Archive for September, 2007

What Are Your Thoughts on Sponsored Blog Posts?

Friday, September 14th, 2007

This week's reader question (forgive the late hour today), was from Carol over at the All Freelance Writing Forums. "What do you think about sponsored posting? I know that you have to have well established blog to do this. I know that you can say what you like, as long as it ...

Freelance Writing Jobs - September 13, 2007

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

For today's list of freelance writing jobs, I'm going to focus on blogging jobs:

Writers’ Resource: Sample Press Release Template for a Book Launch

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Press releases can be an important component of a book publicity campaign. Here is a free sample press release template which you can use to announce the launch of a new book. Each section of the book launch press release template offers an explanation of the type of content or ...

Freelance Writing Jobs - September 11, 2007

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Here are some new freelance writing jobs for Tuesday:

Marketing Tip: Forum Posting

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Advertising your writing services on writing forums may seem like a natural marketing activity to bring in freelance writing clients, but it probably won't be the most effective way to harness forum postings to bring in gigs. Here's why: A forum for writers to network won't necessarily be overflowing with clients ...

Weekly Writing Challenge: Plan for Your Writing Future

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

It can be a common misconception that being a freelance writer is an "anyone can do it" kind of career. I'd imagine most of you reading this blog know that's simply not true. A successful career as a writer means that you have to do a lot more than just ...

Freelance Writing Jobs - September 8, 2007

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Here are some freelance writing jobs to look over this weekend:

Should I Host my New Blog on Blogspot or on My Own Host Using Wordpress?

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Carol asked a good, and common, question at the writing forums this week: "As well as writing blog entries for someone else, using Wordpress, I have a few ideas for blogs myself, and would like to create them. Which will lead to better monetization of the blogs do you think: a) doing them ...

How Can I Write an Effective Sales Letter?

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

I received a question from Nikhil Bansal regarding sales letter writing today, and am posting this reader question a day early. I don't condone the use of the traditionally hyped up style of long form sales letter, and general motivational copywriting tips would take much more than a simple Q&A ...

Portfolio Tips for Freelance Writers

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

On the writing forums, I recently asked people to share some of their portfolio tips for freelance writers to be shared here on the blog. We had just one taker, Matt Finley of A Musing Scribe. Here's what Matt has to say about writer portfolios: "1) Let the readers get touchy ...