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Hit A Dip In Your Freelance Writing? You Are Networking, Right?

Dan Smith — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:00:02 +0000

Are you plugged in to a network?

We all hit a bit of a lull in our freelance writing careers. For some, it’s not a massive problem as they’re fully prepared. For others, however, the dip can seem like it’s going to be devastating.

Fortunately, if you fall into the latter group, there’s one thing you can do to ensure any loss of work is only temporary – network.

I’m by no means an accomplished writer and compared to some other writers you probably know of, to all intents and purposes I’ve only just started my career.

But whilst I may not be at the peak of my career, I wouldn’t have got to the stage where I am today without networking.

Whether you’re aware of it or not, you’ll always be networking to some extent. It might not be on a major scale and you might not even think what you’re doing can be classed as networking, but unless you’re sat in a room without interacting with anyone, you’re going to be carrying out networking of some form.

The problem that a lot of writers face, however, is that they don’t understand the real importance of networking and just how beneficial it is, especially when they’ve hit a dip in their freelance writing.

When I first started freelancing, I used to read blog after blog, taking in all of the information and whilst I gained a lot of knowledge this way, I made one major mistake – I very rarely left a comment.

At the time I didn’t think much of it. Things were ticking over quite nicely and whilst I wasn’t making a fortune or becoming particularly well known, I was content with how things were going.

Then 8 months ago I had a bit of a…moment. An epiphany. A light bulb moment. Call it what you will, I realised that I wanted to carve out a career as a freelance writer and I really started to network, particularly with other writers.

I started off by commenting on some of the primary freelance writing blogs (thinking back now, if I’d left a comment on every blog post I’d read, there’s a good chance I would have been known as a freelance writer a lot sooner than I was) and setup a Twitter account to add the writers I had discussions with on blogs.

I then decided one day I’d just e-mail one or two writers directly. I wasn’t asking for work and I wasn’t sucking up to them, I simply said hi, introduced myself and explained that I liked their work and just wanted to network with them.

I was lucky enough to strike up a good relationship with one of those writers and it led to two regular gigs, as well as referrals to some of their own clients to use my services.

I continued networking on a regular basis and I still do to this day. I even still contact writers directly now and again if I haven’t spoke to them before, just to say hi.

If you’re going through a bit of a dip at the moment or you simply want to prepare yourself should you be faced with a drop in your writing work, get out there and start connecting with other writers.

Don’t be afraid if you don’t know them or haven’t talked to them before and don’t think that just because they’re making a full time living from writing they’re not going to want to talk to you because you’re only just starting out as a writer or you aren’t as popular as they are.

From my own experience, freelance writers are arguably the friendliest and most sociable bunch of people I’ve ever come across and – truthfully – I’m yet to meet a writer who has been unhelpful, arrogant or just plain rude.

There’s masses of writing work out there – you’ve just got to remember that it’s not often going to come to you. Start networking with other writers, get your name known and you’ll soon find that your workload picks up once more.

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Your Writing Career – Who’s In Charge?

Sharon Hurley Hall — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:25:47 +0000

Is your writing career serving you or are you serving it? This was the question that occurred to me about my own writing career after reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss (yes, that is an affiliate link). Put another way – what is the goal of your freelance writing business? I’d be the first to admit that that’s changed for me over the years. When I started freelancing the goal was to have something that could legitimately be called a freelance writing business, that actually made money and paid the bills. The fact that I worked long hours to achieve this didn’t seem to matter that much.

Changing Priorities For My Writing Career

Over time, though, my priorities have evolved – or rather, I’ve begun to see my priorities as real priorities instead of making them take second place to earning an income. Don’t get me wrong, I still need the money, but that’s not what this career is about for me. I would write anyway, because I love it, but if I had my druthers I’d probably change the amount of time I spend on client work. Is that a bad thing?

I don’t think it is. I aim to give all my clients excellent service. When I started freelancing, I worked for a lot of different clients; now I work for fewer clients at better rates. Over the next few years, I’d like to refine that even further.

What I Really Want

What the Tim Ferriss book did for me was force me to look again at what I wanted from my life. The important things are:

family life
travel
helping others to succeed
job satisfaction and general happiness.

Earning an income is a way to achieve those things in the way that I want them, but there’s no reason that this has to be a traditional approach. I’ve been thinking more and more about the value of outsourcing and the need to earn passive income, something I already do, but only on a small scale. Not every penny I earn has to come from the sweat of my brow – there are cleverer ways to do this.

So the process I have gone through is to think about what want and how to achieve that now – not in ten or fifteen years’ time. The 4-Hour Workweek has helped me with this process, as has the Location Independent Business Course. It’s still ongoing.

What Happens Next?

So what does this mean? Well, I’m going to be blogging more, but I’ll also be working on ebooks and looking into other income streams. I’ll be looking to take a smarter approach to my writing work and to enjoy the benefits of a freelance lifestyle now.

Your Writing Career – Who’s In Charge? was originally published on Get Paid to Write Online, copyright 2005-2010, owned by Sharon Hurley Hall. If you are not reading this in an RSS reader, please contact Sharon.

What Should Online Professionals Do When Someone Ticks Them Off?

Dana Prince — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:50:24 +0000

For every action there is a reaction and your reactions will impact your professional life. One of the benefits of working from home is the lack of dealing with a huge amount of office politics. But, (sadly) this doesn’t mean you’ll never have to deal with people acting like idiots in your work life again.

I’ve had to deal with writers working for me that have upset me, clients that have annoyed me, and writing friends/ acquaintances that have done things that have ruffled my feathers. Such is life when you deal with various personality types. Just as with my former cubicle colony, there is a certain online code of conduct that should be followed in order to preserve professionalism and protect the business you operate online. An online war is almost NEVER the answer as it can cause some real damage. My advice:

Think carefully before you react….No matter how mad or how right you are.

Here’s what I do when I’m upset at something either in my writing business or related to writing or marketing communities I frequent:

Wait!

Try not to react instantly. One of the great things about working from home is that you have an opportunity to censor yourself. You don’t have to let people see your knee jerk reactions. If you do, it can be hard (or impossible) to undo because you’ve probably reacted in writing and others have seen and / or saved that reaction. It can make you look unprofessional and haunt you repeatedly. Take the time to carefully think about your response. Walk away. Take a breather first.

Not so hasty with that reply….

Carefully read your reply before you send it. Consider letting it rest for a bit and then re-read it once you’ve simmered a little.

Tone

Remember that things can come across the wrong way in writing. It can be difficult to communicate and to read tone electronically and most of us can recall at least one scenario where we’ve misunderstood someone in email. Writers tend to pull off tone a bit more accurately than the average person because it’s our job to be able to come across with adequate emotion but there’s always room for interpretation so before you react, stop and ask whether or not you’re reading things the way they’re intended. The web encourages lazy communication and things do get lost in translation. This applies to notes from clients, from people working for you, or other things that are in writing.

What’s Next?

Make an educated guess of what could happen next and decide what you would like to happen. Do you want to clarify your position or defend yourself? Do you want to exact revenge (not usually worth it!)? Or, do you want to simply sever ties, move on, and forget someone exists? Before you respond in anger to someone online, ask yourself if the response you’re ready to shoot back will help you get the reaction / result you’re hoping for. Is it worth it?

Sanity Check (Or the benefit of a moan to a friend)

Bounce the scenario off a trusted friend. Nothing wrong with a sanity check! And, getting the story off your chest could be just the thing to help you simmer down and think clearly before acting.

After you’ve had a chance to think carefully about how to respond and you’ve carefully analyzed your response, go ahead and react. If any time has passed you’re either going to be more calm or you’re going to be more determined to make your own point but in either case you’ll have a chance to get your desired reaction because you’ll have the opportunity to articulate yourself for the best outcome possible. How many times have you reacted quickly and then thought, “I wish I’d have said ____________”.

I say, take time to carefully weigh your online reactions, no matter how upset you are or how out of line the other party is, and you won’t likely have to regret how you’ve handled difficult situations.

What Should Online Professionals Do When Someone Ticks Them Off? was originally published on Get Paid to Write Online, copyright 2005-2010, owned by Sharon Hurley Hall. If you are not reading this in an RSS reader, please contact Sharon.

How to Learn a New Freelance Writing Skill

Dana Prince — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:37:53 +0000

Learn new writing skills

It’s great to specialise in specific writing areas or genres. A lot of writing blogs will tell you that you need a niche. (I’ve said it myself!) It helps you get good, get fast, and command higher rates. But at times it can be good to add a new skill to your repertoire, too. Offering clients new services can help you maximise your earning potential with them. And, can help you diversify your writing work sources as well as keep you challenged. How do you learn a new skill? Here are some tips:

Analyse the Experts

Want to be a press release writer? Look up a writer who specialises in this area and analyse how they write. Find someone successful that dominates the search engines for the term “press release writer”. Check their business site and then look online on press release directories for press releases they’ve written. You can dissect their methods and create a template to practise on.

Want to be a great sales copy writer? Find out who dominates that area of writing (Bob Bly!) and investigate their methods. They may even offer tips and advice to others via their blog or an e-book.

Take a Course / Workshop or Read a Book

I’ve seen and taken great free and low-cost courses offered online for writers. Some are offered by online schools but some are offered by other writers who have a highly developed skill. And, don’t be afraid to take it offline. Reacquaint yourself with your library or local bookstore. There are great books by writers who will help you develop your writing skills in various areas such as business or creative writing through writing exercises.

Write for Someone Else

I love that what I do for a living helps me earn while I learn. I learned a lot in my early days of freelance writing through sub-contracting for other writers. This was a great way to get mentored and develop my skills while getting paid to write.

Practise!

Want to expand beyond web content or blog posts? Learn how to write press releases, resumes, create white papers, be a master sales copywriter by teaching yourself.

Take some initiative and try your hand at it:

Write press releases for your writing business and distribute them.
Write a white paper to give out to your customers about your business.
Tackle affiliate marketing and sell something online on your own.

Not only will you develop your skills but you’ll be marketing yourself and increasing your writing income, too.

How to Learn a New Freelance Writing Skill was originally published on Get Paid to Write Online, copyright 2005-2010, owned by Sharon Hurley Hall. If you are not reading this in an RSS reader, please contact Sharon.

Working Through Rejection – Quick Tips

Sharon Hurley Hall — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:24:12 +0000

How do you handle having work returned to you? If you’re anything like me, you don’t like it at all. Yet it’s something that happens even to the most experienced writer, especially when not dealing with the client directly.

You’ve heard the phrase ‘cut out the middleman’ – well, this often applies when taking writing jobs. Sometimes the people explaining a job to you give their understanding of what the client wants, and they don’t always get it right. Here are a few lessons I have learned about working through rejection:

1. Even experienced writers sometimes have work rejected (get used to it and have a thick skin).

2. Rewrites and revisions are part of the job, so there’s no point in complaining; that just makes you look unprofessional.

3. Speak to the client directly wherever possible.

4. Ask questions and keep asking them till you find out exactly what the client wants. This will cut down on misunderstandings and wasted time.

How have you handled rejection? Any tips to add?

This article originally appeared in Writing Lab News.

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Are You A Buttoned-Up or Buttoned-Down Freelance Writer?

Dana Prince — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:40:31 +0000

Do You Wear Fuzzy Slippers to Work?

Deciding what kind of freelancer you are can help you define the type of clients and projects that suit your personality. If you can alternate between buttoned-up and buttoned-down, that could be a really good thing. If you can’t, or don’t want to, that can be ok as well. Considering the type of writing work you want will give you the freedom and type of career you want.

Dressing for Your Client’s Personality

Voice is an important aspect of being a writer. Finding the right voice can help you write something your clients will love. Finding the right voice might also be necessary in terms of dealing with your clients in a productive and fruitful way. Some freelancers do well because they’re casual, approachable, ooze with irreverence, talk about personal stuff, and their clients love them. Others reveal nothing about their personal life, and exude professionalism and their clients love them. Where do you fit?

Are you dressing for your client’s personality? If you do, you may develop stronger relationships with them. As a freelancer, how you approach your professional image will dictate what sorts of clients you attract.

There aren’t necessarily black and white lines in terms of how to deal with your clients in general but you may want to consider your voice in your client approach.

Buttoned Up

Positives: Very professional, becomes known as an expert in their field. Often commands higher rates.

Potential Drawbacks: May seems unapproachable. Does not always fit with a client’s corporate culture.

If you’re approaching buttoned-up professionals, you may want to keep your top button firmly in place.

Buttoned Down

Positives: Hip and 21^st century. Casual Friday is often the way businesses who use freelancers operate today.

Potential Drawbacks: If approaching corporate clients, you may not be taken as a serious professional. Clients may also think they can pay less because you’re a ‘freelancer’ or because you work from home. Work from home professionals often have a higher overhead than their clients realize.

If you’re approaching buttoned-down professionals, you may be able to be more casual with them.

Note: Casual Friday doesn’t mean missed deadlines, lack of quality, and doesn’t mean they don’t have to pay you a fair wage— on schedule.

Is Your Dress Code Hurting Your Business?

Some of today’s freelancers advertise that they are work at home moms or Dads or that they work in their pajamas and fuzzy slippers. Some of those freelancers have problems getting their rates up. Some joke about working in the buff and swear like a trucker on their blog but still command really high rates. What’s the right approach?

It all depends. It depends on what type of client you’re going after. If you’re going after another solopreneur that works in their fuzzy slippers, buttoned down might be the way to go. If you want to do corporate copywriting for fortune 100 companies, you might want to sit up straight and button up right to that top button.

I worked for GE Capital for ten years but today I’m wearing pink and fuzzy slippers. But I don’t tell all my clients about the slippers. For me, I find alternating from suit to slippers depending on what sort of client or prospect I’m talking to and who I’m approaching works. I don’t typically swear on my business blog but I do try to understand what my client’s personality type is after starting to deal with them and then I button up or unbutton accordingly.

If I’m dealing with a corporate client I tend to avoid the phrase freelance writer and I never ever call myself a work at home mom. But if I’m talking to a small business owner about their SEO, we may discuss our families and the personal connection we make could strengthen the relationship. I try to let the client take the lead and adjust my approach accordingly. It’s kind of like ghostwriting.

Use Ghostwriting Skills to Find the Best Client “Voice”

Versatility is a good trait when you work for yourself. And, if you’re a ghostwriter, you might find that putting those ghostwriting skills to good use could help you exponentially.

Because people often relate to their own personality type, as you get to know a new client, assume their personality type in terms of how you deal with them and chances are, you’ll find the right voice.

So, are you wearing fuzzy slippers today?

(photo: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/prototype7)

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Five Ways to Get Writing Jobs Fast

Dana Prince — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:39:07 +0000

Last week I shared five tips for filling gaps in your writing schedule and this week I wanted to suggest specific ways to go about drumming up writing work quickly. Maybe you’ve got a gap in your schedule or maybe you need to make some extra money quickly. Not everyone will agree with me about these methods but here are some things I do when I want to drum up some work.

1. Bidding Sites

Not everyone loves job bidding sites but what I like about them is that when I have a gap or foresee one coming, I can often find a gig in 24 hours or less. I can bid on small and fast jobs to make fast money as well. I use Elance and their escrow service makes doing this a minimal risk. I have a rate I won’t go below and they have recently raised their membership connects so that you can bid on up to ten projects with their free membership. I’ve given up my $20/month premium membership (which some months had been wasted due to lack of use) because the need to resort to this (thankfully) happens rarely for me. I’ve had scenarios where I’ve started bidding in the morning and had cash in hand that evening. A few of those quick projects have developed into regular clients as well.

2. Existing Clients

It never hurts to touch base with an existing client to see if they need help with anything. A quick email to a client to check in has brought me large projects on more than one occasion. If you can, develop a relationship with at least one really busy but flexible client that pays fast.

3.Marketing the Writing Website

Working to drive traffic to my website regularly brings in a flood of new traffic and inquiries. I build links to my site through blog comments, linking to my site through other articles, through article marketing, and through social bookmarking and networking and this often helps me get writing gigs.

4. Other Writers

I’ve made some great friends in the past four years as a freelance writer. I have developed great relationships with other busy writers and at times have drummed up a project quickly through writing friends with overflow work. I have a writing friend that regularly offers me overflow, I have a lower-paying client / writer friend that offers an almost all-I-can-write buffet. Although it’s lower paying work, she pays fast, and I have several friends that have given me job leads or referrals when I’ve mentioned a lighter workload. One writing friend recently helped me learn a new writing skill and referred me to a new regular gig where I can use and develop that skill. Developing relationships with other writers can be beneficial. For me it has been very symbiotic.

5. Social Media

Talking about my writing work on social sites, linking to articles, and networking via sites such as Twitter and others has frequently brought in new queries and writing jobs quickly. I highly recommend social media as a great tool to get writing work. You can also post ads about being available on writing forums, internet marketing forums, and social media sites as well.

What do you do when you want to find work quickly?

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The Evolution Of A Freelancer

Sharon Hurley Hall — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:42:01 +0000

How has your writing career evolved?

When I started freelancing, I said yes to pretty much every job that came along. My reasons for doing so were that:

I needed the publishing credits for my resume
I needed the money
I didn’t know when the next job was going to come along

It made sound financial sense to accept everything that came my way. There was only one problem. After about a year of doing that, I began to feel fatigued and less excited about my life as a freelancer. You guessed it – I was suffering from burnout.

Writing – The Second Year

The next year, I took a more balanced approach. I still mostly said yes to jobs, but I began to be more discerning about what I could actually do within a given time. I knew that I wanted to spend time with my family, look after my health and manage some other personal priorities, so I started to get a little bit pickier about what I accepted.

The Third Year

That trend continued into my third and fourth years of freelancing. In fact, I actually began to turn down work from time to time. The longer I freelance, the more aware I become of this reality: I can’t do it all. That means I have to pick the projects which:

pay well
fit my time frame
match my expertise

Five Years On – A New Approach

Heading into my fifth year, I’m finding that things are changing again. I have a fairly stable client base, but I don’t take that for granted. That’s why I’m starting to say yes again to projects that interest me and offer some variety. Unlike the first time round, I am doing this in a phased way, trading up writing jobs so I get closer and closer to freelance writing nirvana.

How has your approach to your writing career changed over the years?

(Photo: Kaptain Kobold)

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More Writing Resolution Talk – But this Time with Action

Dana Prince — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:43:19 +0000

Are you sick of the talk about New Year’s resolutions yet? I’ve written quite a few resolution-related posts for clients in the last week as well as for my December 31 post here on Get Paid to Write Online but I’m not sick of it yet. I am ready for action, though. In fact, I am acting. I’m planning to make some moves this year to ensure I meet my goals. I need to work fewer hours. I also need to earn more. I deserve both! I’m talking to potential clients that are going to help me meet some of my 2010 writing goals already and it’s only the first week of January. Go me. (Hey, I’m self-employed. If I don’t pat myself on the back, who will?) I’m already doing things outside of my comfort zone this year. I’m acting with the belief that these things will pay off and help me elevate my career to a higher level.

So, what do you want to do with your writing career this year?

Earn more?
Work less?
Be able to afford to get rid of your lowest paying pain-in-the-butt client?
Write more in a niche you love?
All of the above!

Have you figured out how you’re going to get there or are you like a lot of people who write down goals and never actually do anything to make them happen?

Here’s what I suggest:

Spend more time marketing
Talk to other writers
Enhance your skills
Step outside of your comfort zone

Marketing

How much time do you spend marketing? I’m not talking about applying for jobs alone; I’m talking about marketing yourself. As I’ve said here in the past, marketing can become passive so that efforts you take today can pay off repeatedly for you.

Do you use social media? Are you using it to your advantage? I’m not talking about telling people you make the best grilled cheese in the world (although it’s perfectly fine to give a shoutout to your culinary prowess sometimes on Twitter. Ok… yes, I admit it—I sometimes tweet about my awesome grilled cheese sandwiches), I’m talking about using social media to network and to drive traffic to your website or blog.

Speaking of your website, when is the last time you updated yours? The act of updating your site alone will ping the search engines and could send fresh traffic your way. Maybe it’s time to take a look at your online profiles and fine-tune them a little. Want to be a well-known niche writer that commands top dollar? Start advertising that service and writing about it so that you can get the attention of people (and search engines) looking for that key phrase.

Bottom line: Allocate 1-2 hours to marketing next week (or, there’s no time like NOW…if you have the cycles today) and every week and watch what happens. I’d almost bet money you’ll see great results.

Talk to Other Writers

Other writers can help you with your career. I have a few close writing friends and we often help one another. We bounce ideas off each other, get sanity checks on contracts, sub work to each other when one is busy or the other is dead slow, and we even share writing leads and referrals at times, too. Some of us are even talking about potentially profitable joint ventures in 2010. Talking to and networking with other writers can help you tremendously with your writing career goals. (Plus having writing friends who understand your lifestyle and your work challenges really really helps when things are rough and tough.)

Bottom line: Join some writer networking groups. Make some writing friends.

Enhance Your Skills

How do you continue to develop your writing skills? Keep writing. Keep reading. Read about your craft, do writing prompts, take a writing class, read some writing e-books, follow an online writing course, follow some great writer mentoring blogs. Want do learn to do whitepapers? Want to learn to do press releases or e-books? Take time out of your schedule to work at developing these skills. Not only can they pay off, they help you move forward in your career. Too many freelance writers (myself included) find themselves losing the love with their work at times because of repetition. The “free” in freelance can mean you’re free to pursue any category of writing you’re interested in trying. You may not be a master at every topic or every writing style but why not dabble and see where it leads you? Avoid complacency in writing (there’s a 2+ year old post from me in that link that still applies today)! Is it time to step out of your comfort zone?

Bottom line: Only you can decide whether 2010 will rock for you or if you’ll just survive and float through it.

More Writing Resolution Talk – But this Time with Action was originally published on Get Paid to Write Online, copyright 2005-2010, owned by Sharon Hurley Hall. If you are not reading this in an RSS reader, please contact Sharon.

A Freelance Writer’s 2010 Resolutions

Dana Prince — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:02:47 +0000

What are your writing goals and plans for 2010? Do you have writing resolutions? I have resolutions every year about getting healthier, getting more organised, making more money… Here are some of my 2010 writing career resolutions — off the top of my head.

Organise my taxes and accounting as I go, rather than wait until tax time to scramble.
Put money away for taxes throughout the year so tax time doesn’t result in a big shock.
Be more ergonomic. (Dana uncrosses legs and straightens up) Spending so many hours a day isn’t so good for the back, the wrists, etc.
Do more marketing. Marketing is a vital aspect of self-employment and every time I take the time to do it, it pays off. (You can get marketing and promotion for writers tips here.)
Work more at my passive writing income efforts. Isn’t it nice when an article you write once pays you many times over? The more I do it, the fewer hours I have to work so I’m going to try to get back to spending a few hours a week on my own monetized websites.
Exercise more. Sitting at the desk 40-80 hours a week ain’t conducive to maintaining svelte.
Stop eating at the desk. Taking breaks is good for the brain, the belly, the muse, and better for the electronics. (Dana taps keyboard gently over garbage bin. Ewww)
Raise rates. My expertise has been elevated in many areas and just like those working for others, self-employed freelancers need a raise too.
Manage my time better. When it’s 5:pm and I have only earned $44 but have been at the computer all day I know I’m doing something wrong. Being more conscious of time suckers will result in fewer nights at the computer until (and past) midnight. I’ve gotten away from setting a schedule and need to do more of that.
Start taking most weekends off. I generally work almost every day. One of my goals for being self-employed was to have more time for my family so in the next year, I’m hoping that my marketing and passive income efforts, along with some personal goals will allow me to do that.

We all know that a lot of resolutions don’t last past the first week in January. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t set goals and work to achieve them. Even one or two achievements out of a list of resolutions will result in continuous self improvement.

What do you want out of 2010?

(photo credit: www.sxc.hu/profile/ilco)

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