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What’s Your Best Piece of Advice for Freelance Writers?
Tell me your best piece of advice for freelance writers. I’ll put the best ones into a post and give all the contributors a free month in The Freelance Writers Den.
What Would the Ultimate Freelance Writer Community Look Like?
Since you gave me your feedback in the writer poll, I've been working on making my freelance writer's membership club a reality. Some parts are falling into place. Hire Webmaster to wrangle all the technical pieces into place: check. Begin weekly calls where I answer...
How Freelance Writers Can Make Their Dreams Come True
Are you struggling to meet your freelance writing goals? Maybe you're having trouble even getting started? You wish you had better-paying clients? You want to move your writing in a new direction, but you can't seem to get going? Well, there is a proven, powerful way...
Are These 2 Obstacles Keeping You From Freelance Writing Success?
What’s standing in the way of your freelance writing success? In my experience, there are two common obstacles…
5 Essential Facebook Tricks for Freelance Writers
By Alicia Rittenhouse You have heard the buzz surrounding Facebook Pages and Facebook custom landing pages, but are you confused with what you should include as a writer? First off, you should have a Facebook fan page. Then, you should have at least the following on...
8 Great Articles for Freelance Writers in May — Plus a Video
It's been a tough week of technical difficulties around the blog. As I write this I have a broken header and my tabs are all invisible...but we'll get it all sorted, never fear. But I find I have just eight articles for writers I really dug this month. So that's what...
Why I’m Starting to Pay Writers for Guest Posting on My Blog
Last year, I started actively soliciting guest posts for this blog. My original idea was to find a few writers interested in guest posting regularly, once a month. I did that weekly for a year on WM Freelance Writers Connection, and thought it was a great experience...
How One Freelance Writer Went From Hungry to Overbooked in 18 Months
I've written a lot on this blog about how I market my writing business. But I'll let you in on something: Since last summer, I haven't had to actively market my freelance writing business. Today, most of my new clients come to me through referrals, Google searches for...
Here’s Where the Big-Money Online Writing Gigs are Hiding
It's the single question freelance writers ask me the most: Where is the good pay? For instance, I recently received this email from Jessica: I'm a fairly new freelance writer. I've had a few decent-wage gigs since I started writing for a living roughly a year ago,...
How I Fixed My Sucky Writer Website
My writer site got kind of dated…so I’m relaunching it with a new design. Here’s a video that shows you what was lame about my old site, and how I fixed it.
10 Questions That Reveal Your Chances of Freelance Writing Success
In my experience mentoring freelance writers, I’ve discovered a few factors are strong predictors of freelance-writing success. Take this quiz and find out your odds…
5 Success Tips for Every Beginning Blogger
By Brandon Yanofsky I began blogging just as a way to keep a journal. But after one of my first blog posts received a comment from Chris Brogan, one of my long time idols, I knew I was on to something. I then started a small business marketing blog, which got me many...
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