Where a Freelance Writer May Find Success

"What am I going to write about today?" This is one question that surfaces for many Constant Content writers. Constant Content is about connecting freelance writers with publishers looking for material. But who are these publishers and what are they looking for? What topics are they interested in? How can you best spend your writing time so that you'll be likely to make a sale?

To help guide your writing efforts we did a little bit of digging to determine which topics/categories have had the greatest number of articles sold. This listing goes all the way back to 4 years ago (2004) when the site was started so it is the best long term trend information that we have. This list is by no means that ONLY places where articles have been selling, so please don't read this list as the only place where an article will sell. This is really here just to give you an idea of SOME of the categories that TEND to be popular.

Without further ado, in order they are:

1. Computers
2. Gardening
3. Tutorials
4. Trivia and Facts
5. Home Decor
6. Home Improvement
7. Real Estate

For many of you it will come as no surprise that Computers is the top of this list. Whether the articles are basic introductions to new programs, specific guides on how to do some easy or complex task or comparisons of popular programs, computers continues to be the topic of choice for many of our publishers. If you're a regular hacker, consider writing about your latest exploits. If you're a luddite, like the rest of us, perhaps your position on the learning curve could be your asset, set out to learn something interesting that you've been meaning to learn for a while (some ideas that come to my mind are: What is Phishing? or Top 7 Tips for Avoiding Viruses). Educate yourself about the topic and then write an "Introduction to ..." style article.

The home related topics are also popular choices. Gardening, Home Decor, Home Improvement and Real Estate, all these topics relate to where we live and how we can make the house a nice place to be are something that we can all engage with. Keeping up with the Jones is a popular pass-time and by the sales in these categories it looks like it will continue to be for some time.

Finally, there is the learning related categories: tutorials and trivia and facts. The Internet has become our go-to resource for finding out how to do new things. If we don't know how to do something, for better or worse, we'll probably look it up on the internet before we canvas our friends. Consequently, there is a demand for great how-to articles. An article that is well written, informs the reader, and walks them through some difficult process is going to be an article that gets saved for later or shared with friends.

As mentioned early these aren't theseven only popular categories, just the top seven. We fully encourage people to follow their interests and write about things that excite them. After all, when your interested in a topic you're going to do a great job of research and a great job writing the article. However, for those who just don't know where to begin, these are some good places to start.

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