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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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by Hayden Jackson What does success as a writer look like on Elance? For me, it means working with great clients from all over the world, including worthy non-profit organizations, innovative tech startups, and interesting small businesses. It means only accepting work that pays professional fees. And it means working ...

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Over the last 10 days, I’ve technically been on holiday.  I scheduled a lot of work for the last week and a half to be published automatically, completed work ahead of schedule and although I did end up working a few days due to client appointments, I’ve been able to ...

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Chris Hoole of Apple Copywriting explains what copywriting means to him. I don’t mean that writing for a living is going to make you come over all religious, although I guess it might. No, what I mean is that it is a way to start a new life and feel ...

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I can’t think of a definitive date when I decided to become a freelance writer.  Like many things in my life, it kind of just happened. Around 2006, I started to take an interest in web design and CSS and spent hours every night after work trying to teach myself ...

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One year and one week ago, I wrote my first post here at GetPaidToWriteOnline.com. I honestly don’t know where the time has gone. I remember being at my parents, having dinner about 13 or 14 months ago, checking Twitter on my phone and happening to see a tweet by Sharon ...

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Does your writing business need a kick in the pants? Find out how to pump some life into it in this article from Lori Widmer.

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I’ve spoken before about how I like to think of myself as being a fairly laid back guy. Like most other people, there are certain things that rile me, but most people I know would agree I’m a pretty calm and collected person – I just think that if you ...

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A few years ago when I first started writing on a freelance basis, I didn’t have any type of set schedule. I only had one regular client and a few pieces that came in occasionally. For the one regular client, I used to deliver the work within seven days and ...

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Tips on boosting client engagement online – a strategy that has worked for Sharon Hurley Hall.

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I’m a big fan or having lots of ideas on the go at once, thinking about them in short bursts on a sporadic basis, as I’ve found that, personally, if you’re focused on just one thing at any one time, you can become too obsessed with it and everything else ...

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I’ve always liked to think that I can, to a certain extent, turn my hand to a lot of different things in life and I’ve mentioned in recent weeks that I’ve taken on extra work recently in roles that aren’t directly related to writing. I’m not saying that I’ve got ...

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Towards the end of December 2011, I published a post here on Get Paid To Write Online about my goals for the coming year (What’s Your Plan For 2011?) and encouraged you to set your own freelance writing goals for 2011. As we’re now half way through the year, I ...

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I’m always a bit sceptical about tools that claim to improve your grammar and, as a result, your writing. Maybe that’s because I’m a professional writer with an excellent command of the language and its rules. (I even know when it’s OK to break them.) But I couldn’t help but ...

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I’m sat writing this at 7.00pm on Sunday evening and it’s sweltering. At least for the UK, it is, anyway – it’s 24 degrees centigrade outside at the minute, a drop from 28 degrees a few hours ago. Although I was away this morning and unable to do any work ...

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A couple of weeks ago I had what I thought was a great idea. As a follow up to my post on writers on Twitter, why not do the same for Facebook, but with a difference. Since there must be thousands (or even tens of thousands) of writers on Facebook, ...

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Last week, Carol Tice made a post on her blog about practical tips for freelance writers, from freelance writers and as you’d expect, the post was really informative. Although each point mentioned could be talked about in-depth, the second one that was mentioned in Carol’s list – relating to how ...

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by Jocelyn Anne With the wealth of content on the web these days (beyond human comprehension or imagination, I think), it becomes imperative to know the secrets and tricks to capturing a reader and making them your newest, biggest fan for life. If your title is boring, your paragraphs long ...

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