Archive for July, 2007
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Many freelance writers are making money by blogging these days. There are three primary ways they're able to do this:
Running and monetizing their own blogs.
Joining paid blogging networks.
Getting involved in corporate blogging, or other paid blogging for clients.
Make Money With Your Own Blogs
This is the route I personally take. I ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
When you're looking for quality freelance writing gigs, you can never have too many resources at your disposal. I recently posted a list of places to find freelance writing jobs. Here's another resource, from FreelanceWriting.com, that's worth adding to your arsenal.
On the site's freelance writing jobs section, you'll find the ...
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Are you looking for work as a freelance writer? There are a lot of places online where you can find freelance writing jobs posted. Here's a collection of resources to help you in searching for your own next freelance writing gig:
All Freelance Writing Jobs (of course!)
Deb Ng's Freelance Writing Jobs ...
Posted in Freelance Writing Careers | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Do you ever feel like your freelance writing career is completely stagnant and going nowhere fast? Do you try to kick it up a notch, but things never seem to improve, or at least by much? You might be making one of these common mistakes that freelance writers mistake. Here ...
Posted in Freelance Writing Careers | 7 Comments »
Monday, July 16th, 2007
I launched another new blog a few days ago: About Green Living. The blog is less about my writing ability (I'll be publishing plenty of content from other sources that allow it), and it's more about simply keeping a diary of my efforts to take baby steps towards living a ...
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
If you're interested in becoming an author, you have a few publishing options: most notably working with a publisher or self-publishing either through a vanity press or print-on-demand (POD) publisher (like Lulu.com). One of the biggest problems writers face when deciding to self-publish a book is the lack of "legitimacy" ...
Posted in Publicity / Marketing, Writing Books | No Comments »
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
It's no secret that business networking is vital to the careers of many successful freelance writers. Networking is simply the act of connecting with colleagues, potential clients, or others in your industry, and those connections have a tendency to lead to freelance writing gigs; including unpublished ones.
Posted in Writing Tips | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 13th, 2007
On my next segment of Chick Tech Talk on BlogTalkRadio (July 18th), I'll be chatting with Executive Editor of Creative Weblogging, Tammy Powley, about professional blogging.
Posted in Blogging, Interviews | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
I came across a post on a webmaster forum today called the "Website Copywriter Selection Guide." What a joke! It's literally a tutorial on how to be a cheap-assed, overbearing client, and how to essentially turn writers into your very own little work horses. Obviously, I had a few things ...
Posted in Hiring Writers, Web Writing | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Personally, I'd say no, every book doesn't deserve to be published. Some simply have no market, so it makes no sense to publish them (either through a publisher or as a self-published book). Others are simply written very poorly. Let's face it... a lot of people want to be writers, ...
Posted in Discussions, Writing Books | 1 Comment »
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