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I’m going to generalize here.  I know this won’t apply to every freelance writer, but from my experience, it applies to most. When you first start out as a freelance writer, you try and do your utmost to please your clients and not annoy them in anyway. Sure, this is ...

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Well, I know you’re probably not ready for another list post after that mega list of writing links I posted yesterday, but I’ve been meaning for a while to share with you some of the tools I use online. You probably already know that I’m a knowledge collector and experimenter ...

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Ready for another blogging linkfest? Here’s a long list of posts I’ve bookmarked and shared in the last couple of months, along with a short excerpt from each: Writing Business 5 Rarely Remembered Rules for Building Your Freelance Brand - Good brands command respect and establish a reputation. They establish your ...

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Every now and again here at Get Paid To Write Online, I make a post about words or languages. Things have been somewhat hectic over the last few months and so my working time has been dedicated more to delivering piece after piece than thinking about the various different aspects ...

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Update: This giveaway is now closed. Are you using Elance? If you are, then you might be interested in this giveaway, courtesy of Hayden Jackson, author of 72 Insider Tips for Elance Writers. Back in August, Hayden wrote a great guest post called Your Elance Profile: The First Step to ...

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by Dahlia Valentine When I went to bed on September 18, 2011, I pinky swear I wasn’t thinking about starting a press release writing business the next day. I mean I had every intention of doing it… eventually. You know, as soon as I had the website up and running… ...

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Every now and again, I take some time out from work and just look and what I’ve been doing, what I was doing a few weeks or months previously and what I’ve got lined up in the coming weeks and months. I don’t schedule the time in or set aside ...

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As part of my never-ending quest to learn new things, I recently signed up for Enhanced Freelance, a new course/forum run by Thursday Bram and Jennifer Kentmere. I asked them both to tell me more. Jen, Thursday, can you give us a snapshot of your background? Jen: I trained in ...

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Being a freelance writer can be a considerably varied career. If you’re a banker, you work in finance. If you’re an IT executive, you work in IT. If you’re a doctor, you work in medicine. If you’re a freelance writer, however, you get to sample numerous different careers and be ...

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By Jeanna Rutledge While I’ve been a writer pretty much a good chunk of my life, and have written professionally for some years (including a year stint as a freelance writer for a single newsweekly), this is my first time ever running my own freelance writing business. And let me ...

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I didn’t always know that it was freelance writing I wanted to do as a career, but from being 8 or 9 years old, I’ve always known that I wanted to be my own boss, something that I always thought would lead me to working as and when I wanted, ...

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Do you want to have a location independent business, but have no idea where to start? Would you like a sustainable business that lets you help others and see the world too? If you’ve been waiting for something to help you make the leap, then you’re in luck. Brooke Ferguson ...

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Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot agency work, both delivering writing projects for agencies and actually working with an agency on more of a consultancy basis. My experience of agency work in the past has been pretty, well, bland. They’ve sent over a project spec, I’ve ...

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Once again I’m entering the Word Chef blog carnival. A couple of months ago I wrote about How To Encourage Your Prospects to Engage with You Online. This time my topic is How to Find and Connect with Your Ideal Customers.  I’m not going to pretend I’m a guru on client ...

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As a writer, most people expect me to be really pedantic when it comes to spelling and grammar.  I’m not just talking about in the business world here, either – some family and friends tend to look at me in a certain way if we’re, for example, sat in a ...

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I had today’s post written and ready to publish, but earlier in the week something happened which made me put my original post back a week and write this post instead. Recently, a writer friend contacted me asking if I would be interested in any 500 word pieces on a ...

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Any copywriter needs to be able to flit between different styles when needed. Sometimes a client will ask for a personal, light hearted blog while others might want a serious, professional piece. Being able to switch between these styles is an important skill and also lends a bit of extra ...

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One of the reasons why I got into freelance writing was that it appeared to be a career that would give me the freedom and flexibility to work when I wanted and from where I wanted. Ever since I was around 9 or 10 years old, I’ve always wanted to ...

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