That’s an easy fix though, with a little help…

For the past week or so, I’ve been using a program by Whitesmoke that I’m in love with. After testing out the free trial, I decided it was a must-have product if I was going to be writing on a regular basis. So far, it’s been a HUGE help, and I’ve already seen an improvement. Granted no grammar checker is perfect, but this one caught a lot more than Microsoft Word has.

I’ve also been testing out a few article databases that pay. Three, to be exact, which I have no complaints with in the least.

The first is Constant Content, which is by far my favorite. It’s a tough one to get published on, and articles must be absolutely perfect before they’ll accept it. Here you have the option of setting the price for your unique article, and if you’d like to offer full rights or just useage rigths. So far, I’ve sold the same article twice, which I don’t think is too bad at all.

The second site, Associated Content, I played with some time ago, and have now returned to it. This one also allows you to post articles that have previously been posted somewhere else, although you only recieve income off the views. Unique articles, however, you can submit for upfront payment on PLUS payment on views. You can see my personal profile here.

Finally, there’s Info Barrel. This one I’m just starting to investigate, so have absolutely no idea how great the views per article are. However, it works directly with your Google Adsense account. 75% of Adsense shown goes directly to you. Should the be ranked well and pull in visitors, this may be an excellent option for those who want to write. The only downside is the articles must be 100% unique, not posted anywhere else. The upside, however, is you are allowed to have 2 self-serving links. Which means for those looking to build backlinks AND make a few bucks on the side have a huge advantage with this website.

With the combination of all of the above, I’m well on my way to being an established article writer. It won’t be an easy road, but I do hope it will be a profitable one!

I’m looking for blog owners who are accepting guest bloggers. More specifically I’m looking for the following types of blogs:

Internet Marketing:
All forms, article marketing, affiliate marketing, viral marketing, list marketing, etc. etc. etc.

WAHM:
Anything WAHM related – preferably ones that an internet marketing blog post will fit.

I will be able to provide a copy of the blog post ahead of time for your approval. I will also be giving away free reports to your readers

If you’re interested, please do either of the following:
leave a comment … 
email me at mommyshelperonline @ yahoo.com (without the spaces) with Guest Blogger in the subject line …

Please also include a link to your blog in your message.  

I will be accepting guest bloggers on my blogs in the near future.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Okay Anik Singal of AffiliateClassroom has made me one very happy person, lol!

If you personally ask me, I’d have to say the man is a genious!  Anik has managed to take two of my favorite forms of marketing – affiliate marketing and article marketing - and mashed them together to create an absolutely knock-out article directory.  (Not that you could tell by my past few articles about affiliate marketing are two of my favorite subjects, lol!)

First of all yes - just like the subject line says – this article directory pays you to submit your articles so others can pick them up and publish them.  Now am I the only one who thinks that’s just the coolest thing?  (Come on … I know I’m not the only internet marketing geek out there, lol!)

So the name of this new directory is AffSphere.com.  There’s two really cool (must-see) videos on the site that explains it all but I did want to share a few of my own thoughts with you before you head over to watch them. 

Honestly – I couldn’t wait for the videos to get finished so I could sign up.  I’ve already submitted three of my most recent articles and since it’s 1:00 AM right now, I’m sure you can guess what I’ll be doing first thing tomorrow.  Yep, I’ll be pulling out all of my other articles and submitting those as well.  Of course, the more articles you submit, the more cash you can earn.  (Ooh, I so like the idea of this, lol!)  This is definitely not your typical article directory.

It’s very affiliate friendly, has 8 different ways for you to earn (watch the video for more details), and the articles are reviewed by humans.  I personally prefer to wait a little longer to have my articles reviewed by humans – this way I’m guaranteed this is a quality directory with quality content.

With this directory you not only drive traffic to your website but it also allows you to share in their traffic by hosting your own adsense and banners directly on the site.  You even earn a share of the adsense income made on any of your article pages.

By joining, you automatically become an Affsphere which means that any time someone joins AffSphere from any of your article pages, they’re automatically added to your downline.  You will then get credit for all the submission activity they do – five levels deep.  Plus, AffSphere will be offering courses in the future and you will earn a commission if anyone in your direct downline purchases one (lifetime commissions!)

Those are just a few reasons to submit as many articles as you can.  (And have I mentioned this is all f*ree to join?)

Oh and I am absolutely amazed as to how many cateogries there are to choose from so you can find the best category for your articles.  I’ll be honest with you – I get so tired of having to “settle” on a category just because it was as close as I could get to the category that I would prefer it to be under just because the directory doesn’t offer enough categories.  I really don’t think I’ll have that problem with this directory.

Well I really could go on and on but like I said, it’s one o’clock in the morning here (after that now, lol) and I would like to head to bed – besides – I don’t want to risk the chance of this sounding like a bunch of hype (which is exactly what I end up doing when I get really excited about something, lol!).  I think this was an awesome idea and I’m thrilled to be a part of it.

Not to mention, the videos on the site do an excellent job describing exactly how everything works – I might as well let them tell the story.

I’m gonna go to bed – you head on over to AffSphere, watch the video (click the banner at the top of the page) and then sign up.  It’s free and you’re submitting articles to directories anyway (aren’t you?) So, why not make some additional cash with them too!  So, you’re gonna sign up, right? 

(And you’re going to let me know you think this is just as cool as I do.  Don’t be afraid – admit you’re an internet marketing geek who likes to make m0ney too!)

So what are you waiting for?  Head on over to AffSphere and grab your f*ree account now.  I just know you’ll like it!