In 2014, I had pitched several article ideas to an editor at Forbes that were rejected. The first rejection would have stopped me cold in my tracks if I weren’t determined to see my name as an author in this publication.
I persisted. And was finally published in June 2014.
I was elated when I got the message from the editor that they were interested in the article. However, words cannot describe how excited and accomplished I felt when I received the email informing me that my guest post, 12 Ways to Write a Captivating Bio, was published on Forbes.
Although I was not paid for this articles (Hey, it was Forbes), I have earned thousands of dollars in bio business as a result.
How to Earn Thousands from a Free Guest Post
Three ways I earn thousands of dollars from professional bios:
- Writing bios for executives, professionals and entrepreneurs;
- Sales from my How to Write a POWERFUL Professional Bio eBook; and
- Editing professional bios.
To learn more about how I did this and to get tips on how you can do it, too, listen to my interview with Ed Gandia.
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Great article! Guest posting allows you to expand your audience and profit from your expertise.
Mostly, you can nowadays earn from content marketing also. Once you start posting on bigger sites they will allow you to write more and more.
Bishwajeet, do you know if these bigger sites pay you for posting or are you getting paid from the traffic that comes from posting on those sites?