Earn up to $300 with Your Poems

If you have the passion and talent for poetry, then better make the most of it. There are publishers which are willing to buy or pay for your poem. There are also several sites where you can post and monetize your creative works. Why let your valuable creations rot inside your drawers when you can showcase it to the world and make money in return?

So for you poets out there, here are some sites worth considering:

HubPages

HubPages is a site where you can blog or post your written works without the trouble of manually putting up a website. This is great for newbies who have no idea on how to create a website. Upon registration, HubPages provides your account with a unique URL (much like having your own website). From your account, you can easily select the link "start a new hub" and post your poems. The site has a large community of "hubbers" which you can follow and be your followers as well. There are several hubbers that are also passionate in poetry so you will have no problem gaining audience to your craft. You can earn money here through Google AdSense, Amazon Affiliates, and eBay. On your hub, you can post related capsules of amazon and ebay products on which you can earn commission if someone will buy that product through your post.

Pros: Large community

     Easy to post

     Enjoyable

Cons: Earning is not certain

     You must have several hubs with large traffic before you can really earn

      HubPages takes a percentage of your earnings

Poetry.submittable.com

This is a site which accepts poetry submissions for magazine publication. Submitting your poems is rather easy. All you need to do is set your poems in word format and follow the instructions on their site. You can only submit up to 4 poems in a single submission after which you have to wait for 6-8 weeks for you to know if your entry has been accepted for publication.

Payment: $300 per published poem

Response time: 6-8 weeks

Blue Mountain Arts

They accept poems for greeting card publication. They require highly original and creative submissions about friendship, family, special occasions and positive living. Submissions may be published on greeting cards or considered for inclusion in book anthologies. If interested, send a blank email with “send me guidelines” as the subject to writings@sps.com. They also hold poetry contests every now and then.

Payment:

$300 per published poem for greeting cards

$50 per poem used in anthology

The ThreePenny Review

This is a quarterly magazine which has a political streak. It accepts poetry of any length and style.

Payment: up to $100 per poem plus 1 year free subscription

*NOTE: They are not accepting submissions from July 1-Dec. 31. You can start submitting on Ja.1, 2012

Tin House

Tin House accepts up to 5 poetry entries per submission. Entries may also be selected for anthologies.

Payment: $50 per poem plus 2 copies

GoblinFruit

Goblin Fruit accepts “fantastical” poetry, or poems with mythic, surreal, fantastical and folkloric themes. They are not interested in sci-fi or horror-for the sake of-horror themed poems. You can submit up to 3 entries at a time if through email.

Payment: $5 per poem

Response time: max of 5 weeks   

Astropoetica

Astropoetica accepts poems related to astronomy, seismology, astrophysics, planetary science, and/or archaeoastronomy. They also welcome scientific, mythical, historical, multicultural and personal approaches. You can submit up to 3 poems per submission.

Payment: $5 per accepted poem

Response time: 1 to 4 months

Beyond Cetauri

Beyond Centauri is a quarterly magazine of science fiction and fantasy which caters to young readers ages 10-18.

Payment: $2 per accepted poem

Response time: 2-3 months

For more poetry publishers, visit:

Fictionfactor.com

Or buy a copy of

2013 Poet's Market

It is a book annually published at Writer's Digest. There, you can find a list of publishers with their contact details that might be interested with your poems. Before submitting, read carefully first the categories which the publisher is looking for to make sure that your poem is qualified.

How to Verify your Paypal Account

After successfully opening a Paypal account, the next step is to get verified.  If you already have a credit card or debit card at hand, then good for you, you can easily attach the card number and security code on your account.

1. Just click the “Get Verified” link on your homepage.

2. Select your card type whether it is a Visa card, Master Card, American Express, or Discover. 

3. Key in the required card number. 

 The card number is the one above your name on the front of the card, while the security key is the 3 digit number on the back of the card. As for the 4-digit number, your bank will be the one providing it so you need to contact them for it.

4. Paypal shall deduct around $2.5 for this verification process but will still be returned to you afterwards

On the other hand, if you don’t possess a credit card, debit card or bank account yet, then here are the steps for you.

1. Check out the banks supported by Paypal at the Paypal's official site

2. Decide if you will want to open a credit card, debit card or bank account

3. The fastest and easiest way is to open a debit card

4. If you’re in the Philippines, here is a list of the banks supported by Paypal:

a. BPI – to open a BPI account, you will be needing 500php and 2 valid IDs

b. BDO – Paypal accepts BDO debit card (the one that has a MasterCard logo and not the one used for your company’s Payroll)

c. Union Bank – You can apply for EON Visa Debit Card with 350php and 2 valid IDs. Personal appearance is required so you really need to go to a branch near you and bring with you the requirements. It is recommended that you first contact the branch that you are planning to visit before actually going there. Inquire if your 2 available IDs are enough since acceptability of requirements may vary in each branch. After successfully applying, you will have to wait 5-7 banking days before you can pick up the card. You also have to deposit an initial amount of at least 150 pesos before you can use the card. After this, you must register your card to the cyber account of EON and wait for 2-3 days.  

      5. After successfully getting a credit/debit card, just follow the first mentioned steps. 

an anodyne makes you feel good

Anodyne is a Greek word which basically means to lose pain. The basic concept is that an anodyne makes you feel good. It is also called as an analgesic or a painkiller. This is made possible by decreasing the sensitivity of the brain to a level that will make pain unrecognizable.

Due to the numbness caused by anodyne, it is usually misused as a synonym for narcotics, opiates, and hypnotics. It is also used as a term for describing soothing words.

However, genuine anodynes are externally applied to the pained area. Some examples of basic anodynes are onions, leaves of violet, elderberry, lily,and root of mallows. There are also compound types such as anodyne balsam which is made of camphor, saffron, spirit of wine and castile soap. This is highly recommended for soothing pain, as well as for discharging other bad elements associated with the pain.

Step-by-Step Guide in Opening a Paypal Account

Opening a Paypal account may seem complicated especially for a beginner, but it is actually fast and easy. Just follow these steps and you can start enjoying  your online transactions with your Paypal account. 

1. Go to Paypal’s official site, paypal.com

2. Click the SIGN UP NOW link

3. You will be asked if the account will be for personal or business use – choose personal

4. Select your country on the drop down tab next to the personal account. If your country is not on the list of choices, then you cannot access  Paypal.

5. Fill up the necessary personal information

a. Country of citizenship 

b. Preferred primary currency - if your local currency is not there, just choose USD (US dollars) since most online transactions are in dollars. You can still edit this afterwards.

c. Email address - this will be connected to your account so better put your primary email address 

d. Log in Password - better take note of this

e. Secret question - Also take note of this. This shall be asked if ever you happened to forget your password. 

f. Set this as your premier account

g. Read and accept the user agreements and enter the displayed letters

h. Click the sign up button at the bottom of the page

6. Set up your credit card information - if you do not have a credit card, a debit card (Visa card/MasterCard) or a valid bank account will also do. If you have none of these yet, just skip this by clicking cancel and going to the next page.

7.  Check and confirm your email address on the next page. Click continue if that's correct.

8. Open your email and check on the confirmation message that Paypal has sent. Click the link that says CLICK HERE TO ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT.

9. Congratulations, you now have a Paypal account! :)

10. Next step will be to Verify your Account

How I Earn Money Online in an Almost Effortless Way

I'm sure a lot of people want to earn money while just keeping their bed warm, right? That sure sounds heavenly but that was not what I meant about "the effortless way". By this, I would like to emphasize the word ALMOST. I made money in an almost effortless way by doing something which interests me and which I'm knowledgeable about. 

Most money making methods available in the internet are not easy to master. You will have to study those ways carefully before earning any serious amount. I learned that you can earn money through blogging. The problem is, I don't even know how to make a website by then. Sure it can be easy to make one but how can I maintain it? How can I make it rank high in the search engines? How can I monetize it? A lot of studying about these matters still needs to be done. As a born impatient person, I chose to look for other ways of making money immediately without further studying stuffs like SEO, website maintenance, internet marketing and etc. Besides, even if you learn about these concepts, it is unlikely that it will generate you a large income right away.

So here is what I did. I registered to Freelancer for free and browsed available projects. I placed my bid on projects looking for writers from the Philippines (since I am a Filipino). This is to limit the competition and to increase my chances of being selected. True enough, I was hired for this particular project that requires a Filipino writer to write blog posts for a site called magandafilipino.com. This site is particularly made by the owner for his fellow Filipino Americans who wants to rediscover the Philippines. My job was to write posts about any topic related to the Philippines. This certainly was a piece of cake to me! It was just like telling your friend about your favorite Filipino dish, telling about your hometown, or even just telling what you used to do as a child.    

He pays me $5 for every 500-1000 word article. This rate is not high but not at all bad for a beginner. Besides, I don't have to do a lot of research since I'm already knowledgeable about the subject. What made it easier was that I have plenty of time for writing the assignments. The arrangement was to submit 5 articles 7 days after the topics have been approved.  This is way generous than most article writing projects since the usual turn around time is 24 hours after the project has been given. He sends the payment through Paypal. It is less a hassle than going to the bank or  waiting for checks. This enables me to make extra money while working fulltime. So every week for 3 months now, I earn an extra $25 without a single sweat! 

How I Earned my First Online Money

First of all, I should warn you that making money online is not a piece of cake. There are lots of sites which promise instant cash once you join them. I bet those sites are scam so beware! Don’t easily believe in quick-rich schemes especially those where you need to pay for registration, kits, membership or any other stuff. I am not saying that all pay-something-then-earn methods are scams, but if you are a newbie in online money-making, better stay on the safe side. The first thing you should concentrate on is to research on legit ways of earning online without taking out any penny from your pocket.

 In this blog, I will share my personal experiences as a newbie. Back when all I do in the internet is Facebook, I came across an advertisement saying that I can actually earn money through Google AdSense. I bet you have also heard of it, right? Well yeah, it is true that many web people make money from it, but it is not that easy. Upon learning that you can apply for this when you have a blog, I immediately searched for sites which supports free blogging. I registered to HubPages and made 3 hubs for the sake of applying for AdSense. I thought it was just as easy as that! Boy was I wrong, it turns out that Google AdSense rejects applications.

I have experienced rejection from AdSense thrice. Two were due to insufficient content. So I made more posts only to be rejected again because as per Google, my blog’s topics are not applicable to AdSense. Great, isn’t it? So I tried other stuffs aside from AdSense. I tried answering surveys, rating articles, and being an amazon and ebay affiliate trough Hub Pages. For the complete details about my adventure with these methods, read my other blog about this. Anyway, the end result was that I haven't earned any cash. This is not surprising for a beginner like me since I still don't know much about the rules of the game.

 Though, I did not stop and researched on other ways of making money through the internet until I came across sites such as oDesk, Elance, and Freelancer. These sites are basically the same - people looking for services post the job at these sites and people who think that they can accomplish that job can bid for it. The employer (project poster) can then select the bidder and contact him through the site. Among the three sites, I found Freelancer.com as the most newbie friendly. The available projects there are not too complex for someone who is new in online freelancing. So I focused on that site and here is what I did to gain my first online income:

1.  I registered at Freelancer - the basic membership is free so don't worry. However, this free membership only offers a limited number of bids so choose the projects carefully before bidding.
2.  I selected categories which I think I am capable of - After registration, you will be asked to select categories on projects you want to bid for. If you're like me who's not a computer whiz but can write a document, I suggest you choose article writing, article submission, article rewriting, and blogging.
3.  I narrowed my choices to projects with more specific details that pertain to me. - for example, I prioritized bidding in projects such as "Wanted Filipino writers" since I am a Filipino. -By doing so, you limit your competitors and increase your potential of being selected for the project.
4.  I bid for the lower rated projects -Obviously, high rated projects have more bidders than lower rated ones. More bidders mean more competition and as an inexperienced freelancer, you'll be easily devoured by those competitors who have already gained a lot of reviews.
5.  I placed a competitive bidding statement and backed it up with a writing sample . - Assure the employer that you are capable of doing the project successfully by pointing out your skills. As proof, attach an excellent sample of your work. But beware, some people post fake projects just to fish out free articles. Give a sample which you have already used or you can also give a link to one of your blogs instead.
6.  I was selected for a project that has the rate of $1 per 300words article - Yeah I know this is low. But just for the sake of immediately earning something online, I eagerly went on with the project. 
7.  I researched about the job assignment - The project was about writing LED-related articles for the purpose of SEO. I had no idea what the heck is LED or SEO so I researched about it. After learning various things about LED and SEO, I wrote 5-6 articles per day and submitted those to the employer on a daily basis until I completed the assigned 30 articles. 
8. I revised articles that need corrections - Of course you must not expect to deliver perfect results as a newbie so you must be willing to edit your work for corrections.
9.  I opened a Moneybookers account to receive my payment - You can actually receive payment through Freelancer itself but some employers prefer to pay through other ways such as Moneybookers (Skrill) or Paypal. You can open an account online for free, but in order to withdraw the money, you should attach a debit/credit card to your account.
10. I then got my first online money amounting to $30 right after the transaction was settled! :)

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READ FURTHER:

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