Archive for December, 2007
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 ...
Posted in Publicity / Marketing | 6 Comments »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
As mentioned previously today, during the first half of January I'll be posting a lot on e-book publishing to prepare readers for the 14-day e-book challenge in the second half of the month. I've prepared a list of posts that I plan on publishing here. The list is below. Please ...
Posted in E-books | 11 Comments »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
Here's our last Freelance Friday post for 2007! Check out some of these recent freelance writing related posts around the blogosphere:
Five Writer's / Blogger's New Year's Resolutions to Keep - Angela Booth
The Best of Copyblogger in 2007 - Copyblogger
Blog Less, Work Less, & Still Make Money - Deb Ng
How to ...
Posted in Writing News | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
If you haven't been poking around the comments here at AFW, you may not know about my upcoming monthly writing challenges in 2008. So here's a bit of background on the first two upcoming challenges:
January: E-book Writing Challenge
In January, you'll be challenged to write an e-book in 14 days (the ...
Posted in E-books, Writing Challenges | 5 Comments »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
I was going to wait until the new year to really test out E-junkie, but decided to give it a go today while working on my new business site (so I won't have to manually distribute my first e-book anymore).
The setup was pretty simple, quick, and painless, and on testing, ...
Posted in E-books | 8 Comments »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
We were talking recently about setting up a business site for writers, and using templates. My own business site needed a major overhaul (for my PR firm, but much of it revolves around PR writing), and I'd been wanting to get it fully moved to Wordpress to be able to ...
Posted in General | 16 Comments »
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I'm finally working out some of my service and writing rate changes for the new year. These are my two biggest changes:
Press Release Writing - I've always offered press release writing at ridiculously low rates (compared to other PR professionals; not compared to content writers offering them). I did that ...
Posted in Discussions, Freelance Writing Careers | 13 Comments »
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
If you're interested in jumping into copywriting (or you're already a freelance copywriter), be sure to check out this free e-book: 5000 Hypnotic Words and Phrases that Sell Like Crazy (scroll all the way to the bottom to find a link to the free e-book).
Even if sales copy isn't your ...
Posted in E-books | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 24th, 2007
With the new year fast-approaching, now is the perfect time to think about making your freelance writing business more "official." Keeping better records will not only help you to work more productively, but it can help you protect your rights to your work and deal with difficult situations that may ...
Posted in Writers' Resources | 6 Comments »
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
If you need help keeping your work organized as a writer, you may be interested in this free software: Writer's Project Organizer.
According to the creator, the project organizer will allow you to "organize your writing projects, from manuscripts, to characters to overdue submissions--ideal for novels, works of nonfiction, short stories ...
Posted in Writers' Resources | 4 Comments »
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