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If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook, by now you will know that I’ve landed a gig writing occasionally for the Quips and Tips blog network.  This writing gig was a gift to myself and although it’s a paid blogging gig, the reasons I wanted to do it ...

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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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January is often a slow month, but this is shaping up to be my best January ever (and it’s only half way through the month!) Here’s why: Monthly income from writing is up (admittedly because someone paid me late for work done before the holidays, but it’s still a good ...

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Note: Most of the first half of this appeared in my last newsletter. If you’ve already read it, scroll down to read my plans for the coming year. Tracking Writing Milestones Although I firmly believe in keeping track of achievements during the year, the end of the year is a ...

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It’s been a great year here on Get Paid to Write Online. We’ve had a team of three writing on the blog (thanks Dana and Dan for your excellent contributions), as well as regular guest posts. And now it’s time for the annual roundup, which I’m doing all in one ...

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This guest post has been submitted by Alex Toll of the Research Writing Center. It is increasingly common for freelancers from abroad to take over jobs formerly occupied by individuals in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. In some cases, this situation is called “job transfer”. A sizable number of countries ...

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This is a guest post by Christina Crowe. You wake up early in the morning, before the sun has had a chance to rise. You want to get what little work you can done before you have to drop your kids off at school. Yawning, you sit your bum down ...

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by James Mowery Technical writing can be a lucrative field if you know where to look to find work. Technical writers can be found working for companies on a full-time basis or writing freelance for several different companies or websites. Craigslist is always a good place to start looking for ...

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This is the second of two guest posts on article writing from Darrell Laurant. Darrell is the founder and director of The Writers’ Bridge, an organization designed to assist freelance writers. He has also spent the last 30 years as a journalist, freelancing frequently on the side. He is based in ...

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Today I’m happy to feature the first of two guest posts on article writing from Darrell Laurant. Darrell is the founder and director of The Writers’ Bridge, an organization designed to assist freelance writers. He has also spent the last 30 years as a journalist, freelancing frequently on the side. ...

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One of the things I like best about freelancing is the ability to arrange my life to suit myself.  When I first started freelancing, being a freelance writer simply meant doing additional work for someone who was not my regular employer. It wasn’t particularly liberating, but it did bring in ...

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How do you become a freelance writer? Many of the people who search for my blog are looking for the answer to this question. They are hoping that there is some magic formula that will move them from being wannabe writers to published professionals without passing ‘go’. Sorry, but there ...

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We all hit a bit of a lull in our freelance writing careers. For some, it’s not a massive problem as they’re fully prepared. For others, however, the dip can seem like it’s going to be devastating. Fortunately, if you fall into the latter group, there’s one thing you can ...

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This is a collection of advice from Get Paid To Write Online for those new to freelance writing. it covers getting online, promotion, getting clients, getting paid and copyright, with a healthy dose of inspiration.

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When I sat down to think about this, my first post for Get Paid To Write Online, I was trying to think of a topic that all writers could relate to.  A topic that everyone reading it could have an opinion on. I sat for a while, pondering exactly what ...

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If you‘re a freelance writer, you write for more than one client ,and …have any control over your rates, there are a lot of things to consider in terms of setting your writing rates. I’ve had jobs that have paid great and jobs that have bled money.  I’ve made mistakes ...

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It’s never too late for an epiphany on your writing career. As you probably know, I blog a lot, often on web stuff and travel, and occasionally on other things. In the course of the past year, I’ve come to realize something about myself – being too much of a ...

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Usually, I’m a pretty positive person. But yesterday, I had an ‘I suck’ moment. I had a meltdown during a difficult assignment and didn’t feel good about the work I’d done. I got stuck. I questioned my abilities. It was awful. It’s not always easy being a freelancer and having ...

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