All Entries Tagged With: "freelancing"
A Freelancing Story
One of the greatest things about being a freelance writer is getting to know folks who are brilliant, clever and funny. Knowing these folks just makes for a brighter day all around. When these kinds of folks happen to be your clients then life is a total parade. Not only do you get to revel [...]
Freelancing By The Numbers
Talk to anyone in sales and they will all tell you the same little piece of ancient wisdom: It’s a numbers game. No surprise here, but if you’re a freelance writer you’re in sales. This is an excellent time of year to dive in and have a look at those little beasties. Reviewing your numbers [...]
The Art of Freelancing
I would bet that most folks who end up being freelance writers didn’t while away the hours during grade school dreaming of writing web content for clients half way across the world. Yes, I believe some people did know that they wanted to write when they grew up. Maybe they had visions of entertaining the [...]
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, [...]
How To Make Your Freelance Business Go Away
Owning and running a freelance writing business is hard work. You don’t really want to work that hard, you just want the money that comes with it. So here’s how to make it go away: Cloak of invisibility – Hey, I’m good. Real good. SEO and advertising is for wimps. If people really want a [...]
Time To Bring It On Home
In this era of freelance writing most of us are contributors to the global economy. We search and find work based on a web address – not a geographic one. We don’t really care too much where the clients are located. If they have a Paypal account, life is good. Pretty cool stuff. With all [...]
The Freelance Writer’s Tool Kit
My dad used to tell me to always use the right tool for the right job. That made a lot of sense. Showing up to the job site with just a flat head screwdriver would pretty much guarantee that all of the screws at the site would be Phillips head. What I learned is that [...]
Are You Easy To Find?
The darned lawn mower broke. Seems the flim-flam key sheared when the doo-hicky valve closed too early because the thing-a-ma-bob busticated. Or something like that. After several phone calls and a few choice colorful words I located the folks who could probably take care of the problem. Here is a snippet of the phone conversation: [...]
Is Freelance Writing Suited To Your Personality?
Since when does our personality matter when it comes to choosing a freelance writing career? Actually, it matters more than you think. To run a multi-faceted online business requires you to be an expert juggler, a marketer, a writer, a lover of words, and social enough to connect with many different personalities. Sometimes you will [...]
Your Excuses Don’t Interest Me
As you know, I’m dealing with several content writers who work for me personally. Initially I started outsourcing for two reasons: 1.) I needed help with my workload 2.) I wanted to give newcomers a chance to build their own business with repeat work. However, I have seen some really disturbing behavioral patterns with many [...]
The Secret To Freelance Writing Success
Most freelance writers struggle to pay their bills and the reason that is because they sell themselves short. Much has been said about freelance writing charges and how far we can go to make a solid income which in the end relates to your personal business success. When I started out I started with very [...]
Office Setup – Freelance Writing Guide
It is high time I finished my Freelance Writing Guide for New Freelance Writers and posted those last two missing components. Setting up your own freelance home based office is no different than any other office environment. However, there are a few things you should keep in mind. The following tips will help you to [...]
The Bright Side Of Writing
In yesterday’s post The Dark Side of Writing I was touching on the often neglected or overlooked aspects of running a freelance writing business. While in an ideal world everything is rosy, there will be challenges in your business. The sooner you recognize them, the better you will be prepared to deal with them – [...]
The Dark Side Of Writing
Running a freelance writing business is a great way to make a living. On the other side it also has its drawbacks. I like to talk about them in this article as I see it. You might already know about the benefits of working from home. Not only can you establish your own working hours, [...]
Keep Productive With Writing Prep Rituals
Writing prep rituals can keep our productivity levels at high gear. Best of all, they don’t need to be elaborate to work well either. Small rituals work best, because we can perform them any time to get us into the right writing mood. The worst situation for a writer is when he can’t feel comfortable [...]
Copywriting – The 10 Magic Words
This is post number twelve in my Freelance Writing Guide For New Freelancers. Back in 2006 I did a copywriting workshop with one of the famous copywriters in modern history. His name is David Garfinkel. Tim Erway also happened to be on the same call. Funny enough, after finishing the workshop, I never actually ventured [...]
Writing For Niches
Niche marketing is big business on the Internet. This post is another installment on my Freelance Writing Guide For New Freelancers. Most people find it hard to imagine what exactly this involves. Niche sites can be built on different platforms, using several models of advertising. To help you see the bigger picture, here is a [...]
