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Any copywriter needs to be able to flit between different styles when needed. Sometimes a client will ask for a personal, light hearted blog while others might want a serious, professional piece. Being able to switch between these styles is an important skill and also lends a bit of extra ...

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by Jocelyn Anne With the wealth of content on the web these days (beyond human comprehension or imagination, I think), it becomes imperative to know the secrets and tricks to capturing a reader and making them your newest, biggest fan for life. If your title is boring, your paragraphs long ...

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It’s taken years, but the world has come round to the type of writing I like to do. When I was in high school and university, my teachers were unimpressed by the brevity of my essays. As a language student (English, French, Spanish) I had to write lots of essays, ...

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by Christian Arno Writing content that is both reader and search engine friendly can be a bit of a juggling act. These two aspects of web writing are certainly not mutually exclusive, but getting the balance right can be tricky. With the vast amount of content on the web clamouring ...

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I’ve just started an occasional series on my client facing blog aimed at answering some of the questions clients have about working with freelance writers. In today’s post (The Writing Process – Open Letter to Clients), I outline some of the steps needed to write a piece of web content ...

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You’ve probably seen all the publicity about the new Yahoo! Style Guide – a guide that, according to the publishers, is ‘the first of its kind to address questions about online writing’. I got the chance to look at a review copy and it certainly covers a lot of ground ...

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Oh joy! Another book from James Chartrand — I could hardly wait to open my review copy. Write For the Web is an 86 page e-book which answers new freelance writers’ questions about writing web content and launching successful freelancing careers. It’s written in James’s no-nonsense style and is divided ...

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I was first asked to review Content Rich: Writing Your Way To Wealth On The Web by Jon Wuebben some time ago and for one reason and another I have only just got around to it. I got quite a surprise when I opened the file because while I was ...

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I love it when my writing clients are happy. Usually I know because they send me effusive emails saying that I have captured exactly what they needed. I get a lot of those. (Lest you think I’m big headed, I also have several clients who simply pay up without comment.) ...

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I’ve just completed a travel piece about a place I’ve never visited. It may seem a strange thing to do, but this was the commission that my writing client gave me. Usually a travel piece is full of local color, but how do you add that if you’ve never set ...

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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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Writing keyword fodder isn’t always easy, especially when you’ve written 70 article of a batch of 140 and are losing the will to live. So what do you do when the creative well has run dry?

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I found Web Writing Info when owner Courtney Ramirez dropped by to leave a comment on my blog. Being the curious soul that I am, I immediately popped over to have a look – and I liked what I saw.  The blog design is clean and crisp, making it easy ...

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When you visit some sites, they are really hard to read. Sometimes that’s because of the lack of images, an area which I’m trying to improve. At others it’s because the text is served up in indigestible pieces. That’s the reason for my latest post on Daily Writing Tips. It’s ...

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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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I signed up for Loudlaunch having had a recommendation from a friend. It took several weeks for my first blog to be approved, and some time more to get others added. Loudlaunch reviews every blog before acceptance. While I was waiting for that, I happily earned some pocket change with ...

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Chris Garett has a great post on The Secret to Freelance Blogging. (Thanks to jenohaven for the tip.) He talks about the benefits to bloggers and the types of rates you can expect, as well as giving other useful tips. For the blogger the benefits come down to increased exposure ...

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Deb Ng had an interesting post on her blog yesterday: Freelance web writing wages: What is fair? Nowadays, $30 is considered a nice sum to receive for 500 to 1000 words on the web. In fact, many of the content writers I know would love to receive $20 for a ...

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