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I’m so pleased to welcome Anne Wayman as a guest poster on Get Paid to Write Online, since I’ve been following her writing blog for years. Today she shares her views on must-haves for a successful freelance writing business. Ask a dozen people, or do a search on the ‘net, ...

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By Lori Widmer It’s tough when you’re first building your writing career to make the right choices. The easy choices aren’t necessarily the best choices, but when you’re fresh at it, how do you know? When I first started freelancing, I chased the money – meaning I never turned down ...

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For most writers, getting paid to write means just that – money in the pocket. I’ve never advocated writing for free, but when is it ok to use the barter system? Barter is something we often get into as kids. Perhaps we traded an hour spent washing the car for an ...

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I enjoyed this guest post from Victoria Virgo, which shows how she has started the writing year right by booting out procrastination. The first thing is admitting you have a problem. OK, here goes. Hi my name is Victoria and I am a procrastinator. I will find any excuse not ...

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I suppose it’s natural given the name of this site, but every so often I get a question from a reader about whether it’s really possible to get paid to write and what it takes to do so. Here’s the latest example: I really need some reliable words of wisdom ...

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by Dahlia Valentine When I went to bed on September 18, 2011, I pinky swear I wasn’t thinking about starting a press release writing business the next day. I mean I had every intention of doing it… eventually. You know, as soon as I had the website up and running… ...

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Once again I’m entering the Word Chef blog carnival. A couple of months ago I wrote about How To Encourage Your Prospects to Engage with You Online. This time my topic is How to Find and Connect with Your Ideal Customers.  I’m not going to pretend I’m a guru on client ...

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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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Does your writing business need a kick in the pants? Find out how to pump some life into it in this article from Lori Widmer.

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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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Every writer starts off differently. Some people get involved in order to find an escape from their 9-5 jobs, others have been writing their entire lives and now want to monetize their talents. Regardless of how you came to be a freelance writer, there were certainly a lot of bumps ...

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It’s time for another writing and blogging linkfest, just over four months after the last one (see, I’m getting better). Here are some of the posts I’ve saved and shared in the last few months. Writing Business Are Your Friends Sabotaging Your Business? – Men with Pens Why I’ve Never ...

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Did that question make you stop and think? After getting my about page updated, I got to thinking about the difference between working for clients and working for myself (on my own projects). When I work for clients, I make sure to establish the parameters of the job, communicate regularly, ...

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by Charles Tran Tracking finances is an important part of working as a freelancer. It’s much easier to stay on top of your freelance finances if you use a software package designed to track business accounts. The following five free downloads offer all of the features a freelancer should need ...

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Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of approaches from people who want me to give them writing jobs. Since the site is called Get Paid to Write Online, I suppose that’s why some people think that this is what I do, though the tagline makes it pretty clear that this ...

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For a couple of months now I’ve had a box in the sidebar (update: I’m now encouraging people to ask their questions either on my Facebook page or Google+ profile) where people can ask questions for me to answer. I was inspired by Anne Wayman’s regular ‘Dear Anne’ posts on ...

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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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Sometimes your online life can be far too cluttered and it can get in the way of writing productivity. I’m feeling a bit like that now. In part, it’s my own fault, because I love trying out shiny new web stuff and have to do it for one of my ...

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