If you are like most freelance writers, you wish you could make more money at your job. While some freelance writers claim to make close to six figures for their annual efforts, others strive to make more than minimum wage. If you can more closely relate to the latter group of freelance writers, it is understandable that you would want to find a few better gigs that can help you to boost your income. Here are a few ideas that you may have not yet considered.

Greeting Cards

The fact is that someone has to write the verbiage in all of those greeting cards you see at the grocery store, and it might as well be you! There are dozens of greeting card companies available to work with, including both print and online card companies. They are constantly looking for fresh ideas for their greeting cards, and most accept submissions from freelance writers like you. To get started, you simply have to research the writing guidelines for each company, become familiar with the type of cards they publish and put pen to paper.

Blogs

Writing blog posts is another great idea. Blog posts can be fun to write because they allow you to write with more personality and even to express your opinion. In fact, the best blogs do have a lot of spunk and are rather opinionated. You can almost let loose with your writing when you start writing blog posts, and this means that you can easily turn out blog post after blog post with speed and ease. You can start your own blog and nurture it until it can start turning a profit for you, or you can start looking for blog writing assignments on various freelance writing websites today.

Your Own Articles

Many freelance writers spend week after week writing product descriptions, blog posts and articles in someone else’s name. There may not be a single thing written under your own name, but you actually can change this. Consider reviewing various websites online that allow you to publish work under your own name. Some good places to start looking include Yahoo! Voices and Helium. With many of these websites, you can either select topics from a lengthy list of ideas provided to you or you can write topics that come to mind and that most interest you. You can make money writing on topics that you have selected. What’s best is that there generally is not an upper limit on how much you can write. This means that your earning potential may only be limited by the number of hours in the day.

When it comes to selecting freelance writing assignments, you do have a lot of options available to you. However, you will find that you can really boost your income when you find assignments that you enjoy working on and where the writing style comes easily and naturally to you. Furthermore, the ability to continue to write as much as you want without limit is also a plus!