If you’ve received an email invite from CrowdSource to set up a Worker Profile and are wondering what it is all about, this blog is for you. The benefits of creating a profile offer a more enriched writing-for-CS experience. What exactly does the profile show you? How can you use it for a better experience [...]
Category Archives: Writing at Home
Enhancing Your CrowdSource Experience with Turker Nation
Whether you are new to writing for CrowdSource or a seasoned pro, using Turker Nation can enhance your experience by providing an invaluable resource that allows you to communicate with, ask questions of and get to know or complain to other CS workers, and other general turkers.
Phrases to Avoid in E-Commerce Writing
The ability to write good descriptions for products is an integral part of writing e-commerce pieces for CrowdSource. While there is much more to creating excellent copy than choosing your words carefully, it is a great place to start. Many words and phrases are overused, inappropriate or fluffy. Keep your e-commerce writing free of the [...]
Read It Here!
There are a few things that are overused by some writers in writing e-commerce style paragraphs, sometimes in articles as well. Referring to “here” within the content of writing product or brand information multiple times and using too many exclamation points.
Effective Time Management to Maximize Your Earnings
As a freelance writer for CrowdSource, your earnings are limited only by what you put into your work. The best thing you can do to maximize your earnings is to embrace effective time management. As a writer, your biggest asset is time. The more time you set aside to write, the more your earnings grow [...]
Structure and Flow: Writing a Great Article
Rather than go in-depth on each aspect of structure and flow, this post shows you how to format an article that flows well and is properly structured.
Freelance Writing on Amazon Mechanical Turk
Freelance writing provides a wealth of opportunities if you have the writing skills, determination and focus to work from home. Amazon Mechanical Turk, or simply mturk, provides a platform that gives you unlimited access to writing jobs with high-earning potential on a large variety of topics for many types of writing work. Indeed, there are [...]
Four Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
If you write for a living or a hobby, you have likely faced the illusive writer’s block. Staring at an empty Word document, you desperately sift through your empty head searching for a formation of meaningful words. After several attempts, your only accomplishment is the record for highest number of backspaces. You are not alone; [...]
Tips for Writers and Editors
Whether you write or edit for CrowdSource, are a newbie or an experienced worker, guidance is invaluable in improving the quality of your work. Keep these tips in mind, and you are sure to excel at both writing and editing.
How the Amazon Payment System Works
Working from home has its perks; you get to sit on your couch or favorite comfy chair and make money. You cannot beat that. The amounts may not be huge, but if you look at the dollar per minute; it is pretty good money. Amazon Mechanical Turk payment system provides both reliability and security. Amazon [...]