April 2008

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How many times have you been in this situation? You’ve talked to a potential client, who is enthusiastic about your services and promises to hire you. You sit back in your office chair, feeling smug about having landed another job and rearrange your diary to make space for this lucrative ...

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I haven’t been quite as rigorous in collecting posts in the last month. That was in part due to blog woes, to an unexpected trip and to switching back to Google Reader after a three month flirtation with Netvibes. However, I have found time to stop off at a few ...

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What’s your online personality? Do people really get a good idea of who you are from your site, blog and interactions in the blogosphere? I don’t often have face to face meetings any more. I talk to most of my clients by email, IM or Skype. That has to be ...

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Are you sick of churn? Of news stories that have no new information, but simply rehash the other stuff that’s out there? Then you might enjoy this new site that is dedicated to rooting out churnalsm. The Churner Prize highlights the best examples of rehashing and outright copying on the ...

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Everyone’s heard of Copyscape, the super duper plagiarism detection tool. Sometimes it’s the bane of our lives (like when clients who pay 1 cent a word want you to check every article on Copyscape even though you KNOW that you never plagiarise). At other times, it’s a useful tool, such ...

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A post from Allena Tapia made me think more about the process of querying for freelance writing work. The post outlined all the stuff that writers sell to editors along with their idea when they pitch to a magazine. At the end of the post, Allena asked three questions: How ...

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If you’re a regular visitor to Get Paid To Write Online, you will notice something a bit different. The home page has changed a bit. That’s because I had so many problems with my last WP install that I’ve made the move to WP 2.5. Things will be unsettled for ...

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I’m not a mirage. Honestly. I’m a real, living, breathing person. And I’m a real writer, too. When people think of writers, they often think of famous novelists, best-selling authors or respected journalists. Web content writers don’t get a look in. And yet we are real writers, too. Just like ...

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It’s Blogger Appreciation Day, according to Darren Rowse, so I didn’t want to miss the chance to show some appreciation to my favourite bloggers. I’ve already said thanks to all the wonderful blogging friends who visited my blog in March and I’ve reviewed the blogs of some of the other ...

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If you are wondering how to get more from your relationships with your writing clients, then read How To ‘Take Charge’ As a Freelance Writer. This is my latest guest post on Writing White Papers. It covers a few ways that you can take a firm stand on aspects of ...

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I normally post this earlier in the month, but I had some trouble with my blog at the end of March which left me with a few problems to sort out. Now that I’m back in business, it’s time for a belated thank you to all those who commented on ...

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One of the things I love most about working as a freelance writer is that I can do it from anywhere. As long as I have access to a computer with a working internet connection, I can do my research and write and submit my articles on time. No one ...

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Rewriting – love it or hate it, it’s part of the job of many web content writers. A typical situation is that a client asks you to write a series of articles for a particular purpose, such as to publish them on a website. At the same time, the client ...

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Has your resume been the same for the past two years? If it has, then maybe it’s time for a change. You know more than you think you know, so don’t be afraid to show that knowledge off. Since I’ve been freelancing, I often have this kind of conversation: Friend: ...

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I was inspired by Skellie to write this post. I started thinking about the advice I’d give to a budding writer, if I knew I only had this post to get that writer started on a career. Sis, this one’s for you. 1. It’s My Paper And I’ll Write If ...

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Did you miss me?  When I posted Please Do Not Disturb last weekend, I had no idea that it would be the last post I would write for a while. Such are the joys of the web. You see, I’m in the middle of moving my sites from one host ...

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