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by Randall Davidson Misspellings and grammatical mistakes create a negative impression of an author that can persist long after someone has finished reading the author’s work. Reliable, accurate proofreading services can help those who create written work for public consumption — and I focus on small business owners specifically in ...

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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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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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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 Deb Wunder Most of us want to be able to retrieve information from our journals. We want to be able to find who we saw that concert with, what we had at that great little Indian restaurant, etc. Writers, however, often use their journals as resources for their articles, ...

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You might have noticed the ‘Ask Sharon’ box in the sidebar.  That’s my attempt to help writers with the real questions they have about getting paid to write. The first question I’m going to tackle is: “How do I write online and make money without it costing me money?” The ...

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When is it OK to edit your own work and when should you get help? In this guest post Jenn Mattern offers some tips on this important issue for writers.

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Find out why one post on Get Paid to Write Online is still getting tweeted almost a year after publication. This is a blog headline review by Jered Slusher.

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If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook, by now you will know that I’ve landed a gig writing occasionally for the Quips and Tips blog network.  This writing gig was a gift to myself and although it’s a paid blogging gig, the reasons I wanted to do it ...

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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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Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online reviews the Blog Headline Action Guide by Jered Slusher and Jean Sarauer.

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Enjoy great posts on the writing business, getting paid, writer promotion and more in our new feature Reading on Writing (January 2011 edition).

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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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It’s been a great year here on Get Paid to Write Online. We’ve had a team of three writing on the blog (thanks Dana and Dan for your excellent contributions), as well as regular guest posts. And now it’s time for the annual roundup, which I’m doing all in one ...

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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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I have a problem with perfectionism, or, as some of my friends are happy to say, I’m a bit of a control freak. Not in the sense where I want to control other people, nor even where it’s stopping me from releasing clients’ work. However sometimes a desire to make ...

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by James Mowery Technical writing can be a lucrative field if you know where to look to find work. Technical writers can be found working for companies on a full-time basis or writing freelance for several different companies or websites. Craigslist is always a good place to start looking for ...

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