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By November 4, 2009

Some people who slag off web content writers claim that there’s too much garbage content online and that too many people who write for money do it just for the money and couldn’t care less about the quality.  Some ghostwriters have low work standards when selling writing that won’t have ...

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By November 2, 2009

Update: This product is being discontinued. Watch for news of more great products from TOP. I’m always interested in reading books about writing, so I was pleased when Andy Hayes asked me to review Write Right Online. Andy’s a travel writer and the 30 page book shares what he has ...

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By October 28, 2009

Some writers use social bookmarking tools to follow the bloggers that they regularly read and to occasionally chat with other writer friends.  Social networking can be a great way to take some of the isolation out of working from home alone. But if you’re not also using social media tools ...

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By October 24, 2009

Is your writing career wearing you out? How would an extra hour a day help you? New freelance writers often go through the following cycle: Take every writing opportunity that arises Write all day and all night Run out of time to spend on other aspects of life Burnout or ...

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By October 21, 2009

Those who get started in freelance writing can find that there are many clients who will pay writers to write for them on a wide array of topics. Writing on a lot of different subjects can definitely keep your job interesting. While learning how to research and pull information together ...

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By October 14, 2009

Being busy can be good. But being too busy can be overwhelming. It happens with freelance writing.  You go from famine (a time with little work and lots of bidding and job hunting) to a sudden writing job feast and suddenly you’re stuffed to the brim with work.  Being busy ...

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By October 7, 2009

When you work as a freelance writer, job hunting can be a big part of your day and because time is money, doesn’t it make sense to handle it in a way that saves you time and increases your income? I try to handle job hunting in the same way ...

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By September 30, 2009

A couple weeks ago, I put out a call among my contacts for someone to contribute regularly to Get Paid To Write Online. The reason? I’m happy to say that my writing career is thriving, but that means that I haven’t posted on the blog as often as I did ...

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By September 25, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I asked if you knew how to switch off. I said that I was heading off for a week without work. Dear readers, I did it – more or less. The time I had spent on preparing clients and future posting blog work really paid ...

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By September 12, 2009

I’ve produced a number of series on this blog which I know many of you have found useful. Now I’ve decided to make them available in another format.  I now have PDFs of: SEO Your Website Promotion Is Free Making It As A Freelance Writer Freelance Writing Questions That means ...

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By September 2, 2009

A lot of freelancers have been talking about vacations recently – how to take them, when to take them, how to manage your clients. I must admit that it’s something I’ve written about in the past and quite recently too. However, I’m not sure I ever achieve the right balance. ...

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By August 31, 2009

Today sees the launch of a new occasional feature on this blog – a retrospective. When you blog for a long time, there are some good posts that readers never see. Today I’m presenting some of my favourites. This Month In … 2006 It Shouldn’t Happen To A Freelance Writer ...

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By August 27, 2009

Yay! I got a Proximidade Blogger Award from Michael Kwan. It’s for “exceedingly charming, blogging friends who aim to find and be friends.” Thanks, Michael, and thanks also for stating that I made it past the ‘mark all as read’ threshold in your feed reader. So, now that I’ve got ...

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By August 23, 2009

The AC Source Book, written by Sabah Karimi, makes the bold claim that it offers everything you need to know about making money online with Associated Content. I don’t write for AC myself, but I thought I’d take the book for a spin and see what I could learn. Sabah’s ...

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By August 14, 2009

I created an ebook/ezine in about 20 minutes today – and I did it using Zinepal. This handy online tool (which you can try without even signing up) allows you to pull together recent posts from your blog (via the RSS feed) or from any web page to create an ...

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Today’s guest post has been contributed by Julie-Ann Amos of ExquisiteWriting.com HubPages is, like Helium, Constant Content, Squidoo and any number of others, an online community to post articles. The idea is you post content and the site rewards you in some way. In HubPages’ case, you get the Amazon ...

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By August 7, 2009

Are you doing what you planned with your writing career? For me, the answer is yes and no. When I first thought about writing as a career, I had no idea of the form it would take, but I assumed that at some point I would write a novel, get ...

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By July 29, 2009

Have you ever found that lessons from one area of your life can spill over to another? I gave my daughter some advice the other day that provides a valuable lesson for a successful freelance writing career.  It boils down to two steps: admit when you’re wrong and know when ...

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