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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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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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It’s Sunday afternoon.  We had friends stay over last night and they left a few hours ago.  It’s glorious outside. I’ve mowed the lawn, put our new barbecue together (although if my partner is reading this, I helped put the new barbecue together), finished reading the last few chapters of ...

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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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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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As a new freelance writer, it can take a while to find good sources of writing work. If you’re new to the game, how can you tell the difference between sites that offer below-minimum-wage gigs and those that give you a great chance of earning a living from writing. Even ...

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If you do a lot of writing, then it’s essential to get organized. Planning is very important, but tracking is equally important. Someone asked me the other day how I kept track of my writing life. I’m not a spreadsheet wizard, but Excel is the best way to keep track ...

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Diversification is one of the secrets of a successful freelance writing career. When you find someone who will offer you work, it can be tempting to milk that lead for all it’s worth and do as much writing as possible for one client. While that may help in the short ...

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The Write For Cash blog has an interesting article on Grant Writing and Proposal Writing. I often notice clients looking for this type of writing on Elance and Guru. If you are interested in getting into this type of writing, then be sure to check out this post for an ...

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As a freelance writer, one of the best ways to attract new writing work is to show off examples of work you’ve already done. When I started out in journalism, that meant rigorously collecting copies of every newspaper, newsletter, journal or magazine in which I had a bylined piece (and ...

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For a lot of us, freelance writing starts out as something we do in our spare time. We write after doing a full day’s work, on evenings, weekends and holidays. We write because we must, because we feel an inner compulsion to see whether the thing we’ve always loved can ...

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Today, I’m interviewing Darrell Laurant, of the Writer’s Bridge, a new service for writers: Q. Darrell, tell us a bit about your background. A. I’ve been a journalist for more than 30 years, working for newspapers in New York, South Carolina and now Virginia. I’ve also done a lot of ...

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I admit it. I’m a stats freak , so I was only to happy to install Clicky on this blog so I could see how many people would visit a new freelance writing blog. I have been stunned by the results and I would like to thank the more than ...

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It’s time for another writing blog review. This time, I want to focus on the Writer’s Blog by Dana Prince. Although this blog has only been around for six months or so, it’s packed full of useful information. I keep bumping into Dana in other places (she’s a really friendly ...

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One of the most important aspects of building a freelance writing and ghostwriting business is working out how to keep the work coming in and how to get repeat work. The answer to this dilemma is to become what I call a value added writer. That’s a writer who adds ...

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Sometimes you just have to know when it’s time to take a day off. This is an issue that most work at home moms face, especially during the summer holidays. Most days, I try to work from just after breakfast till just after nap time, leaving several hours in the ...

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As a freelance writer, it’s not enough to set up a website and leave it alone. It’s not enough to set up a blog and post sporadically. With both websites and blogs, you need to keep them up to date. Even more important, you need to promote them. Promoting your ...

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