Have you ever wanted to get paid for working at home, but had no idea where to look for work? I'm here to take out the guesswork. Get paid writing articles at one of these premiere online media publishing companies and earn upfront payment and or recurring pay per view income.

1. Associated Content: I cannot think of enough good things to say about Associated Content. As a novice writer, you can make up to $5 up front per article on submissions for tech, gadgets, travel, college, gardening, lifestyles, relationships, entertainment, video games - you name it. Write about what you like or pick a title from the Assignment Desk. Your work is reviews by a live editor and published within a few days or a week of submission.

Earn bonus income on Associated Content for every article you publish. As long as your account is active, Associated Content will credit your PayPal account with pay-per-view cash. The more articles you submit, the more cash you get. Some writers make hundreds per month on bonus payments alone!

2. Bukisa: This Israeli-based company pays upwards of $3.00 for every 1,000 views your articles receive. That's good money, considering you can get paid writing articles you've previously published elsewhere. Bukisa is more lenient than Associated Content in certain respects - they offer more search tags per article and they're more flexible on how many in-text links you include.

Bukisa also has a tiered referral program. Refer your friends and family and each time their articles make money, you earn a percentage, too. Kind of like tiered marketing, only less shady and more profitable!

3. Helium: There's several ways to get paid writing articles on Helium. The first is to submit an article and get views, just like at Associated Content and Bukisa. Invite a friend and earn a 5% bonus on their earnings. At Helium, you submit articles based on pre-approved titles. So you can write specifically for a title or submit your article under an applicable title.

If your article gets a one to five star rating from viewers and it was one of the first five to be published under a specific title, you'll earn 50 cents to $2.50 in upfront payment in addition to pay per view earnings. Pretty sweet, isn't it? The only unfortunate part is that your account must reach $25 before they credit your PayPal account.

Start getting paid to write articles today and make some extra money. Once you get some writing experience at these paid writing sites, you can move onto higher-paying writing opportunities where you can earn up to $15 or $20 per article.