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By September 30, 2011

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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By September 28, 2011

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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By September 21, 2011

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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By September 16, 2011

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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By September 5, 2011

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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By August 31, 2011

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 August 26, 2011

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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By August 24, 2011

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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By August 19, 2011

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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By August 17, 2011

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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By August 10, 2011

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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By August 5, 2011

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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By August 3, 2011

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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By July 29, 2011

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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By July 27, 2011

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

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By July 20, 2011

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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By July 13, 2011

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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By July 6, 2011

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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