Resources
Want to get right to the good stuff? Well, here’s a list of my favorite places on the web (and I’ll add to these as I find them):
Writing Blogs I Read:
- Freelance Tools, Advice, and Resources | Freelance Folder
- Get Paid to Write Online | Straight Talk About Your Writing Career
- My Success Diary
- 30 queries in 30 days
- Carson Brackney | consultant / copywriter / content provider / factotum
- Freelance Writing|Freelance Writer
- Kansas City Freelance Copywriter Liz Craig
- The Confident Copywriter
- The Mom Writer
Social Media Blogs I Read
- All Facebook – The Unofficial Facebook Blog – Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More!
- Blogging Tips – Blogging Guides, News, Tips, Resources
- MariSmith.com
- IttyBiz
- Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide
- Social Media Adventure by Joseph Ranseth
- Social Media Today | A business community for the web’s best thinkers on Social Media
- Virtual Services | What is your time worth?
- Liz Hover’s Diary of a Web Gal (Winnipeg)
Grab These Free E-books:
- Creative Freelancing
- Easy Steps to Writing
- The Ebook Has Landed
- SEO Your Website.pdf (application/pdf Object)
- Promotion Is Free.pdf (application/pdf Object)
- Making It As A Freelance Writer.pdf (application/pdf Object)
- Freelance Writing Questions.pdf (application/pdf Object)
- How to Write an E-book in 14 Days
- You Can Attract New Freelance Writing Clients (Even During a Recession)
- Press Releases Made Easy
Other E-books and Membership Programs
- Guest Posting for Quality Links and Targeted Traffic – I love this ebook/membership – loads of great info and it’s only $10. Worth so much more though.
- 31 Days to Build a Better Blog – this e-book is filled with great ideas to build up your blog and your readership
- Click here to visit Inkwell Editorial – great e-books like 7 Ways a Freelance Writer Can Expand Your Profits and How to Make at Least $100 a Day as a Freelance Writer.
Social Media Stuff:
- Facebook Static FBML FAQ/Tutorial - this is simply the most comprehensive and understandable set of instructions and information that I have found on FBML pages yet. If you’re creating one and have questions I bet they can be answered here!
Other Stuff
- Magic Members WordPress Plugin – if you want to have a membership site on WordPress this plugin is what you need.
- Chrometa – I love this time management tool and it is great for tracking your time for invoices as well
- Freelance Writing Rate Calculator – not sure what you should be charging? This easy calculator will help you figure out your hourly rate.
Check back here often as I plan to add more categories and more useful resources!
