Comments on: Why Write For Free? http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/ Straight Talk About Your Writing Career Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:25:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-573 Sharon Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:37:39 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-573 @ Sean: You're right; the exporuse is invaluable. @Sue: Thanks. Promoting yourself is key to creating a successful business, and this is one easy way to do it. @ Sean: You’re right; the exporuse is invaluable.

@Sue: Thanks. Promoting yourself is key to creating a successful business, and this is one easy way to do it.

]]> By: Sue LaPointe http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-572 Sue LaPointe Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:25:59 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-572 Excellent post, Sharon. Sometimes writers get such conflicting advice about writing for free... or at least the way they hear it is conflicting, anyway. "Never write for free! You are worthy of excellent pay and should never settle for less." Yes... but, there are also several excellent reasons to break that rule. You've nailed them. Thanks!Sue LaPointe's last blog post..<a href="http://buildathrivingwritingbusiness.blogspot.com/2008/06/keeping-to-word-count-tip-2.html" rel="nofollow">Keeping to the word count: Tip #2</a> Excellent post, Sharon. Sometimes writers get such conflicting advice about writing for free… or at least the way they hear it is conflicting, anyway. “Never write for free! You are worthy of excellent pay and should never settle for less.” Yes… but, there are also several excellent reasons to break that rule. You’ve nailed them. Thanks!Sue LaPointe’s last blog post..Keeping to the word count: Tip #2

]]> By: Sean of Making Revenue Online http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-571 Sean of Making Revenue Online Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:58:07 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-571 If your already have a blog or web site it also gives you great exposure when writing free articles. Also this way of writing can give you free advertising to be seen more and build your reputation among other writers. Sometimes writers also choose to monitize with simple ads like google adwords to create a regular monthly revenue. If your already have a blog or web site it also gives you great exposure when writing free articles. Also this way of writing can give you free advertising to be seen more and build your reputation among other writers. Sometimes writers also choose to monitize with simple ads like google adwords to create a regular monthly revenue.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-569 Sharon Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:32:28 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-569 True, Rosa - and I love reading other writers' blogs :) True, Rosa – and I love reading other writers’ blogs :)

]]> By: Rosa http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-570 Rosa Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:44:18 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-570 I have noticed that there have been more and more writers to start blogs. This is a great example of what you can get out of writing for free. I have noticed that there have been more and more writers to start blogs. This is a great example of what you can get out of writing for free.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-568 Sharon Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:17:18 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-568 Very nicely put, Rebecca - I'm all for contributing to joy. Very nicely put, Rebecca – I’m all for contributing to joy.

]]> By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-567 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:09:53 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/why-write-for-free/#comment-567 Great tips! Perhaps one more to add would be EXPERIENCE! When paid jobs are scarce it can be great practice to write for free. It keeps your skills honed and ideas spinning. Don't forget you could always venture to reprint those articles at some point anyway so it's not like they have to remain free. I think the 'feeling good' point could lead into other charitable acts too. I've occasionally been asked to write for free for a special event and while it does give a warm-fuzzy kind of feeling to do something nice it can mean a great deal more than that to others. That sense of contributing to the joy of other people is a kind of payment that money can’t begin to express. Great tips! Perhaps one more to add would be EXPERIENCE! When paid jobs are scarce it can be great practice to write for free. It keeps your skills honed and ideas spinning. Don’t forget you could always venture to reprint those articles at some point anyway so it’s not like they have to remain free.

I think the ‘feeling good’ point could lead into other charitable acts too. I’ve occasionally been asked to write for free for a special event and while it does give a warm-fuzzy kind of feeling to do something nice it can mean a great deal more than that to others. That sense of contributing to the joy of other people is a kind of payment that money can’t begin to express.

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