Archive for the ‘Publicity / Marketing’ Category
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
A common marketing / networking tool for new freelance writers is the forum. You can join forums in just about any niche - sometimes they're stand-alone sites and sometimes they're an add-on community to another resource. But how can you use forums to get decent freelance writing gigs? Here are ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
As a freelance writer, you have a free marketing tool at your disposal - your ability to write. When marketing your freelance writing services, how can you leverage your ability to write in order to attract more clients? Try these writing-related marketing tips to showcase your writing ability while bringing ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Coming from a marketing / PR background, I understand the importance of marketing plans, and consider them vital for any kind of business or independent professional. Yet as a freelancer, I can also understand the reluctance in writing a marketing plan that's too formal and detailed.
Some writers simply don't know ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
by Heather Johnson
There was a time when a good Web content article had a fighting chance to make the front page of Digg. These days, the site seems to be heavily influenced by a small percentage of "power users." This is the nature of the beast and, rather than complain ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Just a very quick note to let you know that All Book Marketing is officially back on track today. It's one of those blogs I'd been meaning to bring back for a while, but I hadn't felt terribly inspired until today. Anyway, today's post is about building relationships with your ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Today I'm going to cover a recent reader question from Diana Bocco about Squidoo lenses, and whether or not you should take the time to create one to support your freelance writing services.
Question:
A lot of writers I know are using Squidoo and saying I should definitively have a page there. ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Here's a trick that just occurred to me tonight while getting the next freelance writing jobs post ready for All Freelance Writing (I haven't tried it myself yet):
1. Go to a site where you can find freelance writing jobs.
2. Search for the term "freelance writers."
3. Now, instead of just looking ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Cold calling or emailing prospective clients to offer your services can be an effective way to bring in business as a freelance writer. However, many writers are turned off by the idea because they lack confidence.
I haven't used cold contacting in quite some time, because I've been kept pretty busy ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
I've launched two new sites in the last two days, the first being a new blog at Jentrepreneur.com and yesterday's being a free press release writing guide at FreePressReleaseWriting.com (and no, the e-book at the top isn't the "free guide." It's just the latest resource that happens to be posted. ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Knowing where to market your writing can be as important as knowing how to market your writing. So this week's marketing tip for writers is a collection of writing forums you can visit to promote your books or writing services. Just remember to follow the rules of each forum, and ...
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