If promoting your online writing articles and stories on Twitter, be careful of a site called TwitView...apparently it could be a phishing site.

Or try putting your Twitter pane on your site as I've done on my Freelance Online Writing Business site.

One great way to get short stories noticed is to enter contests (but only if you don't have to pay an entry fee). You can then parlay that into content on a blog, or link it to facebook or simply use it on your resume. Then, when you send a short story somewhere, you can mention that you were published in this or that site. Also, there are a number of small presses--Pill Hill Press is one--that offer themed anthologies the year round. The pay is pretty awful (what they call "semi-pro" rates) but the anthologies are released in print. Also, there are unpaid sites for crime fiction/pulp fiction that are very well respected, like A Twist of Noir and Beat to a Pulp (BTAP). There's a woman named Abra Staffin Wiebe who has an extensive marketing list available free that covers SF/speculative and fantasy. Some of the markets she lists pay in the $100 plus range.

I think the only good way to earn money through writing is through copy writing, or anything that's advertising-related. It's postmodern days so that doesn't really pose great problem to serious writers.

Watch out when writing for Ehow, about which country you're writing from - UK writers might not get paid for US google clicks or vice versa. Also, they are no longer compensating some writers - I've put some reliable paid writing sites on My Freelance Writers Site

Just noticed a new online writing trend - except for iphone rather than the computer. There's lots of new iphone, ipad ,ipod apps springing up for self publishing ebooks. Some people are writing online short stories, or even novel chapters and then getting rated!

More ebook publishing experiences and ideas on my website:

Learning how to make money from writing online often involves learning how to add useful products to your articles, products or services your readers will benefit from. You'll also need a good website.