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Whenever you’re promoting a business, with a flyer campaign or otherwise, it always pays to articulate carefully what you can offer your potential customers. Writing is no different, but this is one niche where your flyer needs to be particularly carefully tailored. Any promotional flyer should communicate that the purpose ...

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It’s that time again – another of my monthly posts for the Word Chef blog carnival. This month we’re talking about productivity, something that the writers on this blog have written about many, many times. Originally, I was going to write about writing productivity, but been there, done that, so ...

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Today, I’m happy to be reviewing SEO Marketing by Brian Belfitt of BlogEngage. This free ebook (which you get when you sign up for BlogEngage)  has just 27 pages and covers: 1. Introduction to starting your very own blog 2. Hosting and set up 3. Selecting the right theme 4. ...

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by Danielle McGaw It seems like every site you join these days has a profile section that they want you to fill in.  And it can be tempting to skip it and just get down to business but your profile is the place that people go when they want to ...

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Google+ is Google’s new social network and it offers real advantages for work at home writers. Here’s Sharon Hurley Hall’s mini review.

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Earlier this year, I changed the theme on my freelance writing portfolio site. It was part of giving the site – and my writing services – a more professional image. This week, I made another improvement, by hiring someone to upgrade my about page. Sure, I could have written it ...

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I recently updated my writing portfolio site using Freelance Folder’s Client Machine WordPress theme. Here are some of the changes I made to give my site a fresh look and feel.

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First of all, I hope you’ve all had a very Merry Christmas.  However you celebrated the season, I hope that you’ve had a fantastic break and are feeling fresh and revitalized (and not too full of chocolates and alcohol!). In my post from October, titled ‘It’s Time To Give Something ...

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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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Some time ago one of the people I worked for asked me for my CV so they could put it on file. I agreed and searched my desktop for an up to date version of the document. To my surprise, the only version I could find was last updated in ...

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Making money by writing online is a lot easier if your name is well known. Here are some top tips for promoting yourself online.

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What are your writing resolutions for 2010?

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When you work as a freelance writer, job hunting can be a big part of your day and because time is money, doesn’t it make sense to handle it in a way that saves you time and increases your income? I try to handle job hunting in the same way ...

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How I Put My Site On Steroids has proved to be one of my most popular posts, but it’s been three years since I wrote it. In today’s exercise for Problogger’s 31DBBB project, we were urged to update an old post. I decided to go back and see whether the ...

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I’ve been writing about promotion since 2005 and over that time, I’ve learned a lot about the topic.  Many people think Self Promotion: What’s The Point? My question to you is Are You Invisible? If you are then it’s time to find out about How To Build Your Own Buzz. ...

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I’ve been thinking for a while of running a competition on this blog, and a recent offer from UPrinting has given me the chance to do just that. So I now present (drumroll, please): the Get Paid To Write Online comment competition. The rules are simple. 1. Leave a comment ...

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As a writer, I am often frustrated when promoting my work on the social bookmarking sites. Many of the sites don’t have specific categories for writing, and they certainly don’t have sub categories that relate to the writing business. If you’ve ever tried to decide where to put one of your ...

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A recent gig creating lenses for a client reminded me of how useful Squidoo can be for self promotion. I have to be honest: although I have eight lenses, I don’t promote them very much so I don’t get the full Squidoo promotional juice. In spite of that, at least ...

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