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Thumbnail image for FiversWorld | Buying and Selling Online

I recorded an audioboo about FiversWorld. Take a listen:   Check out FiversWorld here! or Check out my gigs on FiversWorld

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Thumbnail image for How Can I Get High-Paying Writing Jobs on oDesk?

Guest post by Missy Nolan oDesk is notorious for low-paying freelance writing jobs.  If you are an oDesk user, you’ve probably waded through hundreds, maybe even thousands, of writing gigs that demand high-quality, well-researched 500 word articles for $1 or $2.  Most of us can’t survive on rates that low.  ...

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Are You Using These 7 Important Tools to Promote Yourself as a Writer?

If you are a fiction writer, online writer, or magazine writer, you need to be able to promote yourself.  Unless of course you’re big enough to have an agent that does all of that for you.  But the majority of us are web writers and the only people we can ...

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Thumbnail image for Do You Need Motivation as a Freelance Writer?

One of the most difficult aspects of being a freelance writer is staying motivated. You can lose your motivation because you’ve worked so much you’re burned out, because you feel isolated, or even because you can’t imagine anyone being interested in what you have to say on a blog. When ...

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Thumbnail image for Ghostwriting Cash – The Perfect Solution for Those Beginning or Struggling with Freelance Writing

If you are looking to get into the world of freelance writing, I highly suggest you take a look at Ghostwriting Cash by Tiffany Dow. This is the most helpful, thorough course on the topic that I have seen on the Internet. Tiffany was once a ghostwriter herself, writing articles and reports ...

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Thumbnail image for Are These 8 Marketing Mistakes Hurting Your Freelance Writing Career? – Part 3

This is the third part of a three part series.  If you haven’t read them yet part talked about marketing as a freelance writer and part two talks about getting personal, pricing, and contracts.  You should check those out before you read this. Here are some more mistakes you might ...

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Thumbnail image for Are These 8 Marketing Mistakes Hurting Your Freelance Writing Career? – Part 2

This is part two of a three part series.  In part one we talked about marketing yourself as a freelance writer and targeting your marketing efforts. Here are some more mistakes you might be making: Mistake #3: You’re not getting personal enough. Copying a pasting the same generic message and ...

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Thumbnail image for Are These 8 Marketing Mistakes Hurting Your Freelance Writing Career? – Part 1

You have all the makings of a successful freelance writer: talent, professionalism, and a can-do attitude. Stellar writing samples? Check! Killer website? Check! LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook business pages? Check, check, and check! So, why aren’t clients beating down your door? Easy. You haven’t gone out to find them yet. ...

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Thumbnail image for The Writing Contract: To Have or Not to Have?

If you accept clients without requesting that they sign an independent contract agreement or a freelance writer contract, you may want to seriously reconsider the next time you take on a new project. Many freelance writers will not even touch the subject of contracts because they do not want to ...

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Thumbnail image for SEO – Do Freelance Writers REALLY Need to Understand It?

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is, in the simplest of terms, …the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or un-paid (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and ...

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Thumbnail image for Don’t Make the Big Mistake of Forgetting to Track Client Information

When writing for clients, one of the most important things you can do for yourself is to be well organized.  Without being organized, you may lose track of your assignments and end up missing deadlines for your clients.  Once you start missing deadlines, you may find that you have a ...

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Thumbnail image for Freelance Writing Tips for New Writers

I know there are a lot of writers out there that are new and really just don’t know where to start.  There are many writers who are not new but aren’t sure how to move away from the content mills to more private clients.  There are many writers who just ...

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