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Whenever you’re promoting a business, with a flyer campaign or otherwise, it always pays to articulate carefully what you can offer your potential customers. Writing is no different, but this is one niche where your flyer needs to be particularly carefully tailored. Any promotional flyer should communicate that the purpose ...

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It’s that time again – another of my monthly posts for the Word Chef blog carnival. This month we’re talking about productivity, something that the writers on this blog have written about many, many times. Originally, I was going to write about writing productivity, but been there, done that, so ...

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by Hayden Jackson What does success as a writer look like on Elance? For me, it means working with great clients from all over the world, including worthy non-profit organizations, innovative tech startups, and interesting small businesses. It means only accepting work that pays professional fees. And it means working ...

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by Danielle McGaw It seems like every site you join these days has a profile section that they want you to fill in.  And it can be tempting to skip it and just get down to business but your profile is the place that people go when they want to ...

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Earlier this year, I changed the theme on my freelance writing portfolio site. It was part of giving the site – and my writing services – a more professional image. This week, I made another improvement, by hiring someone to upgrade my about page. Sure, I could have written it ...

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Writing business lessons turn up in the strangest places. Here’s what I learned from the guttering guy about landing and retaining new clients.

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Would you believe it’s been nearly three years since my last writing link love fest? Nor could I, but the evidence is there.  This is something I always plan to do more often, but I never seem to get around to it. The posts listed here are posts I’ve shared ...

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Making money by writing online is a lot easier if your name is well known. Here are some top tips for promoting yourself online.

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Those who get started in freelance writing can find that there are many clients who will pay writers to write for them on a wide array of topics. Writing on a lot of different subjects can definitely keep your job interesting. While learning how to research and pull information together ...

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I’ve been writing about promotion since 2005 and over that time, I’ve learned a lot about the topic.  Many people think Self Promotion: What’s The Point? My question to you is Are You Invisible? If you are then it’s time to find out about How To Build Your Own Buzz. ...

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If you’re working as a freelance writer, then you should be promoting yourself. You might wonder whether you have the time and money to undertake promotional activity, and whether there’s any point. I can tell you, from my own experience, that there IS a point. Promoting yourself will help you ...

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What’s your online personality? Do people really get a good idea of who you are from your site, blog and interactions in the blogosphere? I don’t often have face to face meetings any more. I talk to most of my clients by email, IM or Skype. That has to be ...

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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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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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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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Freelance writing work can be seasonal, which means that there are times when you just don’t have enough work. However, instead of worrying about this, you can use that time productively to help your writing career. Here are a few suggestions for what to do with down time. Tidy Up ...

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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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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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