If you can't get a job with someone else doing it, then you could always set up a "real" blog and get Google Ads on it.
Among other things, there are a lot of free or nearly free options for various applications on the internet. There's a demand among people running searches for articles comparing them.
There's a whole lot of applications that offer evaluation versions. There's a searching market for articles comparing products.
Do good work and you might be able to get enough traffic and click through to make a bit of cash.
The other side of that is a good site with a lot of traffic is an advertisement for your ability to do technical writing. Product reviews and technical writing aren't all that dissimilar.
You don't necessarily need to be employed by someone else to do technical writing---could run it as your own business and target smaller mom and pop shops who can't afford to take someone on full time.
I don't know what standard rates are for tech writing, but for short stories and such, typical (unless you're a pro) is about two or three cents a word, so you'd probably want a minimum, or a base charge to look at it and then by the word. Dunno. You'd have to investigate average pricing.
Tech writing doesn't really take much talent--just a good grasp of the English language and the ability to explain things clearly.
If you do the pc repair business, you might want to try the tech writing/product reviewing thing as a sideline.
The advantage of product reviews is you can work them in as money work, however limited, when you're low on other work. They also serve as an advertisement for your PC repair business, by demonstrating you know what the f*** you're talking about. :-)
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If you can't get a job with someone else doing it, then you could always set up a "real" blog and get Google Ads on it.
Among other things, there are a lot of free or nearly free options for various applications on the internet. There's a demand among people running searches for articles comparing them.
There's a whole lot of applications that offer evaluation versions. There's a searching market for articles comparing products.
Do good work and you might be able to get enough traffic and click through to make a bit of cash.
The other side of that is a good site with a lot of traffic is an advertisement for your ability to do technical writing. Product reviews and technical writing aren't all that dissimilar.
You don't necessarily need to be employed by someone else to do technical writing---could run it as your own business and target smaller mom and pop shops who can't afford to take someone on full time.
I don't know what standard rates are for tech writing, but for short stories and such, typical (unless you're a pro) is about two or three cents a word, so you'd probably want a minimum, or a base charge to look at it and then by the word. Dunno. You'd have to investigate average pricing.
Tech writing doesn't really take much talent--just a good grasp of the English language and the ability to explain things clearly.
If you do the pc repair business, you might want to try the tech writing/product reviewing thing as a sideline.
The advantage of product reviews is you can work them in as money work, however limited, when you're low on other work. They also serve as an advertisement for your PC repair business, by demonstrating you know what the f*** you're talking about. :-)