Key insights

• ✍️ Becoming a successful online writer is achievable for anyone
• 📱 Online writing is about publishing where the readers already are, i.e., social media platforms
• 💰 Online writing allows for greater earning potential and building a personal brand and audience
• 🔄 Immediate feedback loop and iteration on social platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn help determine what works and resonates with the audience
• 📚 Successful authors like Mark Manson and Ryan Holiday leveraged their popular blog posts to create best-selling books
• 💹 Writing online can generate revenue through ads but can be volatile and requires high views
• 💼 Offering writing as a service to businesses or individuals can be lucrative, with opportunities in ghostwriting, content writing, and copywriting
• 💵 Ways to make money from online writing include advertising, selling products, and offering premium content

Q&A

• Are there opportunities for offering writing as a service?

  Offering writing as a service can be lucrative. Opportunities include ghostwriting, content writing for businesses, and copywriting. Ghostwriting for celebrities and CEOs can be highly-paid, while copywriting allows for earning a percentage of sales. For more insights, the book 'The Art and Business of Ghostwriting' is recommended.

• What are the revenue sources for online writing?

  Writing online can generate revenue through ads, but it's volatile and requires high views. Paywall and exclusivity models offer more stable income through charging for content. Examples include premium newsletters, courses, and products.

• How can writers make money from online writing?

  Successful authors have leveraged popular blog posts to create best-selling books. Additionally, tools like Shopify provide resources for writers to start a business around their writing. Making money from online writing can be achieved through advertising, selling products, and offering premium content.

• What are the key aspects of online writing?

  The key aspects of online writing include generating lots of ideas, posting on platforms with built-in viewership, facing immediate feedback, using data to improve writing, and analyzing feedback to spot patterns. The feedback loop is more effective than in legacy writing.

• What are the benefits of online writing?

  Online writing offers better earning potential, personal brand building, and audience engagement through immediate feedback loop and iterative process. It allows for greater earning potential, building a personal brand, and audience. The three-part process of generating ideas, publishing consistently, and engaging with feedback is key to successful online writing.

• What does Nicholas Cole's book focus on?

  Nicholas Cole's book 'The Art and Business of Online Writing' offers insights into building a profitable online writing business through social media platforms. It focuses on tools and strategies for making money from online writing.

• Is becoming a successful online writer achievable for anyone?

  Yes, becoming a successful online writer is achievable for anyone. Online writing is about publishing where the readers already are, i.e., on social media platforms. Traditional publishing relies on gatekeepers and elitism, while digital writing allows anyone to become a writer.

• 00:00 Becoming a successful online writer is achievable, and traditional publishing isn't the only path to success. Nicholas Cole's book 'The Art and Business of Online Writing' offers insights into building a profitable online writing business through social media platforms.
• 02:23 Online writing offers better earning potential, personal brand building, and audience engagement through immediate feedback loop and iterative process as demonstrated by Pachy McCormik's success in generating a million dollars of revenue within 2 years.
• 04:50 Online writing involves generating lots of ideas, posting on platforms with built-in viewership, facing immediate feedback, using data to improve writing, and analyzing feedback to spot patterns.
• 07:16 Successful authors like Mark Manson and Ryan Holiday leveraged their popular blog posts to create best-selling books. Shopify offers tools and resources for writers to start a business around their writing. Making money from online writing can be achieved through advertising, selling products, and offering premium content.
• 09:52 Writing online can generate revenue through ads but it's volatile and requires high views. Paywall and exclusivity models offer more stable income through charging for content. Examples include premium newsletters, courses, and products.
• 12:23 Offering writing as a service can be lucrative, with opportunities in ghostwriting, content writing for businesses, and copywriting. Ghostwriting for celebrities and CEOs can be highly-paid, while copywriting allows for earning a percentage of sales. Check out the book 'The Art and Business of Ghostwriting' for more insights.