It’s Your Time To Ask Questions!
It’s been a while since my last post here on freelance writing and there is a good reason for my absence. I’m in the middle of writing my first ebook on the topic of freelance writig, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time now.
As it happens, the ebook (among other things) is a joint venture project between a friend of mine, Gobala Krishnan and myself. Gobala was my first ever client back in 2007 and much has happened in our lives since then. To make this ebook the best ever freelance writing resource published we need your help.
We need YOU to ask questions! The sort of questions you have always wanted to ask a successful freelance writer (that would be moi) in regards to starting and running your own freelance writing business.
Since most of our economies have spiraled out of control over the past six months now is as good a time than ever to get right into starting your own freelancing business from home with little or no money spent upfront.
Since we want to provide highly valuable information to help newcomers get started, your contribution is important. It won’t require much of your time and you will get a little present in return, something you can use right away to get you going.
Please head over to Freelance Superstar and submit your most burning question/s about freelance writing to us.
It doesn’t matter how silly you think your questions are. The more you ask, the better we can tailor our product to your needs. We want to provide you with a highly usable and worthy end-product, rather than yet another digital information product that will end up collecting dust on your hard drive.
We are counting on YOU!
Monika
About the Author: I'm a passionate freelance writer and problogger. To further build my business I'm also in the process of building my own niche empire which pays me residual income.
Tumblemoose | Mar 30, 2009 | Reply
Congrats on putting together an ebook. I can appreciate the amount of effort that goes into something like that.
Questions:
When first starting out, is it best to have a blog that you use to post articles or should you immediately start submitting to sites like ehow, ezine and squidoo?
How do you judge how much to charge a client?
Other than the obvious pain in the butt client, is it ever ok to let a client go?
What steps can you take to avoid being scammed? For example, responding to a Craigslist ad who wants you to submit 3 “sample” articles.
I’ve probably got a ton of other questions, but I’m sure the title of the book isn’t “Everything George Wants to Know About Freelancing”
Cheers
George
STELIOS | Mar 31, 2009 | Reply
What is the best software except white Smoke to improve your writing for starters like me?
thanking in advance for your answer.
Stelios
Monika | Mar 31, 2009 | Reply
@ Tumblemoose: Thank you George for submitting your questions. I appreciate you took the time and will factor these into my ebook. I think your questions concern many new freelancers as well because I remember I had them myself when I started out. They are getting right into the meat of things for sure which is important for all of us.
Monika | Mar 31, 2009 | Reply
@ Stelios: I answer this question right now because I haven’t really got an answer for you except practice. I personally used Whitesmoke and can vouch for the software. However, I do realize it isn’t a cheap software for cash-strapped people. If you struggle to invest money into Whitesmoke I suggest you write as much as you can every single day. Use a combination of an online dictionary (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/) with an online spell checker (http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/) to monitor your writing.
It will help you rectify grammar and spelling mistakes and you’ll get better in the process.