Give yourself a pat on the back if you received a rejection or “no thank you” from an editor or potential client this week—it means that you were getting your name and ideas out there. And it also means that you weren’t letting the fear of rejection affect your marketing efforts.
Receiving rejection e-mails and no […]
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When a potential client comes to your website (if you don’t have a website see You’re a Writer - You Need a Website!) nothing is more reassuring than a few testimonials, provided they are genuine. Ideally they will be accompanied by a picture of the person endorsing your writing. I’ll admit I haven’t gotten […]
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A little while ago I posted about claiming credit when you’re ghostwriting On August 22, Peter Bowerman of Well-Fed Writer fame talks about claiming credit for other kinds of work done for clients. In replying to one of this Freelance Commercial Writers who asks “Do you get permission (to post a piece) from every client…?”
Peter’s […]
Do all professional freelance writers need their own blog? I’ve got one, and many of the most successful writers I know do, but not all of them. Does this mean you should have one?
I’m going to sound like a politician, but the truth is, it depends.
Blogs got started as journals but were soon recognized as […]
It probably isn’t written down anywhere, but it seems like how-to-market articles are supposed to be, if not dull, certainly straight forward. The same thing can probably be said about reviews of websites. After all, the goal is serious… to help you, the webmaster or web writer, create traffic. Serious business requires serious writing, right?
Well, […]
One of the keys to a successful freelance writing business is shameless self-promotion. Freelance Switch lists 12 ways freelancers can promote themselves, and most of them do apply to writers.
My favorite is, of course, write a book, or an ebook, or more than one. I like these because I’ve done it and it works. I […]
A couple of days ago I wondered why some employers of writers, editors, etc. seem to believe they need the writers in their offices in order to get the work done. I’ve been thinking about this and a couple of things have occurred to me.
There may indeed be situations where the writer needs to be […]
Just Make Money Online points to a podcast where Jason Van Orden tells how he makes $70,000 a year with his podcasts and blogs. So I ran up freerice.com
It’s excellent, if not earth shaking marketing advice. But it got me thinking…
In today’s market there’s a whole lot more you can do with the content of […]
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you probably realize I believe every single freelance writer, editor, professional blogger, translator, tech writer, etc., should have their very own website, with their own domain name. It’s easy to do, and I’ve even written an article that will give you the overview you need […]
Freelance writers and editors need to keep marketing their services. This blog has lots of marketing ideas.
Here are some of the best marketing tips we’ve published here:
Marketing Tips For Writers and Other Creatives - links to two great lists of marketing suggestions.
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When Writing For Free Works
The Easy Promos for Freelance Writers
What’s your favorite […]
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