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By May 9, 2012

I’ve been writing here on GetPaidToWriteOnline.com for coming up two years now. During my time here so far, I’ve tried to mix up my posts, thinking about what I’d want to hear if I was in your shoes. Sometimes I’ll write about my experiences as a freelance writer to date. ...

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By May 2, 2012

One of the first things any new freelance writer should know is that it’s a career which brings with it some major highs and major lows.  Sometimes you think freelance writing is the best thing in the world, other times you can find yourself tearing your hair out. As I’ve ...

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By April 26, 2012

Over the past few weeks, we’ve talked about various freelance writing career related topics, from complacency to rates. And if you look back right throughout the history of this blog, you’ll see posts that have been written to provide help, advice, direction and an insight into helping you succeed as ...

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By April 18, 2012

I love writing.  From writing stories as a child to the press release I’m currently drafting for a client, I’m not quite sure exactly what it is I love so much about it, but being able to sit in front of a computer and knock out word after word really ...

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By March 29, 2012

Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed more than ever that people are talking separately about bloggers and writers.  I’ve always known there has been somewhat of a difference between the two – it’s often said a freelance writer can be a blogger easily, yet a blogger can’t be a ...

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By March 21, 2012

We all have our different reasons for wanting to be a freelance writer. Some who have been writing for a few years will have seen their reasons change and others who have have been writing for many more years will have also seen their reasons change, but they’re likely to ...

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By March 14, 2012

For those of you who aren’t aware, we’re currently in the middle of Lent. Lent is a Christian event whereby we’re encouraged to give up a luxury item for the period, which lasts for 40 days (a really basic overview, I know, but I’m not one for preaching about the ...

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By March 7, 2012

In the coming weeks, I’m going to be working from home almost exclusively. I’ve decided to drop the salaried role I’m working in and focus primarily on my writing career. I’ve been working from home more and more lately and although it took a little while to get used to ...

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By March 1, 2012

Every freelance writer wants an active website or blog.  When you’re first starting out, it’s often seen as a sign of competence – if you’re talking about freelance writing (or in fact, any topic) on your website and people are reading and responding, simply put, it makes you feel great. ...

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By February 22, 2012

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending a lot of time working around the topic of consumer complaints.  Although it might not seem like the most interesting of subjects on the surface, the truth is complaint management – particularly within large organizations and those regulated by the Financial Services ...

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By February 8, 2012

Last week, I started this two part series on increasing your freelance writing rates by explaining the first two steps in my three step process – reviewing your existing rates and being able to justify an increase. Today, I’m going to explain what I do after I’ve reviewed my existing ...

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By February 1, 2012

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 January 24, 2012

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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By January 19, 2012

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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By January 11, 2012

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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By January 4, 2012

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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By December 28, 2011

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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By December 21, 2011

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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