August 2010

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A Surprise Party

Yesterday I was supposed to go to my sister’s for a barbeque.  I wasn’t expecting anything special.  Instead I got a surprise birthday party (it was my birthday a couple months ago but I wasn’t here).   I know this is totally off topic but take a look at some ...

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Facebook Pages and Groups for Freelancers

Image via Wikipedia Do you use Facebook?  I think most freelance people are using it on some level to either market themselves or just to have a place to meet other freelancers.  But are you taking advantage of all the great groups and pages there are out there? Since I’m ...

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One Month into Full-Time Writing

Image via Wikipedia Well, I’m one month into full-time writing and loving it. I’ve been hustling my butt to get extra writing to top off the one regular writing/social media job that I have and I have not found it difficult. In fact, some days I’ve had too much.  But ...

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I Guest Posted at Simply Stated Business

My favorite part of teaching the Administrative Professional course at Robertson College was the Business Communications section.  But it was also very challenging for many of my students.  So, I thought it was well worth writing about how we can keep our business writing simple when I guest posted at ...

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Working on My Elevator Pitch

Image via CrunchBase Day 1 of the 31 Days Blog Challenge is to come up with an elevator pitch.  I remember doing this one before but I think I missed the point of it. The point of an elevator pitch is to have a response to people question when they ...

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5 Goals for the Remainder of August

August is almost over and I feel like I’m starting to get the groove of this whole work from home thing.  Not completely, but starting to.  I want to finish off the month with a bang so here are some goals (and I’ve only chose 5 because there are not ...

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Another Blog Challenge Starts Tomorrow

So, despite the fact that I’m seriously behind on The Ultimate Blog Challenge I’m also starting The 31 Days Blog Challenge tomorrow.  They’ll kind of merge together but the 31 Days Blog Challenge has specific tasks. It’s based on Darren Rowse’s e-book 31 Days to Build a Better Blog.  I ...

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Exploring Passive Income Streams…Again

Image via Wikipedia When I first started this blog I gave myself a 30 Articles in 30 Days Challenge.  Well, I ended it because I didn’t think it was really worth it.  But I’ve been reading a lot about others’ successes and I think I am going to give it ...

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Wise Women of the Web

Image by the tartanpodcast via Flickr Have you heard of this event? It’s happening on August 30th and it looks like it is going to be amazing. This is a FREE teleseminar serious that has a line up of some of the smartest women online today. If you’re a work ...

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Health and the Freelance Writer – the Novel!

I’ve got a treat for you today! My friend Cathy Miller (who I met on Twitter) agreed to do a guest post for me here and I thought it would be a great ideas because one of the things that she focuses on is health. And really, as a freelance ...

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5 Ways to Make Your Freelance Writing Business Grow

If you’ve had anything to do with marketing, online or offline, you likely already know that the best way to get the word out about your business is through word of mouth.  And how do you get people to talk about you?  It’s usually through people who have used your ...

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4 Ways to Get Online Writing Samples at the Beginning of Your Career

Image via CrunchBase If you’re just getting started with a freelance writing career you may have noticed that all of the good jobs ask for writing samples.  But if you haven’t actually had any clients yet how do you get them? Getting writing samples online is really not that difficult. ...

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