Author Archive for Monika
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.
Do You Know Your Lifetime Customer Value?
Calculating your LTV could be one of the best exercises you do in your business. For those of you who are not familiar with this term, Lifetime Customer Value relates to the dollar worth any of your customers/clients have to your business in their lifetime – or in other words; for the term they stick [...]
Outsourcing For Beginners
Outsourcing is the art of working on your business and not in your business! The sooner you understand this fundamental truth, the faster your income will rise. If you currently struggle to move your freelance writing business to the next level then you are certainly not using the power of outsourcing. Why not? When I [...]
Flatliners: Call Yourself A Profeshnul?
This is another beauty from our crazy author Mark Pepper. Mark has finally got his website up and running… big wave everyone… but he still needs to get his mug shot to me so that I can create him a gravatar. Once this is accomplished Mark will get his own log in to this blog. [...]
My First $700 Day!
To be honest I’ve thought long and hard about posting this post because it could be seen as boasting by some of you. I am the most critical person myself and I NEVER talk about my income. As far as I’m concerned I think my income is my business and yours is your business. However, [...]
Rate Transparency vs Damnation
As promised a while ago our writers have crossed swords for the first time in order to start their announced Dueling Writers Series. This first post is about the old, but evergreen topic of whether to publish your rates or not on your website. Both George and Mark share some great points in their respective [...]
Freelance Superstar Launch
Finally, after many months of scheming, writing, brainstorming and intervention I’m immensely proud to announce my first ever product launch in joint partnership with my friend Gobala Krishnan. Gobala and I go back a long time now, he was my first client back in 2007. I feel immensely privileged for being able to launch this [...]
Get Ready For The New Dueling Writers Series
I’m excited to announce our new upcoming Dueling Writer Series where our very own George Tumblemoose (Mr Moose) and Mark Pepper (Mr Spice) are going head to head with all weapons armed in an effort to offer you point/counterpoint scenarios for popular topics in the industry. Regular readers can look forward to a range of [...]
The Search For Perfection …
Mark Pepper is in da house once again. Another corker post from Mark that rings close to home for many, no doubt. To see Mark’s other works of art read Writer (GSOH) Seeks Doting Employer and How To Become An Ex-novelist. The famous philosopher Sting once wrote: “I’ve spent too many years at war with [...]
How To Become An Ex-novelist
If you ever wanted to be a novelist, now is your chance to see what happens behind the curtain of fame. This is a riveting ‘behind the scenes’ look of MarkPepper’s too short life as a novelist and why he never published another book. The heat in this iron is now two weeks old, but [...]
Beware Of The Job Bidding Site Sucker!
Over the last month or so I did little test drive on Elance to see what gives if a professional freelance writer stops by to wave her magic wand. Well, as you can imagine, no one gives a rats ass about Monika Mundell and her online achievements. As a matter of fact, she had to [...]
Writer (GSOH) Seeks Doting Employer
Fasten your seat belts – this is another killer post by Mark Pepper, the pen wielding new star blogger at Freelance Writing. Enjoy, and don’t forget your tissue stack, you’ll need it. This week, I’d like to address the issue of humour in writing. (Yeah, I know … who died and made me Pope of [...]
Schedules Don’t Matter – Statistics Do!
Before I get started, let me remind you this is probably going to be a beer injected post in true Mark Pepper fashion (I HAD to rub it in.) I admit it, I did have a couple of beers and that’s when the ingenious idea for this post hit me while sitting on the coach, [...]
Writing With Crayons
This is a guest post by Mark Pepper my newest staff writer. That’s his picture by the way (doesn’t he look awfully cute)? You’ll soon see that Mark has wonderful humor (sometimes he is a bit of a smart ass,) but that’s exactly why we clicked instantly when he contacted me not so long ago [...]
Making The Move To Fulltime Freelancing
This is a guest post by Steve Sears who has just become a fulltime freelance writer. I asked him to share his story with my readers to help you identify your own desires and dreams. Steve’s post will also show you how things can move in the right direction if only our mind walks the [...]
I’ve Checked Out Of The Social Media Madhouse!
This is going to be an anti-social media post. So if you are an advocate of social media you might want to go back to tweeting your life away while I indulge into my little rant. Social media marketing in my eyes is just an excuse for sucking up each other’s ass. Just look at [...]
Yours Truly Among The Top 40 Freelance Writing Blogs
Every now and then a drop of something tangible, rewarding and exhilarating happens to float into my email inbox. One such lovely surprise was felt by me when I received an email by Tamara over at oDesk. Tamara kindly let me know that my humble blog, Freelance Writing was being listed as one of the [...]
Life Is What You Make It!
Many of you are regular readers here on Freelance Writing and if you are, then you probably know how I feel in regards to the claim in the title of this post. I truly believe that what happens to us in life – regardless whether private or work wise – we are mostly responsible for [...]
Writing – A Secret (Best Not Kept)
This is a guest post by William Rogan. Willis a thirtysomething guy (but not for much longer) with a love of writing. Here is his bio for your enjoyment: “I am a father to the Dynamic Duo(son & daughter) and lucky to have the most wonderful lady in the world joining me on my journey. I [...]
