April 2007

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I’ve been a big fan of Squidoo for some time, and have three lenses there, including on on site promotion. So it’s no surprise when I find quality content that is just waiting to be discovered. Today’s discovery is a lens on ghostwriting. How To Hire A Ghostwriter is aimed ...

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Like any other freelance writer, I want to get paid fairly for my work. However, there are times when writing for free can be worth it. You get promotion and publicity and it raises your profile. Here’s another case in point. Nearly two years ago I wrote It’s Your House, ...

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This is cross posted from my Writing Lab. The next edition of Writing Lab News is out in a few days. Here’s what I’ve got planned: – How To Promote Your Way To The Top Of Google – A guest article on freelance writing success– Diary Of A Working Writer– ...

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When it comes to freelance writing, I have never been too proud to write for peanuts or even for free, but it’s time for that to stop. Writing for free has helped me to promote myself as a writer. The articles I have written are still driving traffic to my ...

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How would you like to get hold of a free online database? Well, it’s easy to do with this new offer. You can try the new online database tool, QuickBase from Intuit. It’s free for one month and you don’t even need a credit card. Intuit makes QuickBooks and is ...

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It’s never easy to serve two masters, but when you are writing for search engine spiders and for human readers you are doing just that. As a ghostwriter I write a lot of content that is designed for the search engines. That means that my clients have rules about keyword ...

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It never hurts to send another email. Sometimes it feels like you don’t have time but failure to follow up means that you could miss out on a contact you need. Take this example. Last week I sent some info out to a writer who wanted to work with me. ...

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If you are going to get paid to write, then you need to make sure that prospective clients can find you. That means promotion, but it doesn’t have to cost you much. I’ve outlined some of the ways I promoted myself for free in How To Promote Your Way To ...

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One way to make sure you are taken seriously as a freelance writer is to be professional. This can mean many things, but for me it’s about how I do business to make sure that the client gets what they want and I do too. The client wants work that ...

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Here’s another find from Mom and More, a discussion of ethics and ghostwriting. Here are my responses to the questions: 1. Would you completely write a book, play, or other creative work and allow someone else to have the credit? This is a tough one. As a ghostwriter, I might ...

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I’m always on the lookout for new ways that you can get paid to blog and I’ve now found another one. It’s called Bloggerwave and it works similarly to other paid to blog sites. You sign up, you get your blogs approved (lightning quick when I did it) and then ...

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As you know I started a new venture in January, leading a small writing team. Boy, has that been a learning experience. And it still is. Here are some of the ups and downs of the past three months. There was a lot of initial interest in the writing team. ...

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Domestika has set me on the track of this meme about balance in the writing life, forcing me to face some uncomfortable truths about my life as a freelance writer. Of course, I aim for balance. I even have a written plan for the amount of time I will spend ...

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