How I Put My Site On Steroids – Again
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 steps [...]
Promotion Is Free – Article Marketing
I can’t talk about promotion without mentioning one of my favorite ways to promote – through article marketing. I’ve heard people criticize it, but I have found it an effective and free way to promote my writing services. The only investment you need to get started is the time it takes you to write an [...]
Writing For Free: Giving To Get
There’s always a lot of debate in the freelance writing world about writing for free. The main question is: should you do it? Before I attract a hailstorm of criticism over the very notion of writing for free, let me say up front that I believe that freelance writers should get paid fairly and [...]
Why Write For Free?
Write for free? You must be kidding!
That’s the reaction that many freelance writers have when it’s suggested that maybe it might be worth writing without getting paid. However, those freelance writers might be missing a trick. Here are a few ways that writing for free might pay off.
1. Showcasing your work
One of the reasons why [...]
Writing For Free Pays Off Again
Like any other freelance writer, I want to get paid fairly for my work. However, there are times when writing for free can be worth it. You get promotion and publicity and it raises your profile.
Here’s another case in point. Nearly two years ago I wrote It’s Your House, Don’t Give It Away, an article [...]
How Freelance Writing For Free Pays
Freelance Writing Is Not Easy
Freelance writing is not an easy job. You have to spend time writing things you are not interested in because you’re getting paid, and you are always worrying about where the next gig is coming from, at least at the start. And if you’re ghostwriting, you don’t even get the credit [...]
The Long Reach Of Article Marketing
Finally, one of these things that I can write about legitimately. Do you know that one of my most read free article marketing articles on EzineArticles has to do with funeral flowers? I’m not making this up, I promise. Here’s how it happened. About four years ago my husband got into a new financial venture, [...]
How To Market With Articles: Shameless Self-Promotion
Now that you’ve made your site search engine friendly and submitted it to search engines and directories, it’s time to up the ante and use a few more tried and true methods of raising your site’s (or blog’s) profile. If you’re blogging here, you already have a head start, as you can use your posts [...]
How I Put My Site On Steroids
Update: see How I Put My Site On Steroids Again for more recent advice.
I’ve previously given several good reasons why freelance writers should have a website. Once you’ve got that showcase for you and your work, you’ll need to make sure that people see it. When I launched doublehdesign.com in June 2005, I had 26 [...]
Writing for ezines – a good way to build site traffic
Let me say up front that I have nothing to gain from this recommendation. Ezinearticles doesn’t even have an affiliate program yet. But when they do, I’ll be one of the first to join.
This is a site that features free to reprint content for websites, ezines and email newsletters. I use it mostly as an [...]
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