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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 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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I’m a big believer in social media marketing.  You all know that.  I think that social media is the new search engine and studies are starting to show that more and more people look to social media for information on topics, rather than the search engines.  Will search engines like ...

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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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Thumbnail image for Unique Way to Expand Your Freelance Writing Business

There are a few different ways that you can expand your freelance writing business. Most people usually think that taking on more clients is the best way to expand, but offering different services and expanding beyond just writing is a great way to make more money and not have to ...

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It’s another Sunday and there have been some great blog posts out there worth reading.  Do you do your blog reading on a particular day or do you read throughout the week?  One of the reasons I like to try to do my blog reading on Sunday (sometimes on the ...

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Thumbnail image for What Ever Happened to the Cool Kid?

If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you might remember me talking about the cool kid that I wanted to get the attention of.  If you don’t remember that read about it here (it will open in a new window so go read it). Well, I was looking at ...

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Google stories have been around for some time now but I don’t see a lot of people doing them.  I think they are a fun way to showcase the things you want people to know about you. If you are a freelance writer you can draw attention to your site, ...

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Thumbnail image for Create a Friendly Welcome Page for Your Facebook Page

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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Thumbnail image for 31DBBB – Elevator Pitches and List Posts

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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Thumbnail image for 5 Ways Freelance Writers Can Use Social Media to Increase Their Web Presence

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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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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