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By December 16, 2011

Take a look around most freelance writing blogs at the minute and you’re likely to see the same type of discussions – how the last year has gone and setting goals and aspirations for the coming year. Last year, I followed suit. We looked at how 2010 had been and ...

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By December 8, 2011

As easy as you might think it would be to work with writers – there seems to a copious amount of us willing to take on new work! – it brought back memories of when I tried to outsource work a year or two ago and simply put, it was ...

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By December 1, 2011

As soon as December starts to beckon, it seems as though Christmas is only days away. I’ve always been a relatively organized guy who likes to plan and prepare to a certain degree when it comes to business, but around this time of year, I used to always think that ...

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By November 23, 2011

Each writer has their own speciality topics. Some writers state this blatantly and obviously on their website, blog, business cards and e-mail signature, while others don’t explain their specialities, often stating that they’re a general writer. However, whichever type of writer you are, you will have topics and subjects that ...

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By November 2, 2011

I’m going to generalize here.  I know this won’t apply to every freelance writer, but from my experience, it applies to most. When you first start out as a freelance writer, you try and do your utmost to please your clients and not annoy them in anyway. Sure, this is ...

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By October 12, 2011

Being a freelance writer can be a considerably varied career. If you’re a banker, you work in finance. If you’re an IT executive, you work in IT. If you’re a doctor, you work in medicine. If you’re a freelance writer, however, you get to sample numerous different careers and be ...

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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 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 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 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 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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By June 8, 2011

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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By May 27, 2011

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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By May 18, 2011

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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