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By February 1, 2008

Catherine asks What did you find most difficult when you first began freelancing? And how did you overcome that difficulty? When I went freelance, I faced two issues. One was a lack of contacts. The other was a lack of recent clips. While I’d been lecturing, I’d done the occasional ...

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By January 6, 2008

The January issue of Writing Lab News features another sneak preview. One of my contacts wrote to me saying that he thought he’d been scammed. I commiserated and offered some tips for avoiding scams in the future. Those tips became an article and if you subscribe to Writing Lab News, ...

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By January 3, 2008

There’s more than one way to promote your site or blog. Though I’m a big fan of social media, I was interested to read this post on PiggyBankPie, titled How I Received 850 Visitors Without Using Social Media Sites. The 850 visitors we are talking about in this article are, ...

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By December 19, 2007

As you know, I think all writers should blog. That’s because blogging is a great way to sharpen your writing skills in a relaxing way. Having a blog is also a wonderful way to connect with potential clients, with other writers and online friends. And of course, it’s a fantastic ...

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By December 18, 2007

I’ve been writing about copyright for a long time. In fact, two of my early articles on this blog’s predecessor were titled Copyright: rent, don’t sell and Copyrights and copy wrongs. You could call it a recurring obsession. Now, I’ve been talking about copyright again, but this time it’s to ...

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By December 17, 2007

I’m not sure quite when Caroline Middlebrook’s blog caught my notice. It couldn’t have been that long ago, as it’s only been running since August. However, since that time Caroline a software developer turned online entrepreneur, has created an enormous amount of buzz about her blog. That interests me, as ...

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By December 6, 2007

And I’ll say it again – promotion. No-one knows you’re out there if you don’t tell them, so you have to get the word out about your writing services and skills. If you’re stuck for ideas on how to self promote, there’s a mega list of suggestions at 120 Self ...

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I don’t write a lot of ads, but I had to do some research on ad writing for a course that I’m doing. While researching, I found The 10 laws of writing advertising. It’s an old article that’s been transferred to the net and has some good tips: Sometimes it ...

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By November 28, 2007

A lot of people find my blog when they are looking to make money online. In fact, they want to know how to do it. While that’s not the main purpose of this blog, like many others I want my blogs and sites to serve three purposes. First, I want ...

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By November 8, 2007

Michael Stelzner of Writing White Papers, where I occasionally guest blog, is seeking nominations for the best blogs for writers. While there’s stiff competition for choosing the top ten, I would be tickled pink for this blog to be nominated. All you need to do is follow the instructions in ...

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By November 5, 2007

It’s been just over two years since I first signed up with Google Adsense. Like most people, when I first put Adsense on my first blog, I thought I would soon be earning large sums of money, but it didn’t happen. In fact, two years on, I’m still not making ...

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By November 4, 2007

I’ve been trying to get better about linking to posts I’ve enjoyed. Here are some of the posts I found noteworthy in October: The Importance of Socializing for Freelancers How To Blog a New Niche: 5 Steps How-To Be A Collaborative Blogger How Microblogging Can Help You Nightmare on Writing ...

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By October 30, 2007

In Writing Lab News this month, I’ll be focusing on success. In other words, ways of boosting your writing career. I don’t want to give too much away, but there’s a brand new piece on blogging, which will only be seen by subscribers, as well as an article on writing ...

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By October 20, 2007

This is part 2 of my Mega Link Love Fest: Going Beyond the Blog – How to Extend Your Blog from ProBlogger Blog Tips Blogs and Leveraging the Search Tail from Performancing.com – Helping Bloggers Succeed The Balance Between Handling Business Queries vs. Doing The Actual Work from Freelance Folder ...

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I subscribe to about 150 feeds in my reader, most of them about writing and blogging. But I often fall behind when it comes to sharing the link love. Now, thanks to Firefox and Greasemonkey, I’ve been able to download all my starred items in one go. Some of these ...

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By October 5, 2007

Every now and then I write a series of posts on a similar theme. Sometimes that’s because there’s too much to be said to fit it into one post. At other times, it’s because I find related topics at different times. However, it’s not always easy to find these posts ...

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By October 4, 2007

Get Paid To Write has been in its new home for just over three months, so it seems a good time to consider some of the highlights. July: Guest Posts  In July I took a well earned break, but the blog kept going, thanks to the efforts of my guest ...

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By September 29, 2007

This month I’ll be offering subscribers to the Writing Lab News newsletter the first peek at a paid to blog company I haven’t yet reviewed. This company is just about to have a LOT of good programmes for bloggers, so you won’t want to miss out. Use the handy form ...

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