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 quickly can help you get [...]
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Tag Archive: self-promotion
Top Tips On Promotion
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. If [...]
Self Promotion: What’s The Point?
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 to attract new clients for [...]
Making Freelancing Personal
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 enough to [...]
Writing Lab News January Preview
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, you’ll see it before anyone [...]
Promotion, Promotion, Promotion
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 Promotion Ideas for Graphic Designers [...]
Lessons In Making Money Online
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 them to be useful to [...]
Five Ways To Make Down Time Work For You
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 Your Resume
When you’re busy every day, [...]
Writing Series
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 later. That’s why I’ve grouped [...]
The Value Added Writer
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 value for clients by helping [...]
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