Earn Extra Cash with Speed Content Secrets

Even if you love to write, there are times where it can feel like taking blood from a stone. Hey, I know what that's like; part of my day job involves writing about just about any topic under the sun - many of which I have little interest in at all. Unless you're a professional freelancer that can write a topic on almost anything at the drop of a hat...chances are you work best when you write about something that you know and something that you're passionate about.

Part of the reason you can write that content quickly is because you don't have to spend a significant chunk of time researching what to write about. I find that's where I get bogged down. I can write faster than 60 words per minute and yet I can take close to an hour to write a 400 word post because of allowing my research to get the better of me. I often lose track of time and just have the sense that I don't know enough about the topic to converse intelligently about it...so I take way too much time researching.

Has that happened to you as well? If so, I hope that these little speed content secrets will help you improve your writing time; they definitely shouldn't hurt.

1) Just Start Writing - I don't know if it's from my journalism background or just some buried sense of insecurity but for some reason I'm just not comfortable writing without doing some research first. However, unless you're writing a highly technical or specific topic that you've never written about...chances are you can start writing with zero research. If you're like me, you'll find it hard to overcome the urge to research, but try it and keep trying it until you can see the results. Relax and don't worry about what you write, just write what you can for as long as you can - sometimes I surprise myself and the article practically writes itself. Even if you know very little on the topic, what you write at this stage could be a skeleton to form your article - you can even write down questions that you have and use them to plot out the way you want to construct your article and save yourself some time later.

2) Use a timer - Losing track of time is what happens when you don't have a system in place to keep you honest. I heard about a free piece of software online called the "cool timer" and I downloaded it. You can punch in whatever time you want and it sounds when the time has run out - it's really annoying too - so you don't want to hear that sound if you can help it. I found by using the timer I remained focused and got more done - I recommend you try it for yourself.

3) Speed things up by recording with audio - this is a tip I recently learned and I'm testing it out for myself. I can write fast at the computer, but I often get distracted by email or surfing the net. Sometimes I just don't feel the inspiration where I can write my best stuff. However, did you know that the average person can speak 150 words per minute? Even though I write pretty fast - that's still double the speed that I type. I spend about an hour talking and came up with potentially 11 article just by recording myself talking. Now I'm going to set up my time and see how long it takes me to transcribe the recording into a blog post or report. Having to listen to the audio will keep me focused....it should be much faster than just sitting there and trying to be inspired at the computer when I'm not (and subsequently become distracted by surfing etc).

Anyway, I'm off to test my transcribing speed and see how well this technique works for me. I hope these tips can help you out - perhaps you have some of your own that you can share with others who want to earn extra cash writing? Leave a comment!