How to Start Content Writing: Complete Beginner BIBLE(earning to scope)

10 min readAug 23, 2023

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You are struggling with Content writing and facing a lot of problems.

Like Content writing future scope because of AI, not getting the view by your writing, not earning, not being able to write good content, future scope of content writing this is all running in your mind.

As a beginner, we are all in this stage where we thinking, have I chosen the right path or not, am I doing something wrong?

Your search is over.

10 Important Points Going to Cover

Is content writing a good career(basic confusion)
Can content writing make you rich
How to make money through writing with no experience
Content Writing for Guide Beginners(best courses)
Who can be a Content Writer
Content Writing Rules
Will AI replace Content Writers
Best Content Writing AI tools
Content Writing Samples(examples)
Content Writing vs. Copywriting

Is content writing a good career

Whenever we start doing anything or choosing a career this thought comes to mind- Is what I’m doing right or have I chosen the right career?

I am sharing some data with you:

In 2023, More than half of the world now uses social media(4.9 billion).
$130.5 billion of total social media ad spending will be generated through mobile by 2027.
77% of businesses use social media to reach customers.
Year-over-year growth in unique site traffic is 7.8x higher for content marketing.
93% of B2B marketers use content marketing.

All these data not going to lie, this shows because of Social Media content marketing increased, and because of this content writing work also has increased.

So content writing is a good career answer is YES!

I have a very simple rule to judge any career: DEMAND

If demand is there then money is also there.

But as a content writer, you need to be aware of What’s going on in the market and what’s the current condition of the content writing market, I will talk about that in a few seconds.

Can Content Writing make you Rich?

Answer is Yes!

Darren Rowse, Nick Usborne, and Neil Patel all started their journey as content writers and now they running million-dollar company.

But one thing in starting you need to do all the writing stuff have to do it yourself and then hire people or take benefit of the arbitrage economy and print millions.

I will talk about this later.

And especially Finance, Health, and Technology content writing pay the most. But you need to have patience and consistency is the secret sauce.

Content writers make money with no experience

How to make Money Writing with NO Experience

After spending 2 or 3 months in the content writing space you start feeling like Brother I not earning even a single dollar and I learned this skill to earn some money but I don’t have experience.

So how do I make money with no experience in starting the journey of content writing?

If you work in the past as a content writer then you have some sample of your writing or if you don’t have then sit for 1 week and write some stuff.

And have a portfolio that I recommend working for free with 2–3 clients and taking testimonials from them this will change your life.

This loop works like this if you don’t have experience then people undervalue you, pay you less, and exploit you.

If you have some testimonial then the same person pays you 5x what he was giving in the beginning.

So the best thing work for free, This thing also sharpens your writing skill and take testimonials it is like you learning and applying it in real world.

With that testimonial, you can do 5 things.

Start approaching clients by email or DM to get work
On freelancing sites, people start approaching you
You can build your personal profile by writing on Linkedin or Quora
Now you easily get an internship
Start reaching out to influencers or brands for their social media stuff.

These are the only ways by which you can make money through content writing without experience.

And if I talk about content writing earnings then easily if you dedicate 6 months you start earning $10k per month.

Content Writing for Beginners Guide

Content writers as beginner guides need to read write and repeat. This is the only thing but I have one surprise after 8 lines.

These are 7 steps for a beginner guide:

The rule is simple Garbage IN Garbage OUT As a content writer you need to write best content and for that, you need to consume good content.
Before writing any piece of content you need to know who are you going to write for(CHOOSE A SPECIFIC NICHE).
Networking is very important for you to get respect and also money, so try to connect every day with new people.
This is my mistake but you don’t do this- try to document your journey or piece of work always share on social media, what you did that day, and from this action doors of opportunity are open for you.
As a beginner, you do not get opportunities this is a reality, so you need to create opportunities for yourself and for this, you need to build portfolios, share your stuff on social and connect with industry people.
There are some rules in content writing that you need to follow if you writing any content and you don’t get anywhere until you practice but don’t worry I will share them with you in a few seconds.
You get this advice from everyone write and write, practice daily but no one tells you brother what to write or where to write.

And if you looking for any course then I recommend instead of buying a course buy these 3 books these are enough for a $10,000 course.

The Art and Business of Online Writing by Nicolas Cole
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon

Trust me these are the best and beginner-friendly books and not expensive.

Where to Practice Content Writing

This is what I follow and this works for me when I get this question.

I chose 2 writing platforms Linkedin and Quora.

There are multiple platforms that you can choose like Linkedin, Quora, Twitter, Medium, Tumblr, Substacks, and Reddit.

After choosing platforms for writing, you think Brother — what I write daily.

3 things:

What you doing in your whole day you can make a post and share.
What you learned that day that you think this is new for me you can write that things also or document that stuff.
Your past experience that you think will be helpful for another person.

I recommend aligning your writing with your actions (keep writing what you’re doing daily)

But you need to apply some rules in your writing to get results.

Content Writing Rules

Rate of revelation(you need to reveal things fast so that readers don’t leave your content)
Specificity is the key to success(always create an avatar in mind for whom you are going to write this content)
Make a list of competitors/top writers(see what they doing so that you are always aware of what’s going on in the market right now)
Structure of content(No matter how good content you write, if it does not look good, then no one is going to read it)
Clarity(don’t make things complex, making things easy is hard- write that people immediately understand)
You don’t have always good ideas to write great content. So make a folder or docs a dump your all ideas there, I make a WhatsApp archive file and store my ideas
Don’t try to explain everything try to keep things simple, People want to feel smart, not stupid By explaining everything you indirectly say you know nothing and I am smart.
BONUS: Don’t try to write for everyone this is my mistake and if you doing this believe me you wasting your time

These are the 7 points for writing great content on the internet, you get many more but all those wandering around these 7 points.

Follow for BONUS rule

Will AI Replace Content Writers

When I started Content Writing 2 months ago and started reading books and articles and doing stuff this thing was always in my mind Ranjan what if AI replaces you?

Then I found this, for the next 5 years, I think I am now future-proof, and believe me you need to know.

Next 5 years AI won’t have enough power to play with human emotions AI needs some more time to master human emotions. So take advantage of your experience/personal stories/up downs of your life in your writing.

AI does not have this power as yet.

For this please work on your personal branding inside which you going to build if you start documenting and sharing your stuff on social media.

But one thing you don’t ignore is AI potential.

If there is anything you can do with the help of AI then do it.

Don’t live in denial mode, you need to know and use it, but as in the current situation, AI can’t replace jobs.

Think like this AI going to replace me in 5 years I need to work hard to earn more money and establish myself as a brand.

Will AI replace content writers?

In simple words AI for the next 5 years not going to replace content writing jobs but you need to know how to use AI for your content writing.

Best Content Writing AI tools

See the first to fifth great and popular AI tools for content writing.

One thing While using Chatgpt and Bard I found this difference - if I want more from my given question then go for Chatgpt and if I want a short, concise answer then use Google Bard.

Content Writing Samples

This is human tendency that we always look at our neighbour's house to see what happening there.

So I have some samples of content writing where you can take ideas.

One thing I am very honest with you is that you aren’t going to learn content writing in a Single day even in a month.

You start working as a content writer in a month but if you want to master this skill you need to put small effort daily.

Content Writing vs. Copywriting

This thing happened to me please don’t fall into this vicious circle.

Both are absolutely different things I recommend starting with content writing and if you like copywriting then after earning some bucks move into copywriting but start as a content writer(easy to earn).

Copywriting works demand experience.

In Simple words

Difference between Content Writing and Copywriting

Content writing is the process of creating informative and engaging content to inform or entertain the reader, while copywriting is the process of writing text specifically aimed at persuading the reader to take action, such as making a purchase or signing up for a newsletter.

In other words, content writing aims to inform, and copywriting aims to persuade.

For copywriting, I read these 2 books(awesome books)

Conclusion

Content writing is a good career option which you read in point 1.

Content writing also make you rich if you follow the content writing rule which I also share with you

Yes, AI replaces content writers but think the world's best painters are replaced by Photoshop or Canva, NOT because they are best.

So try to write daily with consistency you also learn this thing.

You can also make money with content writing with no experience but you need to put your work online in front of people and you need to connect with your future clients or industry people to get projects.

You also introduce to best Top 10 AI tools like Rytr, Jasper, and Simplified.

You are at the end of this article, appreciate your dedication to learning.

Content writing is a great way to earn but you need to know the basic rules, the scope for the next 5 years looks great, and AI tools do not replace content writers for the next 5 years.

Start showing your work on social especially on Linkedin where 0.3% of quality content creators create content daily.