November 2006

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I was unfaithful to Adsense. I admit it. My faith wavered in the face of suspected click fraud and I removed my Adsense ID. I was seduced by other advertisers, too numerous to mention, but I have learned my lesson. I have gradually replaced all the false tempters on my ...

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As a freelance writer, there comes a time when you have to start chasing dollars instead of pennies. When you start out as a freelance writer, every commission is important, no matter how little it pays. That’s how you get contacts and get a selection of clips that you can ...

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I’m always on the lookout for somewhere new to promote my writing and other skills, and a few months ago I made a couple of Squidoo lenses, one on SEO and another on freelance writing. Lo and behold, one of my current clients actually followed me around the web before ...

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I spend a fair bit of time on self-promotion – or at least I did before I got so busy writing. One of the things I find is that I try things and create profiles, then lose track of where they are. So I created a little ready reference for ...

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I’m always on the lookout for new places to promote myself as a freelance writer – and I found another one this week. I’m a bit of a sucker for email newsletters, though I’m trying to break the habit. Anyway, one of them passed on the following information about a ...

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This is a sponsored post about a new way to make money online. I first read about this site on Believin’s blog and rushed over to sign up. When I visited ReviewMe I saw an attractive site with an laughably easy sign up process. In fact, I was able to ...

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I’ve always been a big fan of getting paid to blog. I’ve written posts on how I get paid to blog and getting more out of Blogitive. But now this is getting to be hard work. $5 for 10 minutes work was fine, but $5 for an ad and two ...

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One of the issues many writers face is time management. I read a good suggestion today about using a timer to make sure I spend time writing instead of checking email or blogging, which are my two favourite distractions. I always deliver on time, but I tend to work unsociable ...

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I was tickled to read one of gracepub’s posts where she referred to me as ‘giving work away’. I hadn’t thought of it like that. It’s probably the first time in my freelance writing career that I’ve been in a position to do that. Normally, I take on all the ...

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One of the things my blog is about is how to Make Money from freelance writing. One way that works well for me and brings in some nice pocket change is Blogitive. But in order to qualify for the program you have to have a blog that’s indexed in the ...

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Everyone’s got NaNo on the brain – everyone except me, that is. For about four years, I’ve had a novel outline languishing in a corner of my desk. It has stared at me reproachfully as I have done other jobs and written other things. I’ve felt guilty because I feel ...

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Gracepub recently wrote a post called Are You A Writer? and it got me to thinking. Yes, I am a writer, partly because I couldn’t imagine doing anything else and partly because that’s my job. It’s what I do and who I am. However, what I’m doing now is a ...

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