Textbroker is a fantastic website that offers ghostwriting services to anyone needing an article, blog post, or term paper written quickly. (Please note that I just mention term papers as an example. I am not suggesting that you hire Textbroker to do your homework for you, thereby freeing up your time for more fun and/or important things. That would probably be against the rules. It definitely would be if you got caught.)

There are plenty of websites out there that let you hire someone to do your writing for you, but Textbroker is unique in that it allows you to sign up as a client, to get writing done, or as an author, to write for other people. Both services are great, but being able to sign up as an author is especially handy if you are looking to make money online fast.

How It Works

I’ve used Textbroker numerous times to have articles written for me and I’ve nearly always been pleased with the results I’ve gotten from the Textbroker writers. Here’s how the system works.

Pricing for Textbroker articles is per word, and there are 4 different price/quality levels:

• 2 Star (Legible) – $1.00 per 100 words
• 3 Star (Average) – $1.40 per 100 words
• 4 Star (Excellent) – $2.00 per 100 words
• 5 Star (Professional) – $6.70 per 100 words

Let’s say I need a 500 word article written on the subject of socket wrenches for a new website that I’m working on. I generally go with the 3 star service for content that I put on my websites, so I would be looking at a cost of $7 for that article (500 words x $1.40 per 100 = $7). To get the article written, I would log into my account at Textbroker, and give them the information on the article – the desired length, the article keyword (socket wrenches), the quality level, the deadline for delivery, and anything else that I want in the article.

Textbroker then takes the information I’ve given them for the article, and posts it in their article database for authors. Every author that is signed up with Textbroker can search this database for articles that they want to write. Authors can search for specific keywords, to look for articles that they have some expertise on, or they can browse by topic or category. When an author finds an article they are interested in writing, they can get additional information on it such as the deadline for delivery, the desired quality level, and any special requests the client has.

Once an author selects an article to write, the clock starts ticking on the deadline set by the client. You obviously only want to select articles that you know you can fulfill by the deadline. You don’t have to only write on topics that you have expertise in – you can research new and unfamiliar topics and keywords easily on the Web – but make sure to set aside time for research if you are going to write on a new topic for the first time.

When you have the article written, you submit it to the client via the Textbroker website, and the client is able to review the article before he releases payment. If the article is not up to the client’s standards, he can request that it be revised. If the client is happy with it, then he accepts the article and releases payment.

How To Make Money Fast With Textbroker

Now that you know how the system works, let’s look at what sort of strategies you should have if you’re going to try and make some fast money with Textbroker. Firstly, to make any money at all with Textbroker, you have to be in their system and be registered with them as an author. This process can take a couple of weeks to complete, so if you like the idea of making money by writing articles for clients, then go ahead and sign up with them.

The next thing to know is that there are going to be far more short, low quality articles (SLQA’s) available to be written than long, high quality articles. This is true for a couple of reasons: number one, internet marketers (the largest segment of Textbroker’s client base) outsource far more SLQA’s than they do long, high quality articles (I’m not going to get into the why of that here; just trust me, it’s true), and number two, the few long, high quality articles that do make it into the Textbroker article database are going to be highly contested and snapped up quickly.

Your best bet, if you’re looking to make some money quickly, is to write as many short, 2 star articles as you possibly can. You’re going to be making about $2 to $3 per article, so you may initially feel like you’re not seeing much in the way of results, but all of those articles will add up.

As an internet marketer, I outsource lots and lots of these SLQA’s via Textbroker, and here’s why you should focus on these articles: the quality of the article I get back doesn’t matter to me one bit. Here’s what I’m looking for: 1) unique, original content (i.e., not copied from some other source), 2) quick delivery, and 3) an article of the length that I specified. That’s it. When I get articles like these back from Textbroker, as long as those three rules have been followed, I immediately accept the article and release payment.

To give you an idea of how many SLQA’s you can complete in an hour, I wrote one myself this morning that I needed too quickly to be processed through Textbroker, and it took me all of 7 minutes. It was even a topic that I’m not incredibly familiar with. You could conceivably write 8 to 12 of these articles an hour, which works out to an hourly wage of $16 to $24. Not too bad for part time work.

Other Benefits of Textbroker

Besides the opportunity to make fast money online, Textbroker also lets you build a client base over time, and form relationships with clients that like your work and want to hire you directly. This can lead to some exciting things, not the least of which could be a full or part time business that you can run from home.