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How to Convince Prospects You’re a Pro Writer
Do you worry that you don't come across as a professional writer -- that prospects can smell you're new here? We've been talking about this lately on the Freelance Writers Den. It seems that when writers are afraid of being revealed as a greenhorn, they tend to clam...
Is Now the Best Time Ever to be a Freelance Writer?
Content mills. SEO articles. Bidding sites. Lowball job ads that ask for "free samples." Do you think it's the worst time to be a freelance writer? Sean Platt doesn't. I recently had the Ghostwriter Dad blogger on as a guest on one of the Den Meetings I hold for...
How One Blogger Stopped Sucking at Affiliate Sales
About two years ago, I spun off this blog from my writer site. I did it in large part because I thought Make a Living Writing had real money-earning potential. I was planning to write an e-book...but in the meanwhile, I thought I could sell some other people's...
Top 10 Articles for Writers-August 2011
My monthly Top 10 feature was on vacation last month, but it's back with a tasty compendium of interesting posts I've gathered from our wonderful Interwebs this summer. Some fun new faces on here this edition, including a hot, fast-growing blog of interest to all...
3 Basic Reasons Many Freelance Writers Are Broke
By Carol Tice Three years into the economic downturn, gripes about pay are still common among freelance writers. But there are still a lot of good-paying assignments out there. So why aren't you making more money? In my experience mentoring writers, there are three...
What Bodysurfing Taught Me About Freelance Writing Success
On my vacation last week, I got some freelance-writing inspiration from a fun activity I haven't gotten a chance to do since I was a teen: I went bodysurfing and boogie-boarding with my kids, in southern California. Those waves keep coming, and they can be fun to ride...
Could We Get the Best Freelance Writer Job Ads… in 5 Minutes a Week?
I do a lot of thinking about how to improve my freelance writing and blogging business while I'm on vacation. I try to look at the big picture. How am I doing? Where am I going? Am I on the right track? What should I be doing that I'm not? This time, I thought a lot...
10 Lame Excuses That Keep Freelance Writers Poor
What's holding you back from achieving your freelance writing goals? I've heard from a lot of writers lately about why they're stuck. Why they can't get out there and find some gigs. I call them reasons, but really, they're excuses -- barriers writers throw up in...
The 10 Best Tools and Plug-Ins for Serious Bloggers
In the beginning, most bloggers are just having fun. You blog about whatever strikes your fancy on any given day. After a while, you realize you want to get serious about your blog. You want people who see it to hire you for good-paying blogging gigs -- or maybe you...
One Simple Way Freelance Writers Can Earn More
By Adam Green If you're not earning enough as a freelance writer, you're certainly not alone. Just look at the scores of freelance writers on sites like Elance and Guru. Then look at the paltry sums they're paid to write articles, most of which go to buyers looking...
Why Freelance Writers Need to Make $100 an Hour
I am on vacation. Please enjoy this classic post from my old caroltice.com blog. Several writers have commented to me that they make $30-$40 an hour writing four articles an hour for content mills, and that they consider it a great pay rate. But is it? What is a good...
Will Huffington Post Syndrome Kill Paid Blogging?
I've made a lot of money blogging for pay in the past couple of years. And I've encouraged a lot of other freelance writers to develop their blogging chops, smarten up their personal blogs, and go after paid blogging gigs. But a couple of disturbing recent...
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