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In my post last week regarding personal development and reviewing your positive and negative points from the past year, one of the comments was from Annette at AllCustomContent.com.  She stated that her positive point from the last 12 months was that she’d streamlined a lot of her processes and developed her weaknesses ...

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My writing business has changed a lot since I started freelancing. Then, I did lots of one-off jobs for a wide range of small clients, getting many of them through copywriting agencies and the occasional job board posting or ad. Now, I work for a few bigger clients, and many ...

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Usually, I’m a pretty positive person. But yesterday, I had an ‘I suck’ moment. I had a meltdown during a difficult assignment and didn’t feel good about the work I’d done. I got stuck. I questioned my abilities. It was awful. It’s not always easy being a freelancer and having ...

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Gotten a great testimonial? Hope you’re taking advantage of all it can do for you! The other day, Sharon Hurley Hall was elated when she had a rave review from a happy client. Don’t glowing testimonials just make your day? Mine, too. One day this week I had a particularly ...

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School is OUT for summer! Does summer slow down for your freelance writing career? For some writers, this is welcome. Some of us have kids at home, some of us like to get out more.  But some of us dread the dip in income and the scrambling.   Summer is here ...

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Being a freelance writer isn’t always about being a free spirit. Some structure can be required, especially if you have clients to answer to and want to live off your writing.  A daily checklist is a good way to keep your business running well. Some days that checklist can help ...

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By marketing and helping clients find you, you can make more money and reduce your competition instead of focusing all your energy on banging on the same doors as dozens of other freelance writers who saw a gig listed on a job board. For those that have started that marketing campaign to help clients find them, here are some tips to help you get people to query so you can court them

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Are you managing risk in your writing business? Some food for thought…

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At the start of the year one of the things I decided was that I would review my writing business regularly to help me with planning.  I had already looked at freelancing income in the past and made some decisions based on that; now I was looking ahead. In order ...

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Are you a multitasking monster? Doing too many things at a time can kill your creativity, hurt your time management, and multi-tasking doesn’t always do as much as you think it does for productivity.

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Not all relationships are destined to work out. Not every client will be your “soul mate” in terms of a perfect ongoing working relationship.

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Do currency exchanges and the exchange rate impact your writing career? Writers need to be financial analysts, don’t they?

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All freelance writers and anyone who is self-employed knows that the lack of paid sick days is one of the drawbacks to working for yourself. What to do?

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While economic cutbacks may have benefited many freelancers there is one consequence that is not so welcome — when your client has a cash flow crunch and can’t pay you. What do you do in a case like this? Here are some ways to work out your next course of ...

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I’ve written here in the past about what do when overwhelmed by writing work. But what do you do when you’re doing so much juggling that the balls start to drop? It’s time to take action fast otherwise the consequences could be dire: to your health, your finances, and your reputation.

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Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid To Write Online assesses the health of her freelance writing business and shares ways to improve profitability and job satisfaction in the coming year.

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I have a system – and as a writer, I need it. When I started freelancing, it wasn’t hard to keep track of my clients – I didn’t have that many of them. Now, it’s different, and I need to be very organised to keep on top of my writing ...

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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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