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This page contains a list of useful resources for freelancers. It’s a work in progress and I plan to update it regularly.

Books on Writing/Blogging

  • Write Right Online (see my review)
  • The Unlimited Freelancer (see my review)
  • 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, by Problogger Darren Rowse. I’ve been following Darren Rowse’s blog for some time. Anything he says about blogging is worth reading.
  • The Universal Journalist (US) – the top book on my coursework list when I was teaching journalism. This book is easy to read and helps you to develop all the basic writing skills you need.
  • Write For The Web from Men with Pens

My free ebooks

  • Getting Started in Blogging
  • SEO Your Website
  • Promotion Is Free
  • Making It As A Freelance Writer
  • Freelance Writing Questions

Writing tools

  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard (see my review)
  • Freelance Switch hourly rate calculator

Writing Career Planning

  • Location Independent Business Course

Keyword research tools:

  • SEOBook Keyword Suggestion Tool
  • Keyword Discovery
  • Adwords Keyword Tool
  • WordTracker Labs – Keyword Questions
  • SEM Rush

Article marketing

  • EzineArticles
  • GoArticles
  • ArticlesBase
  • IdeaMarketers

Press release info

  • The Best Free and Paid Press Release Sites
  • Press Release Sites: The Best and the Worst

Read My Best Posts

  • Who Defines You? More Thoughts On The James Chartrand Story
  • How I Put My Site On Steroids – Again
  • 39 Writers You Should Follow On Twitter
  • Getting To Know You
  • Seven Steps To A Professional Bid
  • Writer Without Portfolio
  • Freelance Does Not Mean Free
  • Freelance Writing Questions: Avoiding Scams
Writing Blogs I Read

  • Allena Tapia
  • Dana Prince
  • Freelance Folder
  • Freelance Switch
  • Freelance Writing Jobs
  • Location Independent
  • Men With Pens
  • The Hidden Writer

Other Blogs I Read

  • Problogger
  • Web Worker Daily
  • Mashable
  • Lifehacker

Good Blog/Site Hosts:

I use Bluehost for most of my sites, but also have a few on Dreamhost – no complaints.

  • Bluehost
  • Dreamhost

Blog Themes:

I pay for premium themes for my business sites. The themes I like best include:

  • Headway WordPress Theme
  • WooThemes
  • Thesis theme

Finding photos for your blog:

  • CompFight
  • Morguefile
  • iStockphoto
  • Stock.xchng
  • FreePixels

Blog/Site Stats

  • Google Analytics
  • Clicky
  • Woopra

Online backup

  • Syncplicity

Offline Backup

  • Clickfree Automatic Backup Hard Drive Transformer

Promotion -

  • Squidoo
  • Hubpages

Disclosure: some of the links in this resources section are affiliate links for products that I have tried and am happy to recommend.

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