It sounds like a dream come true: getting paid to add new content to your website.

But it’s not hype.

And it’s not that difficult either.

In fact, as so often happens, it’s hiding pretty much in plain sight.

If you’ve been in internet marketing any length of time, you’ll almost certainly have heard of Fiverr.

That site where you can get almost anything done for as little as $5.

Of course, the quality varies but that’s the same with everything else in life. So long as you use Fiverr with your eyes wide open and your scepticism levels tweaked high, you can pick up some bargains.

In fact, you can check out the ones I’ve found to be top-value on Fiverr here.

But the method I’m referring to is guest posting.

A while ago, I looked at it from the angle of being an easy way to get guest posts posted on other sites.

I still do that occasionally.

But, of course, that means other people have to be selling those posts.

Which is where you can get paid to add new content to your website.

If you’ve already got a Fiverr account you’re half way there. If not, you’ll need to sign up.

Log in and then scroll down to the footer area.

There’s an option marked “My Gigs” which takes you through to the area where you can add your own gig.

After that. it’s pretty much a matter of filling out all the various boxes and waiting for your gig to be approved.

When I did this, I put up quite a few gigs at once but if I was starting over, I’d begin with just one gig.

It’s just easier that way – Fiverr have their own rules and some of them you have to find out as you go along.

As withnear enough everything, the title is the biggest thing to focus on.

Check other guest posting gigs – sort by High Rating to model your title on the gigs that have had most sales and feedback.

Fiverr allows you a maximum of 80 characters for your title. Even though it claims long titles are an essay, I’d suggest making your title nearer the maximum. Other people think shorter is better so experiment with subsequent gigs.

Make sure to include your blog’s subject area in the title.

Then the gig description.

I don’t put the URL in the description – Google index Fiverr regularly and I don’t think telling them that you’re selling guest posts is a particularly good idea.

Do make sure people know what they’ll be expected to send.

Not everyone reads what’s needed – either before they purchase the gig or afterwards – which can be annoying but is just one of those things.

And until you’ve built up some sales you can’t offer gig extras either, so you can’t offer to get a guest post written for them. But you could once you’re established, in which case $3 on iWriter would show you a $1 profit on the upsell.

The other thing that Fiverr says helps sell a gig is a video.

This has to include you – use a photo if you’re not using your webcam – and it has to say out loud that the gig is exclusive to Fiverr.

I used a slideshow style video for some gigs, a webcam for others.

You need at least one picture as well – you can use more than one and site users can click between them.

Then it’s submit the gig, wait for approval and wait for orders.

Don’t expect a flood of orders but even one every week or two will help. And the $4 you get from Fiverr means you could get an article written for your site for each gig that gets bought and still be in a (very slight) profit.

Plus there’s a positive knock-on effect as you add content more regularly – Google will crawl round your site more often and that will gradually help get more traffic.

If you’d like to know more ways to get new content for your website, click here.