Consider a SideJob: Content Mills

 By: LaToya Lester

With the economy in despair many people are looking to take on a side job. This is especially true for single parents. Meeting the responsibilities of parenting alone and making enough money to pay the bills is a real challenge. There just is not enough time in the day to take care of child and work a second job. The internet provides many side job opportunities for a single parent to make some extra money. One of these options is content mills.  Content mills are websites that purchase articles from writers like yourself, typically for a flat fee.

Here are some popular content mills:

1.Textbroker

2. Demand Studios

3. Associated Content

4. WiseGeek

5. PureContent

These are just a few sites that allow you to write for money.  Keep in mind that content mills are by far on the lower-end of the freelancing job market.  These companies typically pay a set rate per article or word depending on your writing level but with just a few hours a day, a single parent can create a second income to help pad a tight budget.

Overall, content mills allow a person to be flexible with their time and still meet their responsibilities as a parent while making extra money to take care of their children.