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I’m so pleased to welcome Anne Wayman as a guest poster on Get Paid to Write Online, since I’ve been following her writing blog for years. Today she shares her views on must-haves for a successful freelance writing business. Ask a dozen people, or do a search on the ‘net, ...

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For most new freelance writers, writing rates are arguably the most complicated and frustrating part of their new career, for a variety of reasons. Thinking back to when I first started freelancing, the primary reasons why it was such a headache topic for me were firstly because I had absolutely ...

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By Lori Widmer It’s tough when you’re first building your writing career to make the right choices. The easy choices aren’t necessarily the best choices, but when you’re fresh at it, how do you know? When I first started freelancing, I chased the money – meaning I never turned down ...

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There are a lot of great freelance writing blogs out there (including Get Paid To Write Online ) and while I don’t get chance to look at all of them every week, I tend to have a day once every week or two where I go through several blogs and ...

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I enjoyed this guest post from Victoria Virgo, which shows how she has started the writing year right by booting out procrastination. The first thing is admitting you have a problem. OK, here goes. Hi my name is Victoria and I am a procrastinator. I will find any excuse not ...

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Before Christmas, I explained that I wasn’t going to set any goals for 2012 until after we’d welcomed in the New Year, taking a step back from my usual way of working. The reason behind this was that I’ve noticed in the past few years that I generally feel different ...

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Spike Wyatt’s book on freelancing grabbed me from the title. ‘Going the Half Hog?’ I asked myself. Did this mean a half hearted approach to freelancing, as opposed to going all out aka the full hog? No, it didn’t. Instead this is a book for those who want to make ...

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Over the last few years, I’ve worked in a variety of different roles while being a freelance writer, from an MIS Officer through to a consultant for a technology company. Up until 2011, all of my freelance writing work was carried out on an evening and weekend. It started off ...

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Happy New Year! I haven’t made any new year’s resolutions this year. They just don’t work for me. Instead of focusing change on a single date and period in the year, I’ve found that true change finds its own level. It happens when you are ready to take the steps ...

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Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to a wonderful 2012. Over Christmas, I took the time to look at the blog posts I’d made throughout the year and realised that I hadn’t talked much about activity on social networks, something I ...

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There’s no doubt that Christmas is one of my favourite times of year and as much as I have a lot of fun over Christmas, I always manage to take something away from it that can benefit my writing career. Looking back at the last few Christmases and how I’ve ...

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Each and every year, I always set goals for myself, generally in relation to my working life. Although I’m not going to set goals for 2012 until early January (as discussed in last week’s post, ‘Bucking The End Of Year Trend – Reflecting, But Not Preparing. Yet.’), the end of ...

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Take a look around most freelance writing blogs at the minute and you’re likely to see the same type of discussions – how the last year has gone and setting goals and aspirations for the coming year. Last year, I followed suit. We looked at how 2010 had been and ...

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As easy as you might think it would be to work with writers – there seems to a copious amount of us willing to take on new work! – it brought back memories of when I tried to outsource work a year or two ago and simply put, it was ...

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As soon as December starts to beckon, it seems as though Christmas is only days away. I’ve always been a relatively organized guy who likes to plan and prepare to a certain degree when it comes to business, but around this time of year, I used to always think that ...

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Each writer has their own speciality topics. Some writers state this blatantly and obviously on their website, blog, business cards and e-mail signature, while others don’t explain their specialities, often stating that they’re a general writer. However, whichever type of writer you are, you will have topics and subjects that ...

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One of the most attractive aspects of being a freelance writer for me has always been the ability to work as and when I want to. I have realised over the last few months that I work longer hours compared to when working in an office, but I still have ...

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When I started writing on a freelance basis, I was doing so on an evening while I still lived at home with my parents and worked in a full time salaried role. Being a typical family, it was very rarely quiet throughout the house and so I carried out almost ...

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