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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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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 not a particularly sporty person, nor am I overly aggressive.  I play pool and snooker on occasion, have a kick about with a football now and again and enjoy watching a range of different sports. Like many guys, I also like to think I can handle myself should the ...

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Every writer starts off differently. Some people get involved in order to find an escape from their 9-5 jobs, others have been writing their entire lives and now want to monetize their talents. Regardless of how you came to be a freelance writer, there were certainly a lot of bumps ...

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A few weeks back, I talked about the sacrifices that very often need to be made to become a freelance writer. Late nights, lack of a social life, next to no spare time – it doesn’t sell the freelance writing career well to anyone who’s just starting out, but for ...

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At the end of 2011, I put together a post called ‘What’s Your Plan For 2011?‘, where I listed a number of my goals for 2011. One of those goals was to start speaking a second language.  I love languages in general, can speak a fair bit of French and ...

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve provided information on how you can charge more than $10 per article, drawing on my own experiences as a developing freelance writer. My aim was to put everything I’ve learnt down in an easy-to-read way, removing all the parts where I made a mistake ...

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This post is the third in the series, with the first two parts able to be found here – How To Charge More Than $10 Per Article – Part 1 – and here – How To Charge More Than $10 Per Article – Part 2. If you’ve been following this ...

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This post is the second in the series, with the first part able to be found here – How To Charge More Than $10 Per Article – Part 1. After reading last week’s post and implementing the points listed, you should have started to increase your popularity in the freelance ...

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A few weeks back, I wrote a post called ‘Why A Change In Perception Can Make Freelance Writing Progression All That Easier‘.  There were some great comments left and I received some really positive feedback. The comments that were left, however, weren’t the ones that I was expecting, as – ...

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One of Get Paid to Write Online’s readers recently asked how one can compete with $1 bids on sites like Freelancer.com. When I joined Freelancer.com, I had the same sentiments about $1 bids and got discouraged at having to bid so low. So let me share some of my experiences ...

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I enjoy helping other people.  I don’t get chance to help others as much as I would like to, but I received such a large amount of help when I was first starting out as a freelance writer that I try to give back as much and as often as ...

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If you’re a reader of several freelance writing blogs, you’ll be aware that it’s this time of year when you start reading posts about your aims and goals for 2010, if you achieved them or not and what your aims and goals are going to be for the coming year. ...

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Guest post by David Smith The means to measure your writing success has evolved tremendously in the last ten years. Writers used to measure their success by being published and having a book with their name on it. These days a writer with a great portfolio and the ability to ...

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At the start of this month I talked about ‘How To Reach The Next Rung On The Freelance Writing Ladder‘, which was in response to a comment made by Walker, a reader of my post where I offered to give something back to the freelance writing community. One of the ...

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I made a post a few weeks ago called ‘It’s Time To Give Something Back To The Freelance Writing Community’ where I invited any freelance writer to ask me a question about freelance writing and business development. I’d then hopefully provide an answer here at Get Paid To Write Online ...

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