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By November 12, 2011

If you are using a Facebook Page to market your freelance writing business (and you should be!) you need to make the most of it.  Getting people to like your page can be difficult but having a friendly welcome page that says a little bit about who you are and ...

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By November 11, 2011

I think that if you are serious about your freelance writing career, reading should be an important part of your continuous learning.  And I don’t just mean reading blogs.  Blogs can be a great source of information but try breaking out of the blog reading for a change and read ...

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By November 10, 2011

I’ve done two days of the 31DBBB book so far. The first day was about elevator pitches.  This one wasn’t too hard for me because I’ve done it before. My short elevator speech: I help freelance writers find their way in a social media world. My long elevator speech: Many ...

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By November 9, 2011

I have talked to many freelance writers who want to grow.  They want to build on their business, get better private clients, and ultimately, be able to increase their prices to increase their earnings. I have found that having a web presence can significantly increase your chances of connecting with ...

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I Have a Confession to Make…
By November 7, 2011

Yes, I am going to come right out and say it.  Are you ready? This blog makes no money.  Well, barely any money.  The odd Adsense click.  That’s it.  And I’m not sure why. I get traffic – not loads of it but enough that the blog should be making ...

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Sunday Nights with My Favorite Geeky Software – BufferApp
By October 28, 2011

There are a lot of things I could be doing on a Sunday night. I could be watching movies, playing a game, working on a novel, among many other things.  But no matter what else I am doing I always manage to find some time to spend with my favorite ...

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By October 7, 2011

I’m very excited to welcome Thursday Bram to the site.  She’s written for magazines as well as sites like Lifehacker, CNET, GigaOm and more.  She’s a freelance writer that I highly suggest those new to writing check out.  I follow her on Twitter  - @thrusdayb so I can keep up to ...

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Taking Social Media to Social Action
By September 30, 2011

One of the things that I LOVE about social media is that it can be used in so many ways.  Those of us who use it daily to promote our business or our blogs tend to think of it as just another business tool but it is more than that. ...

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Starting a New Blog? Don’t Miss This Important Step!
By September 13, 2011

1) Write down your goals for the blog you’re starting. I tried niche blogging and didn’t like it.  I wanted create a blog with the  goal of having it become an authority blog. Also write down any sub-goals or criteria that your topic must have in order to meet your ...

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A New Challenge: The Million Dollar Blog Project
By September 8, 2011

In my life, I have found that the times that I have been most successful is when I’ve been presented with a challenge and when I have a group of people that are working along side me on a similar or same project.  For example: when I want to lose ...

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Find Out About.me on My Profile Page
By August 24, 2011

When I recently participated in the JobMob blogging contest (it’s still on going but I’m in first place and the other participants are going to have to work hard to beat me – my week is done, so I can’t get more “votes”) I wrote about ways that people could ...

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Utilizing the Author Box for Your Blog Contest Entry
By August 16, 2011

There’s one more thing I want to talk about with regards to blogging contests and that is the author box. For most blogging contests where your post appears on the host blog’s site, you are allowed to have an author box.  The author box gives you the opportunity to say ...

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