Freelance writers have a lot of opportunities available to them today, and far more than freelance writers had just twenty years ago. The internet has quite changed the way we live. We do everything from research which restaurants we are thinking about dining at and researching medical conditions to finding dates and even shopping for clothes, furniture, and more all online. If you think about it, you likely are one of the many millions of people who rarely does anything without spending time researching it or learning more about it on the internet.

Now consider how all of that information that we all spend so much time googling online actually gets on the internet. Somebody has to write it, and this is why there are so very many freelance jobs available for internet writing. If you want to take advantage of it, here’s what you need to know:

Bid Sites. There are a wide range of bid sites on the internet, and these websites basically allow you to place a bid to win a job opportunity. Some people have mixed results with these sites. The freelance writers that have the most success with such websites use their bids to not just throw out a price for their services but to also sell themselves to the client. These website have a wide range of job opportunities available, include those for web content writing such as blogging, online articles, online product descriptions, current events, SEO (search engine optimization) projects, e-books, and more. There are also a few jobs available that are off-line work as well.

Niche Blogging. Quite a few freelance writers have found their online niche in blogging. Some will ghost write blogs for other very successful sites while others will create their own blog. The secret to making money as a blogger lies in your ability to generate a high volume of steady traffic, and then sell advertising space on your blog space. You can blog about just about any topic imaginable, but to be truly successful and profitable, you need to write engaging content that people want to read and talk to their friends about.

Developing a Client Base. The beauty of the internet (in the eyes of freelance writers anyway) is that there is a constant need for fresh content. Companies around the globe want to keep traffic coming back to their website again and again because that is the best way for them to make money on the web. In order to keep traffic coming back, they need to provide them with fresh and steady content so they have something new and exciting to read each and every time. There is also a need for SEO articles and content to be written on a regular basis for websites to enjoy the highest ranking possible through SEO strategies. With this in mind, you can imagine that it is pretty easy to develop a client base that consists of companies that are in constant need of your services. As a freelance writer, you may find just a couple of larger companies to work for or quite a few smaller ones. You can stay quite busy simply writing web content for your clients on a regular basis. Such clients can be found in any number of ways. You can use bid sites to find a few clients, search for jobs online through the various job or career websites, or even learn about job possibilities from word of mouth.

So much has been written about print media dying a slow death, but with the internet opening a new world of opportunities, there are an incredible number of job opportunities available to freelance writers today.