Walt Disney Animation’s Frozen 2 is expected to melt hearts at the struggling November box office with a strong domestic debut of $100 million-plus this weekend.
If that happens, the sequel — which continues the adventures of royal sisters Anna and Elsa six years after they made their big-screen debut — could be the first animated pic outside of summer to hit the $100 million mark in its opening. It would also prove to be a much-needed boost for Hollywood as the year-end holidays commence. Domestic revenue is running 6 percent behind 2018, while ticket sales for November are down a steep 27 percent year-over-year, according to Comscore.
Frozen 2 will also bow in most major markets overseas this weekend, including China, and should have no trouble skating past $220 million in its launch.
In North America, the movie has sold more advance tickets than any animated pic in history, according to online services Fandango and Atom.
The first Frozen, which opened domestically on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 2013, set a holiday record with a five-day haul of $93 million, including $67 million for the three-day weekend. It went on to earn an astounding $1.28 billion at the global box office to become the top-grossing animated film of all time, not adjusted for inflation. The pic also won numerous awards, including the Oscar for best animated feature.
In Frozen 2, Kristen Bell (Princess Anna) and Idina Menzel (Queen Elsa) reprise their beloved roles. The gang from the original movie will embark on a new journey that goes beyond their homeland of Arendelle, and this time Anna will be joining Elsa on the adventure.
Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Santino Fontana also return from the first film, while new castmembers include Evan Rachel Wood and Sterling K. Brown. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee also return as co-directors.
Frozen 2’s Rotten Tomatoes score currently rests at 78 percent, compared with 90 percent for the 2013 movie.
Fellow new offering A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as the late Fred Rogers, will be hoping to win over adults. The Sony drama is tracking to bow in the $15 million range, and the studio’s Christmas wish will be for the movie to have long legs through awards season.
Marielle Heller directed the film, which traces the real-life friendship between Rogers and a journalist (Matthew Rhys). A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood boasts a stellar Rotten Tomatoes score of 97 percent.
The weekend’s third new title is 21 Bridges, a cop thriller starring Chadwick Boseman and produced by the Russo brothers. Also produced by STXfilms, MWM Studios and Huayi Brothers Pictures, the R-rated pic is tracking to debut in the $10 million-$14 million range domestically. It was directed by Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones, Luther) and also stars Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, Sienna Miller, Keith David and J.K. Simmons.
21 Bridges’ current Rotten Tomatoes score is 40 percent.
Frozen 2, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and 21 Bridges are all positioned for the lucrative Thanksgiving box office corridor. On Nov. 27, two other holiday offerings will enter the fray: Knives Out and Queen & Slim.
Two of Disney’s most successful movie franchises are about to hit theaters again, and toymaker Hasbro needs people to buy as many related toys, figurines and games as they can to gain lost ground this holiday season.
“Frozen 2” slides into theaters nationwide on Friday, and “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” will unleash the force on movie screens one more time December 19. They couldn’t come at a more pivotal time for both Hasbro and the toy industry.
Six years ago, Disney and Mattel, which at the time was licensed to make Disney’s “Frozen” and “Disney Princesses” franchise-related toys, were caught flat-footed by the demand for “Frozen” merchandise after the first film hit theaters during the 2013 holiday season and enjoyed major box office success. To date, the first “Frozen” movie has earned more than $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing animated film of all time.
At the time of the movie’s release, the supply of Elsa, Anna and Olaf-related merchandise at stores like Toys “R” Us failed to meet demand, which has lasted years, according to BMO Capital Markets toy industry analyst Gerrick Johnson.
“No one expected ‘Frozen’ to be as large as it was,” Johnson told CNN Business. “That caused a sellout of product in 2013. It really took them all of 2014 to catch up with demand. They actually sold more ‘Frozen’-related merchandise in year two than year one.”
Hasbro secured the license to make Disney’s “Frozen” and Disney Princesses toy products in 2014. The Rhode Island-based company already served as the exclusive maker of Disney’s Marvel and “Star Wars” toys, extending its contract for both in 2013 through to 2020, according to Variety.
Hasbro and Disney have been looking forward to the release of “Frozen 2” and the latest Star Wars film for years, hoping the popular franchises will boost lagging sales following a lackluster 2018 holiday season, which had no Star Wars movie in theaters and was the first holiday season without Toys “R” Us.
The former king of US toy retailers filed for bankruptcy in September 2017 and shuttered all its stores by July 2018 before announcing its relaunch earlier this year.
Early sales figures show this holiday season looks to be another bad one for most major retailers. Hasbro products that are not licensed by Disney are now expected to perform poorly as well, according to Johnson. And the 2019 shopping season, which kicks off after Thanksgiving, has six fewer days than last year because because the holiday falls so late in November this year.
That makes the success of Disney toys all the more crucial for Hasbro.
“So far sales in the toy industry have been slow. They have been underperforming to this point if we say the beginning of the season is September,” Johnson said. “Each day that goes by we’re more dependent on a post-Thanksgiving sales rush.”Trade war trouble
President Trump’s trade war with China has also had a negative effect on both Hasbro and the larger toy industry.
Prior to its bankruptcy, Toys “R” Us enjoyed a 15% share of the US toy market, according to a report from wealth management firm DA Davidson & Co. Other retailers, including Macy’s, Kohl’s and even Party City, tried to pick up the toy slack in Toys “R” Us’ absence last holiday season, but Walmart, Target, and Amazon enjoyed most of the revenue gains, along with independent mom-and-pop specialty stores.
This year, most of those retailers have cut back on their toy lineups, largely because of concerns over tariffs on Chinese imports, according to Davidson & Co. toy industry analyst Linda Bolton Weiser.
“Because of the uncertainty over the tariffs, the retailers were hesitant to buy,” Weiser told CNN Business. “This is the second Christmas without Toys ‘R’ Us. We thought everything would be smooth. It really is not because of the tariff stuff that’s going on.”
China manufactured two-thirds of Hasbro’s products prior to 2019. The company has been forced to foot the bill for most of its own Chinese shipping this fall as a result of the tariff concerns while shifting its supply chain to domestic sources, according to Weiser.Pinning hopes on Disney
“Frozen 2” merchandise has been the one toy product line retailers have been willing to stock up on, Weiser said.
“They know it’s going to be a big phenomena so they’ve prepared for it,” Weiser continued. “It’s been so many years since the last movie that the girls who were three to four-year-old girls back can enjoy it in a nostalgic sense in addition to the three to four-year-olds now, so you’re going to get a double whammy.”
Hasbro may have increased its chances of holiday sales success this week with the planned release of a line of “baby Yoda” Star Wars toys. The cute green alien’s debut at the end of episode one of the new Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” was a pleasant surprise for many Star Wars fans. Director Jon Favreau told Collider he convinced Disney and Lucasfilm not to make or release any baby Yoda toys before Mandolorian started streaming in early November to avoid spoiling the surprise.
“I have to thank Disney and Lucasfilm, because the way the cat usually gets out of the bag with that stuff is merchandising and toy catalogs and things like that. So they really back us up,” Favreau told Collider.
Sales of Star Wars toys have been underwhelming since the release of the divisive “Last Jedi” in December 2017, according to Johnson, who said a combination of “movie fatigue” and poor fan reception were to blame.
“If there was fatigue two years ago, there’s more fatigue now,” Johnson added. “However, the Mandalorian, the baby Yoda, that’s generating a lot of interest and excitement. I know some the fans on the last episodic movie were very upset with the movie. There were people who really disliked that movie so much that they swore off all Star Wars ever again. I’ve heard that. … If Hasbro can get a product out for baby Yoda, that will help.”
This story has been updated with details about the planned release of Hasbro’s baby Yoda merchandise, which was initially reported Thursday afternoon by CNBC.
Correction: an earlier version of this story misidentified the toymaker licensed to make toys for the original “Frozen” movie.
Welcome to a special edition of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast.
I’m calling it “Frozen 2” Day because the new episode features interviews with the stars of the Disney sequel, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff and Evan Rachel Wood as well as co-directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and producer Peter Del Vecho.
Here are some of the highlights…
Kristen Bell says “Frozen’s” impact goes way beyond what kids get out of it. “There have been numerous times that people in our team have heard of adults being in a really low place and said, ‘I was considering suicide, and I saw “Frozen” and I realized I can be me,’” she said.
Bell’s new show for Disney Plus, “Encore,” reunites former high school theater club members to perform their school musical. “There’s so few things that unite us all, but you say the words ‘high school’ to anyone on the planet, and they get a pit in their stomach and they feel like they’re going to puke, because high school is traumatic,” she said. “To come back, it’s like time travel and people make amends, people say things they wish they had said, people tell their stories: ‘I behaved like a bully because this was happening to me.’ You watch human connection happen right in front of you. People come out of the closet. It’s beautiful to watch, and it’s one of the things I’m most proud of.”
Idina Menzel knows Ariana Grande would love to play Elphaba in the movie adaptation of “Wicked,” but she still wants to do the film after having won a Tony for her work as the iconic witch back in 2004. “I still think that I should be Elphaba and I should just throw, slap that green makeup on me and get some CGI and Benjamin Button the s— out of that,” Menzel laughed, adding, “I mean I love you, Ariana, but I still am relevant here.”
Menzel also says she’s ashamed to admit it but she recently tried to use her “Frozen” fame with a doctor’s receptionist to get her son in earlier than their scheduled appointment. “I was like, I don’t know, you know, I’m an actress and I have to get to this premiere tonight. ‘Do you have any daughters? It’s called “Frozen” and I sing “Let It Go,”’” she said.
The receptionist wasn’t impressed: “She actually didn’t give a s— and that teaches me a lesson.”
Josh Gad participated in an early reading of “Frozen” when it was called “Anna and the Snow Queen” with Jason Biggs, Megan Mullaly and Ginnifer Goodwin. Even so, he still had to audition to play Olaf in the movie. His audition song? “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”
Jonathan Groff recorded a song Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez wrote for him for “Frozen 2” after he didn’t get the chance to sing in the first movie, but the tune got cut. “I was like, ‘Oh, okay, they tried. It didn’t work. I totally get it. It’s completely fine,’” Groff recalled.
Then they wrote him another song, “Lost in the Woods,” which did make it into the movie.
There’s been a lot of talk on social media about Elsa getting a girlfriend one day. LGBTQ fans love to dissect animated Disney films for any hints of queer themes, storylines or characters. I asked Evan Rachel Wood, who came out as bisexual eight years ago, if she thinks an animated Disney film will ever feature a lead character who is queer. She laughed, “I’m still not convinced that we haven’t already with Mulan and Hercules. Honestly, Mulan is still up for debate. I think there’s a little bi-energy going on there.”
“Frozen 2” co-director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios Jennifer Lee says an LGBTQ lead character isn’t out of the question. “I mean there are no limits to the characters we can have,” she said.
You can listen to all the “Frozen 2” interviews below. You can also find “The Big Ticket” at iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed long-term plans in January to unify the messaging infrastructure behind Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, and the social network took the first step toward that goal Tuesday with its introduction of Facebook Pay.
Vice president of Marketplace and commerce Deborah Liu said in a Newsroom post that Facebook Pay provides a secure and consistent payments experience across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Liu said Facebook Pay will begin rolling out on Facebook and Messenger in the U.S. this week for fundraisers, in-game purchases, event tickets, person-to-person payments on Messenger and purchases from select pages and businesses on Marketplace.
She added that Facebook Pay will be expanded to more people and places, as well as Instagram and WhatsApp, over time.
Facebook Pay supports PayPal and most major credit and debit cards, and payments are processes in partnership with PayPal, Stripe and other providers in the field.
Liu noted that Facebook Pay is built on existing financial infrastructure and partnerships, and it is separate from the Calibra cryptocurrency wallet the company is developing to run on the Libra network.
Facebook vp and chief privacy officer, public policy Erin Egan addressed the privacy aspects of Facebook Pay in a separate Newsroom post.
Egan said people will be able to add or remove payment methods, view transactions and access customer support directly via Facebook Pay, and those who choose to set it up across applications will be able to view their payment histories across those apps in one place.
People will also be given the choice to opt in to email marketing from businesses that they shop from or nonprofits they donate to, and those businesses or nonprofits will only be able to use their email addresses if they opt in.
Users with access to Facebook Pay can go to Settings, Facebook Pay on the flagship Facebook app or website and add their payment method, and once Instagram and WhatsApp are on board, Facebook Pay can be set up directly via those apps, as well.
Egan specified that Facebook Pay will not be automatically set up across apps that people are active on, and that the process must be initiated by the user.
Facebook Pay can then be used to make payments and purchases across the apps that it is set up on, eliminating the need for users to have to re-enter payment information for every transaction.
Liu said real-time customer support is available via live chat in the U.S., with more markets to be added.
Egan pointed out that Facebook has been providing payment capability since 2007, and the social network has processed over $2 billion in donations since debuting fundraising tools in August 2015.
She added that Facebook Pay was designed to securely store and encrypt card and bank account numbers, and the company performs anti-fraud monitoring to detect unauthorized activity and provide notifications for account activity.
Users can also add PIN numbers or use their device biometrics (touch or face ID recognition) for an extra layer of security when making payments through Facebook Pay, and Egan said Facebook does not receive or store biometric information.
Egan said Facebook will collect information on purchases made via Facebook Pay, such as payment method, transaction date and details in billing, shipping and contact information.
Actions taken with Facebook Pay can be used to deliver relevant content and ads, to provide customer support and to promote safety and integrity, and Egan added that card and bank account numbers will not be used to personalize users’ experiences or determine which ads they see.
Payment and transaction history via Facebook Pay can only be seen by the user, and it is not shared with friends or to Facebook profiles or News Feed.
As a business owner or entrepreneur, you know how social media has transformed the way you promote your brand or business. The marketing potential is endless. But have you thought of it as a way to attract potential investors?
Just as a social media platform like Facebook offers tools to keep your business in front of the people who may show the greatest inclination to buy your product or service, it can also show investors what you do and how well you do it. This isn’t about the hard sell. On Facebook, communication is fluid and constant, but not in a way that is obtrusive. It just depends on how you use it.
My company is in the social media marketing space, working on Facebook and Instagram advertising in particular. Based on my experience, here are some best practices to get started with your Facebook fundraising efforts.
1. Use paid ads to target locally.
Because of the algorithms and real-time nature of social media platforms, paid ads will give you an unprecedented opportunity to amplify content to the right audience, at the right time, with the right message.
Are your potential investors in a special part of the U.S.? Are they involved in certain markets such as high tech or agribusiness? With Facebook, you can use paid ads to target investors according to who they are, where they live, their business sector and more.
2. Share relevant news.
You can’t rely on traditional news media to tout the continued achievements of your company. Use Facebook to talk up what you are doing. Better yet, use video to take viewers inside your world to strengthen the human factor of your story. For example, you can share an interview with your founders or a behind-the-scenes look at your product in development. Then, include a pitch link to support your efforts.
3. Stream video.
Facebook Live allows users to stream real-time video to anyone within their Friends network, or even the general public. This is a great way to show investors the latest and greatest features of your startup or product, or to share details about upcoming special events or performances. It also gives personality to your startup. That will help investors feel more comfortable as they get to know you better.
4. Promote reviews.
Let investors know your company is getting results. Collect reviews from social (and traditional) media, and build campaigns around them. Post a CTA on Facebook encouraging recent customers and fans to leave reviews of your product — you could even offer a discount in exchange for leaving reviews.
A steady stream of reviews can be used to enforce the notion that investors would be getting involved in an enterprise that is already getting good press.
5. Create Facebook Groups and Pages.
One simple way to stay in touch with investors is by creating Facebook Pages or Groups for the specific products or services you offer. This will give them a place to ask specific questions at a granular level in an environment that is comfortable and not forced. It will also give you an opportunity to monitor certain themes that crop up that you can expand upon in your marketing.
6. Communicate via Messenger.
Facebook Messenger allows investors to communicate with you, or vice versa, in real time. If a potential investor has an immediate question they need answered, assure them that they can reach you on Messenger. You can also use it to quickly correct or confirm information you see spreading online.
Facebook gives investors a direct line of communication no matter where they are and can be an ideal alternative to traditional methods of fundraising.
Facebook Pay is a new payment service that will let users send and receive money across the Facebook family of apps— Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.Facebook already had a service called Payments that worked with Messenger, but Facebook Pay works with credit cards and will maintain a transaction history.Facebook Pay must be setup for each app individually, so signing up for Facebook Pay on Instagram wont automatically setup Facebook pay for WhatsApp too.Facebook Pay arrives as Facebook works to approve a new digital cryptocurrency called Libra, but the company says Facebook Pay is separate project.In the future, Facebook wants people to be able to use Libra instead of US dollars and other traditional currency for payments in the future.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
Facebook launched a new payment service on Tuesday that will let users of its family of apps — including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — send and receive money and make purchases, a move that lets Facebook match popular features offered by competitors while its more ambitious Libra digital payments system is mired in scrutiny.
The Facebook Pay service is similar to Venmo, Google Wallet and Apple Pay, allowing users to transfer money directly from their bank account or credit cards. It will also be accepted as payment on the Facebook Marketplace. However, Facebook Pay has no fees and will not store money in an online account.
Facebook Messenger already had a service called Payments that let people send money from their bank accounts, but it didn’t support major credit cards. Facebook Pay will accept most major credit cards, including Visa, Mastercard, and users can also connect a PayPal account. Facebook says PayPal, Stripe and other international partners will process payments for Facebook Pay.
The rollout comes as Facebook faces intense regulatory scrutiny over its planned Libra digital currency, an entirely new payment system with its own value that would allow smartphone users anywhere in the world to conduct transactions. Many of the partners that were part of Facebook’s June Libra announcement, such as MasterCard, Visa and eBay, have since dropped out of the project.
Facebook Pay also provides a unifying thread across Facebook’s collection of disparate apps at at time when critics, including several US presidential candidates, are calling to break up the company.
Facebook Pay is available now on Facebook and Facebook Messenger in the United States, it will launch on Instagram and WhatsApp at a later date. While you need to be logged into one of these apps to use Facebook Pay, you don’t need a Facebook account to use the service.
But Facebook Pay could trigger its own scrutiny and pushback among privacy watchdogs because of the company’s plans to use people’s transaction data in its multibillion ad business.
Facebook Pay will provide a transaction history and payment details across all of Facebook’s family of apps, but it wont be visible to the public unless you choose to share it. Credit card data will be encrypted and Facebook Pay users can opt to lock their account with a pin. However, Facebook says that data collected from Facebook Pay transactions could be used for future advertisements.
“For example, if you buy a baseball glove on Facebook Marketplace, you might see an ad for a baseball bat,” Facebook’s announcement reads.
Facebook Pay must be added to each app individually, so it wont automatically show up in WhatsApp if you setup Facebook Pay on Facebook first. Facebook Pay will also be accepted as payment on the Facebook Marketplace.
Facebook said that Facebook Pay is not related to the company’s plans to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra. While Facebook wants Libra to be an alternative to US dollars and other national currencies in the future, it said Facebook pay will rely on “existing financial infrastructure and partnerships.”
You can setup Facebook Pay in the Settings menu on the Facebook app or website.
Today, everything is online – if you’re not on the internet, you don’t exist, whether on social media or in Google search. It’s natural for you to have a website for your online business/blog you want to establish. If you’re not a pro and don’t have programming skills, it can be very hard to understand the meaning of all complicated terminology you need to knowwhen you are establishing a website. Web Hosting and domain registration are two crucial elements of running a website. But these two things are not the same, and it’s very important to recognize the difference between them.
In the following article, we will try to explain everything about web hosting and domain name, and registration each one of them.What is a domain name?
A domain name is often confused with a website, and they are two different entities. If you want to reach a particular website, you’ll type a certain domain name in your computer browser’s URL bar. A domain name is actually a web address – the internet is made up of interconnected computers, and each computer is assigned as a series of numbers so you can identify each one of them. That number combination is IP address, and it’s separated with dots. Anyway, it’s not so easy to remember all those complicated combinations because there are so many of them, and that’s why domain names were invented. And you must admit – it’s much easier to type a memory-friendly domain name, instead of a complicated numeric combination.What is web hosting?
Web hosting is a place where all the content and files of your website are stored. When a visitor types your domain name (web address) in a browser, they’ll be automatically redirected to the website files stored on your web hosting server. How? Your web address is translated in the IP address of your web hosting company computer, and voila! Magic happens.
Long story short: web hosting is a safe house for all your website files and data, and they’re ready to go back to the user’s browsers when they need them. There are many different hosting companies, and many different types of hosting plans, based on the customers needs and size of websites.Domain name vs. Web hosting
Domain name and web hosting can’t exist without each other. In fact, it’s like you have a house, but you don’t have an address – house is a web host, and address is a domain name. Without a domain name, users can’t access your website, and without hosting service, your website can’t be published. Simple.
When we are talking about buying hosting and domain name registration, you can do it separately in two different companies – domain name from domain name company, and hosting from the host provider. It means that you’ll need to edit your DNS setting to point your domain name to your hosting. Also, in case of any problem, you’ll need to call two different companies and it’s not that easy, especially when you’re in a rush. But if you buy both domain name and hosting from one company, it could be much easier, and it’s highly recommended, especially if you’re the owner of a small or medium website. Today many hosting providers offer very affordable domain name registration and hosting. Hostinger is recommended by reviews on Website Planet as the best hosting provider that offers everything you need for a website in one place – domain name registration, different types of web hosting, 24/7 support, and so much more. When you’re thinking about the domain name, it should be strongly connected to the website and the content it represents. Also, it must be easy to remember, easy to read, and unique.
After registering a unique domain name, you must remember to renew a rental period, because you’re not buying it forever. The rental period is usually for a year, sometimes even longer, but not forever. If you forget to renew it, other people will be able to use it.
Finding a good reliable web host and registering a domain name is the hardest part of establishing a website, but it’s very important because it’s the base of all your future progress. After that, you are free to release all your creativity for making a quality and interesting content.
R.L. AdamsCONTRIBUTOREntrepreneur, software engineer, author, blogger and founder of WanderlustWorker.com February 6, 2019 14 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Whether you’re looking to make some fast cash, or you’re after long-term, more sustainable income-producing results, there are certainly ways you can make money online today. The truth is that making money online isn’t as difficult as most make it out to seem. It does require some discipline.
However, if you’re looking for realistic ways you can start earning money online now, then it really truly does boil down to seven paths you can take towards profit. Some will provide you with immediate results, helping you to address your basic monthly necessities such as rent, utilities and groceries, while others have the potential to transform your life by revolutionizing your finances in the long term.
No matter what method you select for generating your online income, there’s one very important thing to understand. Money can be earned and spent, saved and pilfered, invested and wasted. Not time. That’s why time is far more valuable than money. You can’t recreate time. Once it’s spent, it’s gone forever.
When you lack the luxury of time, making money on or offline can seem like an impossible task. How are you supposed to do that when you’re working at a life-sucking nine-to-five job? While the stability of full-time employment might allow most to sleep well at night, it doesn’t empower your creative juices to search for new income-producing strategies.
No matter what method you end up using to generate an income on the web, you need to adjust your mindset to help empower rather than discourage you. The truth is, making money online can be fraught with avoidable pitfalls. Cancel the noise by keeping a few fundamental guiding principles in mind.
If you’re at all serious about generating a full-time income and possibly more from your online activities, then you need to focus on passive income as opposed to active income. Sure, the active income will help you survive. That’s the scarcity mentality at play. But it’s the passive income ideas that will help you thrive.
Considering that you have a finite amount of time, passive income should make up a large part of your work. If you’re serious about generating any semblance of income online, then passive income should be one of your sole goals and ambitions. Why? Wouldn’t you prefer to do the work one time and get paid repeatedly as opposed to relying on your time to generate that income? Invest the time at the front-end so that you can reap the benefits on the back-end. This means putting in a bit of sweat equity and not getting paid today. Rather, you’ll get paid somewhere down the road. And you’ll continue getting paid whether you keep building that passive income stream or you stop.
Anyone interested in making money online should be pursuing passive income, while also working on active income. There are loads of ways to generate an income passively on the internet, many of which start at the foundation of having a blog, generating substantial traffic and building an audience and a list. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.
That doesn’t mean you need to start a blog to make money online today. You could opt for a non-blog-starting route, but if you’re looking for longevity in your income-producing abilities on the internet, then a blog should be your primary aim.
If you’re looking to address some immediate financial needs, then the app economy is likely right for you.
Uber or Lyft: If you’re in a locale where you can find Uber or Lyft, or one of the many competitors around the world such as China’s Didi, the hours are flexible and you can work as you see fit, making it perfect, even if you currently have full-time employment but are looking to make some money on the side.
Postmates: You don’t even need a car in some locations to make money with this app. In some major metroplitan areas like Manhattan, a bike would suffice.
iBotta: Earn cash back rewards by purchasing featured products at major retailers. All you have to do is add rebates, go shopping, then snap a photo of your receipt to earn your cash back. Simple and effective.
Task Rabbit: Another simple and straightforward app for making a bit of side-hustle income is the Task Rabbit app. Tasks can be anything from simple repairs to more exhaustive undertakings. The app carefully vets each service provider to ensure the highest quality, and it’s a great way to make some extra income on the side on your own terms.
Ebates: This app offers a simple way to make money online by buying whatever you’re already buying and then getting a cash-back reward. With eBates, there’s no scanning receipts. Simply click a link in the app and buy from the store. You’ll automatically be credited your cash rewards upon purchase along with receiving an email confirmation.
Swagbucks: With Swagbucks, there are a number of ways you can make money. You can shop online, watch videos, answer surveys and surf the web. The app gives you both cash back and gift cards as a reward for your efforts.
Inbox Dollars: Another app you can use to make money online is Inbox Dollars, which pays you for watching television, taking surveys and shopping. There are cash offers here and it’s relatively similar to some of the other apps in this arena.
You could also opt to use existing websites for making money. These include both active income and passive income methods. For example, you could sell some used items or invest in creating some digital designs that then can be sold on merchandise. Again, devote a sizable portion of your time to passive income so that you can slowly build up earnings that will arrive on autopilot without any extra added effort.
Of course, a large portion of these sites do have their own respective apps. But these are certainly less involved in the gig economy, and more so in the longer term projects that exist in the fields of photography, online marketing, graphic design and web development, for example.
Craigslist: This site has been the go-to resource for over a decade now for people that are looking to make a bit of extra money online. You can easily sell your used stuff, rent out a spare room in your home or apartment, and offer up your services to the world.
Upwork: This website offers a great marketplace for selling just about any professional service. You don’t need a merchant account, website of your own or anything else for that matter. All you need to do is be able to provide a high-quality service at a reasonable price. But be informed, you will have to compete with many others that are constantly bidding on open jobs.
Cafe Press: This website allows you to create digital designs that can then be sold on the platform. You’ll earn a commission for everything that sells and you’ll never have to deal with logistics like printing, warehousing and customer service. If you have some graphic design skills, then this is a great potential source for your web-based income.
Fiverr: Israeli-based Fivver was started in 2010 by Shal Wininger and Micha Kaufam. You can offer gigs as low as $5 but also get paid much more for upgrades and add-ons.
Mechanical Turk: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk is a resource for doing human-intelligence tasks, or as the site commonly refers to them, HITs. You get paid a very small fee for any given HIT and you’ll need a good deal of volume to make a substantial amount of money. But it is a resource you can use in your spare time to generate a small income online.
Flippa: If you have a penchant for buying and selling, you could use Flippa, and its higher-end counterpart, Deal Flow Brokerage to buy and sell websites for a profit. You’ll need to know what you’re doing here, but you could easily make a sizable income by flipping income-generating websites for profit.
Etsy: While Etsy’s popularity has declined recently, it’s still a great resource for selling handmade items online. No need for complex ecommerce sites or merchant accounts or any sort of automation. The company takes a commission of every sale and charges a small listing fee per item. But many still use Etsy as their primary source of income. The best part is that you can also sell digital products on here such as poster designs.
Shutterstock and iStockPhoto: Have a keen eye for photography? Why not sell photos on some of the leading photography sites. You’ll need some design software skills to tag along. But if you do have skill in this arena, it’s a great potential source for passive income.
Threadless: Similar to CafePress, Chicago-based Threadless also allows you to sell digital designs in the form of t-shirts and other merchandise such as phone cases, mugs, beach towels and so on.
Zazzle: Another great resource for selling online is to use Robert Beaver’s Zazzle. The site is somewhat similar to Etsy and virtually anyone can make money online selling a variety of items here. From art to handmade items and customizable products, you can pretty much sell anything here.
If you’re ready to enter the ecommerce fray, you could sell your own stuff. Of course, along with selling your own stuff on your own website comes a whole slew of both responsibilities and technical configuration and requirements. For starters, you’ll need a website and a hosting account. You’ll also need a merchant account like ones offered by Stripe or PayPal. Then you’ll need to design that site, build a sales funnel, create a lead magnet and do some email marketing.
You’ll also need ecommerce software, fulfillment software, worry about warehousing, customer service and refunds. But that’s not all. You’ll also need traffic. Think search engine optimization, Facebook ads, and other social media campaigns. It is hard work, especially on your own. You could opt for Amazon’s platform, which might be the easier route. But, then again, at the end of the day, this is a serious business, which could produce significant profits. So you’re either all in or you’re not.
Shopify: Want to build your own storefront? You could opt to create a Shopify store. You could also install WooCommerce as a plugin and run your ecommerce store from your blog. You’ll need an SSL certificate and a way to process payments, but you might find this easier to get up and running fast to start selling immediately.
Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA): You could start selling on the largest online store in the world and not spend the time to build out your own infrastructure or worry about traffic. You will need to pay a commission, but most of the other processes will be automated for you.
Drop-shipping: Amazon offers one form of drop-shipping, but there are other resources for drop-shipping products that you’ll never actually have to see or handle yourself. You’ll simply need to close the sale. Providers like SaleHoo, Worldwide Brands, and many others, offer you a resource for drop-shipping your products.
High-ticket consulting or coaching: You could sell your own high-ticket consulting or coaching products from your website. You’ll still need a website, merchant account, sales funnel, lead magnet and many other items. But you can easily earn a substantial amount of money from each individual customer, making it well worth the arduous setup required.
There are loads of resources for making money online as an affiliate. You could source products from ClickBank, Commission Junction, Rakuten Marketing, Share-a-Sale,Impact Radius and many others. Plus, many of the larger companies have their own affiliate programs as well. Do your due diligence and find the right company with a relevant product or service to your audience that you can sell as an affiliate.
In some cases, you will need an active website with substantial traffic to get approved. Selling as an affiliate isn’t easy by any means, but if you do have the audience, it can definitely amount to a substantial amount of income.
If you’re serious about making money online, start a blog. Blogging is one of the easiest and most sustainable income sources. As long as the blog is setup the right way, in the right niche, with the right content targeted at the right audience, and the offer is complementary to the content, you could make a tremendous amount of passive income from a blog.
While some might think that starting a blog is an arduous effort, when you understand the precise steps you need to take, it becomes far easier. It all starts in the decision of choosing a profitable niche and picking the right domain name. From there, you need to build your offers. You can easily sell things like mini-email courses, trainings and ebooks.
If you’re interested in online marketing, setup email software and create a lead magnet that you can use in your sales funnel. Then, build up that list. It’s often said that you can expect to earn about $1 per subscriber per month. If you have a list of 10,000 subscribers, that means you can earn roughly around $10,000 per month. You will need to deliver value and not pitch them on every email, but it is a very achievable goal in a short period.
There are many ways to get people onto your list. Lead magnets are one such resource. For example, you can build ebooks, checklists and cheat sheets. But you can also do content upgrades, such as PDF versions of an article with added resources in them, four-part video training series, and more. Think about your audience and what you can offer them to better serve them, then treat them with some respect and you’ll eventually reap the rewards.
Webinars are quite possibly one of the most potent ways you can make an exorbitant amount of money online. You’ll need an audience to train and you’ll need to know what you’re talking about. Of course, this usually requires having a website and some semblance of an online presence. However, people can still do webinars without all of that. For example, you might have a sizable social media following and you train them every week on something to do with social media. But you will need a product to embed and sell at some point. Don’t worry about it in the beginning. In my experience, the best webinar platform out there is GoToWebinar.
No matter what method you choose to make money online, understand that you might be able to make some money fast, but for the sizable returns, you’ll need significant sweat equity. However, a year from now, you’ll be happy you started today. Remember, time is far more valuable than money. Focus on creating passive income streams that will free up your time so that you can quit the rat race and focus on the things that matter.
We’ve all had times when we needed to figure out how to make $200 dollars in one day. And it’s often days like those that determine our financial future.
Take the easy road — by applying for a high-interest loan, for example — and you’ll make matters worse in the long run. On the other hand, a little bit of hustle combined with creativity can change the entire trajectory of your financial future.
Below you’ll find 15 legit ideas to help you make $200 in a day starting from absolute scratch, broken down into online and offline opportunities. Depending on your situation, you may have to combine one, two or three ideas to hit your $200 target. Actually, I recommend doing so, as different sources of income are never a bad thing (and who’s to say you have to stop at $200?).
With each idea, you’ll also find the estimated time it takes for money to hit your bank account. If you do need cash ASAP, focus on the ideas that pay in the least amount of time.
HOW TO MAKE $200 IN A DAY ONLINE
It’s possible to make $200 a day online with just an internet connection. And to many people’s surprise, it’s actually not that hard — when you invest your time and energy in the right strategies.
Here are eight legit and safe ways to make $200 a day online fast.
#1 — SELL SOMETHING ON CRAIGSLIST OR FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: Less than 24 hours
Summary: If you need 200 dollars ASAP, look around your house or apartment for a big-ticket item you can live without. It’ll be easier and faster than trying to unload a lot of small items. Maybe you have an old phone, golf clubs you don’t use anymore, or an extra TV that never gets turned on. Whatever it is, list it on Craigslist and/or Facebook Marketplace to turn it into cash. If it’s hard to part with the item, consider the fact that you can always buy a similar one later (often at a lower price than you sold yours for).
#2 — ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS
Difficulty: Medium
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 2 to 4 weeks
Summary: When you think about how to make $200 in a day, you don’t typically think of surveys. And you’re right — you’re not going to make that kind of money in 24 hours on sites like Survey Junkie. But if you start doing surveys, you can eventually qualify for higher-paying surveys that pay $20 or more each. And you can always combine strategies to help you reach your $200 goal.
What’s nice about Survey Junkie is they have one of the largest inventories of surveys available. After signing up for Survey Junkie, you can sort from highest to lowest payout, allowing you to maximize your earnings per hour.
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 1 to 2 weeks
Summary: Online tutoring is a fast-growing online industry. There are now multiple opportunities to earn money tutoring online, with the most sought after subject being teaching English.
But before you dive in, there are few things to know:
The amount you’ll earn varies by site and is often based upon your experience.
For most sites, you’ll need at least a bachelors degree to apply.
A job isn’t guaranteed. There’s an interview process, and you will most likely have to participate in some training before you start to earn.
With that being said, online tutoring is still a legit online job, offering a lot of opportunities.
Summary: EF is very similar to VIPKid in that you’re teaching English online. The big difference, however, is that EF Education provides the opportunity to teach both children and adults.
Qualifications: A bachelors degree is required, and experience in childhood development, teaching, coaching or mentoring is preferred, but not required.
Summary: One of the largest tutoring sites that connects tutors in the U.S. and Canada with kids (primarily) in China looking to learn English.
Qualifications: Bachelors degree in any field, and some teaching experience (which can be anything from a Sunday school teacher to formal classroom education).
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 1 to 30 days
Summary: Some of the easiest money I’ve made online is through website sign-up bonuses. With just a few clicks, you can earn anywhere from $5 to $20.
One example is Personal Capital, the highly-rated free budgeting app. By signing up and linking one investment account — like a 401(k) or an IRA — you’ll get an instant $20 Amazon gift card.
Ibotta, the popular cash back app, has a $10 sign up bonus after you scan your first receipt, which can be up to one week old.
There are a lot of these opportunities online. If you’re interested in learning more, check out our frequently updated list of the best paid-to-sign-up websites.
#5 — SEE IF STORES OWE YOU MONEY
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: Varies based on purchase history
Summary: Ever bought something online only to watch the price drop soon after? Frustrating, right?
Well, there’s a free tool called Paribus that can help you get a refund anytime a price drops.
Paribus works by scanning your email inbox for receipts. Then, it automatically tracks the prices of what you bought. When Paribus finds something you bought that has dropped, it helps you get a refund.
If you’ve made a purchase online in the last month or so, sign up for Paribus now to see if a store owes you money.
PARIBUS QUICK SUMMARY
Paribus is FREE to use and lets you keep 100% of your savings!
Paribus then works in the background to monitor for opportunities to get money back
When you’re eligible, Paribus works with you to file a price adjustment claim on your behalf
Summary: If you have an extra room in your home, or a place to stay for free while you rent out your place, consider listing it on Airbnb.
What’s required up front is signing up for an account, taking pictures, and filling out the description. Airbnb will then connect you with verified guests who are looking for a place to sleep.
It certainly helps to be located in a popular area to maximize your earnings. However, even less urban areas can command decent money for a room. To find out how much you can get, fill out this Airbnb rental calculator.
#7 — GET PAID TO PROOFREAD
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 2 to 3 weeks
Summary: Do you have an eye for catching other people’s errors? Do you consider yourself an officer of the Grammar Police? Then proofreading could be your dream gig. And it’s easy to make a quick $200 with proofreading.
There’s a high demand for proofreaders because of the increased volume of online content. You can proofread from anywhere. And if you’re not exactly what you’d call a people person, this is a great option for you.
This is a solid option for someone who wants to make a full-time job of it, or just earn extra money in their spare time.
By getting good reviews and steadily increasing your skill set, you have a high earning potential with freelance sites. You’ll get out of this what you put into it. It’s one of the few options on this list where the limit depends solely on you and your own ambition.
While it’s fine to get into freelancing as a way to make money in the short term, don’t ignore what a great possibility it is for long-term income too. This doesn’t have to be a one-and-done moneymaker for you.
It’s best for someone who has current in-demand skills such as writing, editing, and SEO knowledge. If you want to give freelancing a whirl, some good sites to start with include Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer.
HOW TO MAKE $200 IN A DAY OFFLINE
There are certainly many offline opportunities to make money ASAP. The catch, however, is that they’re better suited for those living in more urban areas. If that sounds like you, here are eight different ways to make $200 in a day.
#1 — POSTMATES
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: Instantly (for a 50-cent fee), or about one week via direct deposit
Think of Postmates as the Uber or Lyft of delivery. Instead of picking up people, you’re picking up and delivering packages, groceries and food. It’s super flexible (you can work as little or as much as you want), and it can be surprisingly lucrative, as you’ll get paid anywhere from $4 to $15 per-delivery (based on factors like how far you have to drive. Plus, you keep 100% of your tips.
Postmates allows you to deliver by car, bike or foot.
To get started, create your account. Then you’ll receive a welcome kit, a delivery bag, and a debit card (which allows you to make purchases for your customers). From there, just download the app and start looking for delivery opportunities in your area. If you’re in a crunch for money, Postmates allows you to get paid instantly for a small fee, or to wait four to seven days to be paid by ACH.
#2 — DOORDASH
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: Daily
Another delivery app worth trying out is DoorDash. It’s very similar to Postmates in that you’re making local deliveries. The big difference, however, is that DoorDash specializes specifically in delivering take out food.
Whether to go with DoorDash or Postmates typically comes down to what city you’re in. Depending on where you live, one app is likely to have more market share and therefore present more opportunities.
If you’re serious about earning money, give both apps a shot to see which one maximizes your earnings.
#3 — DRIVE FOR UBER
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 1 to 2 weeks
Summary: You’ll have to meet some basic qualifications to be an Uber driver, but there’s good money in it. You’ll have to be 21 or older, with a valid driver’s license. You must have had your license for a year or more. And you must have an up-to-date insurance policy.
Reasons you might want to consider being an Uber driver include:
It pays decent money, and you can get tips.
The demand is high, especially in bigger cities.
You get to choose the hours you want to work.
#4 — HAVE A GARAGE OR YARD SALE
Difficulty: Medium
Time it takes for money to be deposited: Less than 1 week
Summary: This is a simple way to raise money when you’re in a pinch. It’s also a great way to reduce the clutter in your house and free up storage space.
If you’re looking for how to make $200 in a day, a good garage sale can do it.
You should expect to tie up a whole weekend to do it, though. You’ll want to have your sale on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Long weekends such as Labor Day weekend and Memorial Day weekend are popular choices.
#5 — FIND A DAY LABOR GIG ON CRAIGSLIST
Difficulty: Medium
Time it takes for money to be deposited: Less than 1 day
Summary: Many individuals and businesses look to hire people for a day on Craigslist. You can often get paid in cash for a one-time gig.
There’s a wide variety of work on Craigslist. People need help moving, house sitting, and with handyman duties.
To find jobs that you might be suited for, search City+Labor jobs. Consider ones that won’t involve too much driving, as you don’t want gas money to eat up your profits.
#6 — FIND A LOCAL FOCUS GROUP
Difficulty: Medium
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 1 week
Summary: You can look for focus groups in your area by searching Craigslist. Another strategy is to search Google for “Market Research Companies/Focus Groups Near Me.” If you want to get alerts any time there are opportunities in your area, sign up for Harris Poll Online, which has both online and paid market research opportunities.
Focus groups can be an enjoyable way to spend your day. You’ll meet new people. Plus, you’ll get a chance to offer your opinion about a product or service.
#7 — ASK FOR A DOUBLE SHIFT
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 1 to 2 weeks
Summary: Maybe you’d rather tap your current employer for more hours than spend your time trying to make money in a new way. That can be a great idea, as earning that $200 could be as simple as asking your boss for an extra shift or two this week.
Depending upon where you work, that extra shift might be in a different department. That can give you even greater job security, as the more you know and the more you can do, the more valuable you are to your employer.
#8 — SAVE $200 IN A DAY
Difficulty: Easy
Time it takes for money to be deposited: 30 days
Summary: Sometimes it’s much easier and better in the long run to find ways to save money than to find ways to earn more. It’s easy to end up with $200 more in your bank account if you watch what you’re doing.
Cut your unused subscriptions with Truebill: A free budgeting app, Truebill makes it easy to keep track of your money and bills all in one place. Have a subscription you’re not using or paying too much for? Truebill will cancel it or negotiate a better price.
Best Sites that will Pay You to Write Articles Online
Are you looking for article writing websites so you can start earning money online? Freelance article writing gives you the opportunity to work from home. Jobs, where article writers can be earning money, are listed every day.
We provide article writing services for a living and have learned that just knowing where the writing jobs are online is half the battle won.
Perhaps you have wanted to try publishing some of your own articles online and don’t know where to start.
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Being able to write and earn money online can be very rewarding. You can choose to work with the clients or websites that interest you most.
You also get to enjoy working at your own pace, setting your own price (as demand for your writing grows) and you get to enjoy a steady income.
However, for some, the idea of writing for others is not so satisfying. A career in journalism or writing articles is not for everybody.
If you want to earn money by writing online for others, here are 10 sites where you can get paid to write your own articles.
Wow Women on Writing: $50-100
Wow Women on Writing does one thing really well: They look after female writers, encourage them and genuinely seek to offer opportunities to budding freelancers. Their audience is diverse and all focused on providing excellent content for women.
Wow Women focus on innovative business, freelancing, and training. The articles are generally detailed and designed to help writers improve their skills and showcase their work. You have an option of either asking for a payment by Paypal or, if in the USA, by Check.
How to get started
Start by reading other Wow Articles. You will want to have an idea of the tone of the site. The site is informative, relaxed and excited about showcasing good writers.
Ensure that you are not just duplicating their content and re-editing an old idea. Be creative.
Wow will pay up to $150.00 for a 3,000-word feature article.
Focus on being useful. How will your post help readers?
Practical, actionable advice is what readers want with easy to follow steps.
Wow Women focuses on women, writers, and a monthly theme. I am not sure what they offer in terms of a link back to your own content in the articles but they do link back to your site from your Author profile.
Please note that they do not open attachments. Your article or pitch needs to be presented in plain text in the body of the email. Sending a Bio or a link to other published work is a good idea and will improve your chances of getting published.
Strong Whispers: $50 – $150
Strong Whispers offers readers a range of articles about lifestyle, environment and other social issues. The range is wide. Your contribution is not limited.
Articles can range from corporate greed to education reform or change in world leadership to letting the people govern and make decisions on the way we treat the environment and exploitation of resources.
How to get started
Article earnings are negotiable, but they typically pay $50-$150 per published article. They are willing to pay more for the right article and website aims to publish 2-3 guest posts per month.
Step 1: Send them your best outline for an article you would like to write along with your fee expectation. Topics need to be unique and have a high impact.
They also ask that you send your current blog URL or an URL to published work so they can understand your writing style. They will tell you if the topic is of interest to them and if your sample meets their review criteria.
Step 2: After you have been invited to write for them, go ahead, write your article and submit it for review. They won’t publish simply mediocre or just okay guest posts.
Each article must be well written, accurate, grammatically correct and original content. You will get to view their guidelines so you can be sure to tick all the boxes.
Step 3: After you submit your article online, it will be reviewed. After review you will receive one of 3 emails:
Rejected – Poor quality.
Requires minor changes
Approved.
If approved, it will be set to publish either immediately or at a future date. Once set to publish, you will be paid via PayPal.
Link-Able: $100 – $750
Link-Able is a great way for high-quality authors to earn money publishing for a wide range of clients and industries. Link-Able matches writers who are able to publish on relevant sites with businesses looking to earn mentions, links and traffic to their sites.
Founded by Jay Douglas, Link-Able offers good rates that depend on the sites you have authorship on – or are able to successfully pitch to. niches include business, finance, marketing, health, sport, tech, retail and more.
Note: The site will generally only accept native English authors and those with a track record of high-quality work in English.
The platform is simple and easy to use. Once you have been approved as an author, just browse the available writing jobs and apply.
How to get started
Apply for an Author account and choose your area of expertise
Once approved, browse writing jobs
Read the job specs carefully. Recommend a site or sites you can write on and a concept for your article.
If you win the job, you write, publish and get paid – simple!
A quick tip – You will have more success if you limit your areas of expertise to only those things you are truly passionate about.
A Few Tips on Writing the Kind of Article that Gets published
Make sure you follow the editorial guidelines regarding word length, style, and tone
These are basic to getting people to show interest in publishing your article and are absolutely necessary.
Cracked.com: $100 – $200
Cracked.com is basically a humour site. If you are a funny/smart/creative person, Cracked.com offers a good opportunity to earn some extra cash with article writing.
No experience necessary. They will pay you if it’s good. You get to talk directly to the editors. Their content includes articles, photoshops, infographics and videos. Take your pick.
How to get started
Register for the site, click on the writer’s workshop, which leads you to the message board where everyone pitches their articles.
You pitch an article idea by writing the article idea, along with the five subtopics under the idea, a full column, and the information.
At the time of writing, you get $100 per article.
If you get up to five published articles, it goes up to $200 per article.
If your article finishes in the top ten articles of the month (rated on website traffic.) you get a $100 bonus.
You also get $100 for coming first in the Photoshop competitions of which I think they run two a week.
There is a bonus that runs in the design section also from time to time. It includes $500 for designing a winning T-Shirt, and a thread where you post (presumably humorous) infographics and they’ll pay you $100 if it’s featured on the site.
Watch Culture: $25 – $500
Watch Culture offers its news, opinion and entertainment coverage to millions of users worldwide each month.
As an online magazine based in the UK it covers the popular zeitgeist. Each day dozens of writers are earning money by publishing articles on Film, Music, Gaming, Sports, Television and much more to their ever-expanding five-million a month strong audience.
Several hundred articles are posted every single week from contributors, some of which you will see from time to time on Sky News, Metro Radio, BBC Radio, Dublin FM and in the national newspapers.
How to get started
What Culture have begun rolling out a system entitling all writers to earn money from every article they contribute.
In the Beta testing phase, some of the contributors have earned as much as £700 from one individual article. The system is based on a per views basis, rewarding the very best writers whose content matches what their audience wants to read.
Typically, writers who could come up with original concepts and execute them well have really reaped the big benefits.
If writing isn’t your thing, they are also planning to set up a larger video presence and are looking for talented filmmakers and YouTubers to produce high-quality content for the site.
So if you think you’ve got what it takes to write interesting articles or create popular videos and make money while doing it, get in touch with them at editor@whatculture.com for more details.
If you’d prefer to chat on Skype, the address is ‘whatculture’. Or if you live anywhere near Newcastle in the UK, they can arrange a face-to-face meeting.
Developer Tutorials: $30 – $50
Developer Tutorial provides its users with a regular supply of programming and design guides keeping them up-to-date on new and emerging technologies and techniques.
To help fuel this effort they utilise freelance writers to produce unique, high-quality tutorials in the following categories:
AJAX
Flash
JavaScript
PHP
ASP
Illustrator
Linux
Photoshop
CSS
Java
MySQL
Python
They are also looking for articles referencing cool and useful lists that users would both be interested in and benefit from reading.
An example of this might be, “30 Cool Web Tools to Make Your Development Easier” or “30 Awesome Photoshop Movie Poster Tutorials”.
They pay cash for your tutorials and list-based articles so not only are you helping out fellow coders and designers but you are making more of a name for yourself as a freelance writer.
How to get started
Pay rates depend on factors such as the quality of the tutorial/article and the demand for the topic it covers.
Pay rates for published list articles currently range between $30-$50.
Payment is sent via PayPal immediately after your article is published.
List based articles must target web developers or designers.
Tutorials are required to be a minimum of 1000 words and should include illustrations (screenshots etc) if needed to more effectively portray your message.
B. Michelle Pippin: $50 – $150
Michelle Pippin is looking for articles aimed at helping small businesses increase their profits, influence, or impact. Michelle Pippin provides sharp and high-quality business and marketing content to a wide audience.
If you have some original work, a great idea or a hack for the business, marketing niche, this could be a site to consider. While the site focuses on women in business, it provides an even-handed mix of articles on profit, entrepreneurial resources, marketing and case study articles as well as relevant news on the business world.
The site has a large audience and a wide mix of business and marketing related material.
Your articles don’t need to be too technical, as though they were being prepared for a peer-reviewed journal, but they should go beyond the basics.
Michelle will expect you to do the research and if it reaches her members only audience (which is a print edition) you will likely receive a bigger pay cheque.
Word count on the site for your average business or marketing article is about 800 words.
How to get started
Obviously, your work must be original work.
If your work gets published in my members only (print) newsletter, you’ll get paid more money, but you will not be able to republish your article elsewhere.
Payment is on a per article basis and will be paid via Paypal on the 1st of the month following the month it is posted.
Don’t send over full articles. Just complete the form and tell them your areas of expertise. A short pitch should be fine but keep your offer short and sweet.
Metro Parent: $50 – $75
Metro Parent Publishing Group is open to experienced freelance writers to help build the content of their magazine and website. Their general goal is to have a good mix of fun and substantive local stories of interest to local parents.
Here are a few factors to consider before sending your pitch.
Make it local. They are looking for stories and sources that reflect the communities they cover: Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Therefore, southeast Michigan ideas and sources are preferred.
Pitch early. Content for Metro Parent is determined months in advance. Story ideas should be pitched a good two to three months before the month it would run. This is particularly important for seasonally-anchored stories.
How to get started
If your article submission is accepted or you have been assigned a story, you should submit an invoice (within an email is fine) that includes name, address, phone number, Social Security Number, name of story and payment amount.
The invoice should be submitted within a week of submitting the story.
Features 1,000-2,500 words: $150-$350, depending on the complexity of topic and number of sources required.
Department columns: $50-75
Parent Pipeline pieces: $35-50
Reprints: $35
The finished story should be single-spaced with a hard return at each new paragraph. Do not indent for new paragraphs. And include only one space after punctuation marks.
Include your byline plus the preferred tagline
Font should be Times New Roman, 14-point
Include a suggested headline and/or dek
Subheads (i.e., within the body copy) are strongly encouraged for stories 1,000 words or more.
Metro Parent prefers stories to be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment. For those who don’t have Word, send the story within the body of an email.
Be sure to include the name and phone number of sources at the end of the story, in case they have follow-up questions.
Sitepoint: Visit Link for Pricing
Sitepoint writers are generally web professionals with a passion for development and design. Site Point is specifically looking for content that is technical, instructive, well-written and innovative.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Site Point works with article writers from all over the world. The editors are web developers and designers at the top of the industry. They claim to pay above-industry rates for quality articles.
How to get started
Site Point covers the following topics:
CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Ruby, Mobile development, UX
Design, HTML
You will have to inquire using the link above for rates and process.
Uxbooth: $100
Uxbooth is into design. I figured that much out. The rest of their site is gibberish. For example, their “About us” page begins with these words,
“The UX Booth is a publication by and for the user experience community. Our readership consists mostly of beginning-to-intermediate user experience and interaction designers..”
What that means is anybody’s guess. it might be good for the user experience but it’s nigh useless if you were looking for a reading experience. Nevertheless, they offer you money to join them in the art of gibberish.
How to get started
Uxbooth does not accept fully written drafts outright. Instead, they pair authors with editors in order to collaborate throughout the writing process. It works like this:
You pitch a topic or idea that you’d like to share. Don’t be shy!
If accepted, a development editor is assigned to you in order to help you develop your narrative in accordance with their style guide. The two of you discuss and evolve the idea until it’s ready to share.
That’s it! Articles are usually published four-to-eight weeks after they’re initially pitched.
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