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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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The Writing Contract: To Have or Not to Have?

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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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Freelance Writing Tips for New Writers

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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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What Ever Happened to the Cool Kid?

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

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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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New Service – Team of Writers Available

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Hi all! I know I said I was going to be taking a bit of a hiatus from this blog but I just wanted to quickly stop by and let you know that I and a couple other writers have opened up new writing services. It is not terribly different ...

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50 Reasons Freelance Writers Should Be Using Social Media

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When it comes right down to it, I know that as a freelance writer, you are busy. Whether you are a freelance writer that supplements the household income by writing or a freelance writer that is working part-time or a freelance writer that using writing as the main source of ...

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Grab A Coffee and Make Yourself at Home

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I’m a freelance writer but I’m kind of obsessed with social media so most of this blog is about my journey as a freelance writer and my obsession with social media. Makes sense, right? I love blogging but I really love how you can use Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to ...

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Give Writer’s Block the Boot!

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We all get it once in awhile don’t we. Writer’s block – the thing all writer’s fear most. And it always seems to come when we want to write something that most. We need to get a blog post out or our newsletter is late or something – but that’s ...

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Sunday Reading #3

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Image by ugglan via Flickr I’ve gotten a lot better at keeping track of the blogs that I’ve been enjoying this week so there’s a load of them. Enjoy! 50 Can’t-Fail Techniques for Finding Great Blog Topics | Copyblogger – I thought this was a good one to start with ...

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Thinking About a Freelance Writing Career? Start With a Blog

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Whenever someone tells me that they are thinking about writing from home and being a freelance writer I always tell them to start with a blog. Try maintaining it for a month and see if you can handle it. If you can’t handle a blog, chances are you won’t be ...

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