Yesterday, I wrote an article on Seeking Alpha comparing two income ETFs, GPIQ and JEPQ.
It was published a few hours later, around 10 PM here in Malaysia. I was out wandering the Pavilion Mall in Kuala Lumpur and decided to check how the article was performing while waiting for a Grab taxi back to my accommodation.
Initially, I wanted to check if I had gotten my fixed payment of $45 for the article. I wrote a comparison article with two funds (one of which did not qualify for a fixed payment), so I wasn’t sure if I would get one.
Everything was good, though, as the $45 fixed payment appeared in my earnings dashboard. What shocked me, however, were the variable earnings.
The article generated $20 in variable earnings in just one hour of publication.
This was a pleasant surprise as few articles generated $20 in variable earnings that quickly. For reference, only two other articles out of 25 have generated over $20 in variable earnings, but it’s been days or even weeks for one of them.
So, I went to bed happy and excited to continue writing articles about stock investing.
$195 USD In 12 Hours
It’s Sunday, November 10th, here in Malaysia, but it looks like Seeking Alpha wanted to send me a birthday gift based on my hometown’s time.
After waking up and getting ready for the day, I opened my Seeking Alpha Author Dashboard and saw $150 in variable earnings on my most recent article, for a total of $195. (It’s higher now, as a few hours have passed since I wrote this section.)
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My mind was blown.
I made almost $200 USD from one article in less than a day. And by the way, I only spent about three hours writing the article, as much of it stemmed from my previous experiences and research.
Imagine the possibilities. If I could get one article out every day that performed like this, I would be well on my way to financial freedom with $6000 USD monthly from blogging.
Of course, publishing one Seeking Alpha article daily is challenging. It’s been 10 days in November and I’ve only gotten five out after all.
Still, the possibilities are amazing. I’ve made about $500 on Seeking Alpha so far this month with five articles, which means each article averages about $100.
To keep it at this high average or even increase it, I need to think about how I can replicate the same results from my article that made nearly $200 (now over $200) in less than a day.
And the good news is this success is not entirely driven by luck.
Targeting Stocks With More Views
Writing this high-paying article on Seeking Alpha started as an experiment.
Previously, I only wrote articles focusing on individual stocks and ETFs to capture the fixed payments from undercovered stocks. You can read more about that strategy here:
This Site Pays $45+ per Article With No Viewers for Your Articles on Investing
I had no followers and wasn’t sure how many people would read my articles if I wrote about more popular investments, so I went after the guaranteed payout.
Recently, however, I wondered if I could combine the best of both worlds.
Could I still get a fixed payment for writing about an undercovered stock while capturing the attention of a more popular investment?
I had seen people write comparison articles that appeared on both stocks’ newsfeeds, which made me want to try the same thing.
I had an excellent idea, too. Throughout my time writing about investments since 2023, I have familiarized myself with many different covered call ETFs.
GPIQ and JEPQ were both familiar to me and similar in their operational strategies. Though both had similar performances, I believed that GPIQ was a slightly better fund.
Yet, JEPQ was almost 100 times bigger than GPIQ.
So, I wrote that article, exploring the differences and similarities between the two articles, and I benefited from the results of my experiment.
I was able to capture the fixed payment from GPIQ and also get extra exposure from JEPQ’s popularity.
And beyond writing comparison articles, my Seeking Alpha article has shown that writing about more popular investments could lead to significantly higher earnings even if they don’t offer fixed payments.
So, if you have a compelling idea about an investment that is not necessarily on Seeking Alpha’s Undercovered Stock List, go for it. Even with a low follower count, the variable earnings driven by an investment’s popularity could still compensate for the fixed payment.
Additionally, if you would like to learn how to get started writing on Seeking Alpha, take a look at this article:
How To Publish Your First Article on Seeking Alpha (and Earn $45+)
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