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Are you struggling to turn your passion for writing into a profitable venture? Have you ever wondered how successful online writers build their businesses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his book The Art and Business of Online Writing<\/em>, Nicolas Cole shares valuable insights on establishing an online writing business. He details strategies for transforming your writing skills into a lucrative career, including self-promotion techniques, creating pillar content, and monetization methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading to learn how to take your online writing hobby to the next level by transforming it into a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Establish Your Online Writing Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cole says that, once you\u2019ve narrowed down your niche and have an audience, you can begin to turn your writing into a business\u2014that is, to build a name for yourself and start making money from your content. To do this, you\u2019ll need to direct people away from whatever platform they\u2019re reading your content on (for example, Quora or Medium) and toward your personal platform\u2014for example, a website or book. We\u2019ll discuss how to establish an online writing business by capturing readers on your personal platform and profiting from this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: While Cole says you must have a presence online and redirect your audience to your own platform to start making money, this isn\u2019t always the case. In On Writing<\/em><\/a>, Stephen King discusses the more traditional method of submitting your work to publications and getting an agent<\/a>. If you\u2019d prefer to take this traditional route, King recommends reading Writer\u2019s Market<\/em><\/a>\u2014a guide to publishing all types<\/em> of content from novels to plays. This will direct you toward publications and agents that fit your niche and that are looking for writers. It also provides information on pay rates and short descriptions of what each publication or agent is looking for.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step #1: Endorse Yourself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cole says the first step in directing people toward your personal platform is learning how to endorse yourself without being obvious about it.<\/strong> Being low-key is crucial, according to Cole, because the more you endorse yourself the less people listen. The key to endorsing yourself is doing so in a way that genuinely benefits your reader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, imagine you\u2019re writing a piece titled \u201c5 Signs Your Depressed Partner Is Unhappy With Your Relationship.\u201d You can subtly endorse yourself by saying: \u201cIf you recognize these signs, you may want to have a conversation with your partner about existing issues.\u201d Within that sentence, you can hyperlink to another article you wrote about how to have a conversation about relationship issues, which both helps the reader and plugs another one of your articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cole says it\u2019s OK to be more obvious sometimes\u2014for example, directly saying that you wrote a book that might help your reader, or mentioning you\u2019re an expert on the topic and they might want to check out your library. The key to doing this is making it clear that it\u2019s for their benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employ Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to Capture Readers<\/strong>

In Thank You For Arguing<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Jay Heinrichs says the best way to subtly persuade people to do what you want (click your link) is to employ ethos, logos, and pathos. To make this technique most effective, employ it throughout your article, not just when you reference your source.

Ethos shows your audience that you\u2019re inherently trustworthy and makes them want to listen to you<\/a>. You can employ ethos by showing that you share the same values as your audience, demonstrating that you don\u2019t have any personal stake in their decisions, and showing that you\u2019re a practical person. This will make them willing to consider clicking your link.

Logos uses your audience’s logic and beliefs to make your suggestion seem desirable<\/a>. This is the technique Cole relies on when suggesting you make it clear how your link benefits the audience.

Pathos <\/strong>leverages your audience’s emotions<\/a> and is the most important aspect because it takes the audience from just agreeing with your offer to actually engaging <\/em>with it; in other words, your audience will not only believe your link\u2019s helpful, but they\u2019ll actually click on it and read your content. You can employ pathos through storytelling or referencing shared identity that evokes feelings of tribalism.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step #2: Write Pillar Pieces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Next, Cole says you must create \u201cpillar pieces\u201d that attract people to your personal platform. For example, if your niche is \u201crelationship management for people with depression,\u201d your pillar piece will be an ultimate guide to this topic containing all the crucial information you\u2019ve written about in different articles. This piece might cover topics like how to know if you have depression when you’re in a relationship, behaviors and feelings you might have, how to talk about relationship issues, and so on. Your pillar piece should include even more information and details than the individual articles combined\u2014for example, additional research, personal stories, or interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: The concept of \u201cpillar pages\u201d (pillar pieces) was popularized in 2013 by Rand Fishkin, the founder of SEO company Moz. One aspect of pillar pieces that Fishkin saw as crucial but Cole doesn\u2019t discuss in depth is using keywords to leverage SEO<\/a> (search engine optimization). One way to do this is to ensure your pillar piece and related articles use consistent keywords<\/a>\u2014for example, if you use the term \u201ckitchen sinking\u201d to describe an argument style, use that same keyword in all your articles when discussing the concept. This will also make it easier for readers to navigate your content.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have pillar pieces and start directing people onto your platform, says Cole, you should create even more in-depth content based on your pillar pieces, such as master guides, online courses, or newsletters. These resources should be free, but you should require the user\u2019s email to sign up so you can capture them as \u201cpermanent\u201d audience members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: In Contagious<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Jonah Berger argues that capturing your audience (through the quality of your content or having their email address, for example) isn\u2019t enough to keep them engaged\u2014they could easily stop being interested if their preferences change. One way to keep them around, according to Berger, is to inspire emotions that generate \u201cphysiological arousal.<\/a>\u201d The top five high-arousal emotions are anger, anxiety, awe, amusement, and excitement. If you can elicit these emotions when introducing consequent products (online courses, newsletters, and so on) your audience will be more likely to engage.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step #3: <\/strong>Choose Your Money-Making Method<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once you have a solid audience visiting and utilizing content from your personal platform, you can start integrating money-making methods. Cole says there are three main methods you can use to start monetizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method #1: Paid Access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The first method Cole suggests to make money off your content is to create even more detailed content from your pillar pieces, master guides, and free courses that you can sell to people.<\/strong> Everything up to this point should be free to entice people and gain their trust and consistent attention. Once you have this audience, you can create something that offers them even more<\/em> than everything you\u2019ve already combined. For example, you could offer a subscription-based newsletter, a paid interactive course, or a book (like The Art and Business of Online Writing<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method #2: Employment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The second method Cole suggests to make money off your content is to use your proven skills to write for other people. <\/strong>Having a personal platform with your own content library and a stable and consistently engaged audience proves to people that you\u2019re a successful writer. You can now offer to share your talents with others for a fee. For example, you can be a content writer for a company or a ghostwriter for individuals who have credibility through expertise but not the writing skills to share that expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method #3: Advertising<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The final method Cole suggests to make money off your content is incorporating advertising into your personal website.<\/strong> This method works in a few ways. First, you can have companies pay you to allow their ads to appear on your content. Second, you can have brands pay you to directly endorse their products (for example, recommending users try a particular online therapy company in your relationship articles for people with depression). Third, you can become an affiliate\u2014this is like the second option, but you make money through commissions every time someone uses your link to visit their platform or purchase their product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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