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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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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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Spike Wyatt’s book on freelancing grabbed me from the title. ‘Going the Half Hog?’ I asked myself. Did this mean a half hearted approach to freelancing, as opposed to going all out aka the full hog? No, it didn’t. Instead this is a book for those who want to make ...

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Take a look around most freelance writing blogs at the minute and you’re likely to see the same type of discussions – how the last year has gone and setting goals and aspirations for the coming year. Last year, I followed suit. We looked at how 2010 had been and ...

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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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As part of my never-ending quest to learn new things, I recently signed up for Enhanced Freelance, a new course/forum run by Thursday Bram and Jennifer Kentmere. I asked them both to tell me more. Jen, Thursday, can you give us a snapshot of your background? Jen: I trained in ...

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By Jeanna Rutledge While I’ve been a writer pretty much a good chunk of my life, and have written professionally for some years (including a year stint as a freelance writer for a single newsweekly), this is my first time ever running my own freelance writing business. And let me ...

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I had, for the first time, undertaken to work as a location independent writer. Arriving in India gave me my first taste of what would become a perpetual dilemma. I had imagined gloating about earning a living against such magnificent backdrops as the Himalayas, or while soaking up the contagious energy of a city like Bangkok. In reality, I was to discover, my writing would rarely benefit from an appreciation of my location.

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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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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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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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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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One of Get Paid to Write Online’s readers recently asked how one can compete with $1 bids on sites like Freelancer.com. When I joined Freelancer.com, I had the same sentiments about $1 bids and got discouraged at having to bid so low. So let me share some of my experiences ...

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I’ve been sat here for a while now, thinking of different topics to write about for the blog post this week. Generally speaking, ideas flow pretty freely for me.  I might spend a few minutes contemplating the angle on which to tackle a subject, but I more often than not ...

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Note: Most of the first half of this appeared in my last newsletter. If you’ve already read it, scroll down to read my plans for the coming year. Tracking Writing Milestones Although I firmly believe in keeping track of achievements during the year, the end of the year is a ...

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Guest post by David Smith The means to measure your writing success has evolved tremendously in the last ten years. Writers used to measure their success by being published and having a book with their name on it. These days a writer with a great portfolio and the ability to ...

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Speedos, surf shorts or boxers? When clients hire you for writing jobs how would you describe the writing brief?

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