Are you wondering how to make more money at Bukisa? I’ve only been there for a few days. I have seven articles published and my earnings have not exploded by any means. A few of the articles were originals, others were reprints. I had them on Associated Content and published them as non-exclusive.

Though I am new at Bukisa, I am no stranger to making the revenue sharing model a success. So, I thought I’d give you a few strategies that will help you increase your earnings.

• Participate in the site. Add people to your friends list. Comment on articles. This will help you get more traffic to your articles.

• Promote your articles on your blog. Whenever you have a new article published, make an announcement on your blog (if the subject of the article pertains).

• Start a Squidoo lens (or two). Once I have more articles, I am going to start a series of Squidoo lenses where I will link to my Bukisa articles.

• Article marketing. Article marketing can work very well in terms of promoting your profile. Sites like goarticles.com and ezinearticles.com can be very powerful. However, make sure you follow the rules of the site or it can get frustrating.

• Use the RSS feeds whenever you can. You can put your rss feeds on squidoo, hubpages, and on your blogs. It can help get you even more traffic to the articles!

• Announce on twitter. Do you have a twitter account? If so, tell your friends when you’ve published a new article.

• Put your profile on facebook. Share your Bukisa profile on your wall so all your facebook friends can see.

• Research the keywords. Keyword research is important because it will help you get valuable search engine traffic. I use Wordtracker’s free tool .

This is more than enough to get you started promoting your profile! And, these strategies aren’t time consuming. I research keywords for each article. Other than that, I try to work on at least one of these strategies a day.

So, December is almost over. As I get set to close my books, I realize that I am a little short of my goal this month. Okay, a lot short. So, I thought I’d brainstorm some strategies to get as much money earned by the end of December as possible.

• Affiliate marketing - I could step up my efforts to promote affiliate products on my blogs and squidoo lenses. I may even do some Bum Marketing.
• Revenue Sharing - I’ll go through my articles and see if I still have the reprint rights to some of them. If I do, I’ll post them om Bukisa .
• Squidoo Lenses - I’ll make a major effort to create a few more squidoo lenses . I like to find fun topics to share with people. I then try to find an affiliate program or two that has to do with the topic. You also earn revenue through their sharing model.
• Hubpages - Hubpages is similar to Squidoo but they are less forgiving when promoting affiliate programs. Just write an interesting article and use the capsules that they have. You can put kontera ads, google, amazon, and ebay.

Making a few hundred dollars from these tactics will require a major effort by me. But I’m willing! This, of course, would be in addition to any other work I have lined up.

Over the years, my freelance writing career has changed directions. At first, I spent a lot of time focusing on magazines. Then, I started writing for clients. Now, I am working on building up my passive income streams through my websites and blogs and through other revenue sharing sites. I’ve also returned back to magazine writing.

I understand that things change. So the goals that I wrote out last year, or even a few months ago, are much different than what they are now. So even though I like to start out each new year outlining my strategy, I need to review it almost monthly to make sure I still want the same things. About the only thing that changes are my monetary goals.

So I will be sitting down this week and spending some time thinking about my writing career and what I’d like to accomplish. If you want to do the same thing, consider the following questions.

• What kind of writing do I want to do?
• How much do I want to make?
• Thinking about the past year - what worked? What didn’t?
• How will I accomplish what I want to accomplish?
• Where will my income come from?

Those are the main questions I consider as I hold my freelance writing goal setting session. You can use them or come up with some questions of your own. Your goal may not include money at all - your main thing is that you may want to finish a novel or screenplay. That’s okay too - it doesn’t have to be all about the money.

Do you need to make  money for Christmas? It’s closing in fast and there may be some more gifts you need to buy. Instead of getting into debt this Holiday season, it’s much better to just earn extra cash. And since this blog is about writing, here are some strategies that will help you earn extra cash.

• Find clients. You can sell your writing services by finding clients at places like Rentacoder.com and oDesk. Those are the sites I use right now. If you are already established at those sites, it will be easier to find last minute gigs.
• Revenue sharing. Make some extra cash on revenue sharing sites like Bukisa and eHow. Research keywords and promote your articles and watch your earnings increase.
• Sell PLR. If you are good at writing keyword articles, another option is to sell PLR packs. Start a website advertising the PLR you have available. All you need to do is find a niche, research keywords, and write one article per keyword. Each pack should have 7-10 articles in it. A common rate is $1 per article - but you sell more than one pack. So if you write ten articles and sell the batch for $10, if you sell 20 of these you’ll have an extra $200. Not bad!

Those strategies can get you started. The only problem is you may need to wait a little bit to get paid. But if you write fast and can churn out quality work, you’ll get paid close to Christmas.

Do you want to learn how to make money writing with Bukisa ? They are a good place to earn residual income from posting articles and it attracts beginners and experienced writers alike. They have a revenue sharing model so at first, it may not look like your earnings are very much. But the more articles you have and the more traffic your articles get, the more you’ll make.

What is Revenue Sharing?

As mentioned in my last post, revenue sharing is when your earnings are directly related to the amount of money it makes for the website. It is mutually beneficial because those sites may get more traffic than your own blogs or websites so even though they are pocketing part of it, your earnings may be a lot higher.

Getting Started at Bukisa

Your very first step is to signup for your free account at Bukisa.com and build up your profile. At the very least, you should upload a picture and write a short bio, even if it is only a few sentences long. However, if you spend more time on your profile that could translate to more traffic for your articles.

Make Money with Your Articles

This is the cornerstone of your success on the site. They say that the articles need to be at least 250 words long. However, 350 words or more is ideal because the search engines tend to favor articles of this length or longer.

You should integrate keyword research into your strategy. Each time you write an article, find some great keywords using tools like Wordtracker . Place the keyword in the title, the first sentence, and the last sentence and write your article as naturally as possible.

Make Money With Referrals

Yes, Bukisa does have a referral incentive program. You end up earning residual income from your referrals and also from the people they’ve referred. The percentage isn’t that big, but if you have a good number of referrals it can add up.

My Experience with Bukisa

So far, I only have two articles posted there. One article has been up for two days. The other article has only been up for one day. My earnings so far have been $.07. This isn’t much, but can you imagine if I had 100 articles in the system? Earnings increase over time as the traffic picks up, so I can see Bukisa being very lucrative as long as I stick with it.

Participate in the Site

It is important to remember that Bukisa is a social site.  Make it a part of your writing habit to go on the site for at least ten minutes a day and participate. Read other people’s articles and comments, for example. This is a simple way to participate and get the word out about your own articles.

Bukisa is one of the many revenue sharing sites out there. As far as I can see, it is one that has the most potential for earnings next to eHow.

Yes, it is possible to have a residual income business based solely on writing. Right now, this is my main source of income so I know it works! Despite what popular internet advertising has to say, your writing skills alone could set you up with a nice residual income. You don’t even need to create a product or promote other people’s products.

Residual Income Website for Writers

There are a lot of websites out there with a revenue sharing business model. You post your articles on the sites and do your best to promote them, and you share the revenue with the website itself. Here is a short list of some of the best websites.

• Ehow.com
• Today.com
• Bukisa.com
• AssocitedContent.com
• Triond.com

All of these sites offer residual earnings in some way. Other sites like Associated Content and Today.com may also offer a set rate per article which can have you earning even more money.

Choose One Site and Focus on It

Your first step is to choose one website from the list above and focus all of your effort on it. I know, it can feel overwhelming. There are a lot of sites out there that have this business model. But if you choose one that you feel strongly about and write one or two articles a day, you will be on your way to success.

If you are the type who can write several articles a day, you are better off putting more articles into the one website than joining others, at least until you are happy with your residual income.

Make Money with Articles - A Winning Routine

There is a trick to writing articles that will earn you residual income. I follow this routine every time, no matter which website I’m using at the moment.

• Choose a basic subject for your article.
• Find one keyword per article.
• Place the keyword in the title, once in the first paragraph, and once in the last paragraph.
• Participate in the site where you posted the article by commenting and rating, where applicable.
• Promote the article using sites like stumbleupon, digg, and twitter. You can also do article marketing or any other promotional means you can think of.

And that’s it. Keyword research has to come first because that will get you traffic from the search engines. Any additional promotion you do will just increase your earnings even more.

How Much Can You Make?

If you have a few good residual income streams set up, you can easily make a living doing this. The key is to focus, find great keywords, write excellent content, and to not give up. If something isn’t working, hone your technique until you are making the income that you want. That’s why it is important to use one site at a time. For me, the routine I listed above works every time!