Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Do you ever get blogger's block - feeling like you've already blogged about everything in your niche, where you just can't seem to come up with new blog ideas to write about? I do. I'd bet most bloggers do from time to time.
No matter how much you've written, you probably ...
Posted in Blogging, Blogs and Websites | 8 Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
I just wanted to bring a few minor changes here on the blog to your attention, so you know where you can find things that may be a bit different:
As you'll see in the header, I've re-introduced Adsense to the site. That may or may not change again if I ...
Posted in General | 6 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
It's been a while since I've done a freelance Friday post. So here's some new weekend reading for you with interesting posts around the blogosphere that might appeal to freelance writers.
Do You Correct an Employer's Errors When Applying for a Gig? - Deb Ng
Freelancing: Why it's Easier Blogging for Others ...
Posted in Writing News, Writing Websites | 3 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Today's topic on building blogs and professional sites as a freelance writer comes from Zac Schuessler. Zac points out that you don't necessarily have to create one or the other. If you like working on a blog platform, you can use one to run a more basic site (or a ...
Posted in Blogs and Websites | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Being a freelance writer can be stressful at times. That stress may be because you have a lot of work going on at once, or because work is slow and you're stressing while you try to find new clients. No matter what the reason is, you have to deal with ...
Posted in Discussions, Freelance Writing Careers | 5 Comments »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
I just wanted to quickly update everyone on the changes to the writing forums. As a reminder, they've been transferred to a new owner - Nick, and they've been moved back to the original AllFreelancing.com domain.
I'm waiting for confirmation from Nick that everything's good to go there before redirecting the ...
Posted in General | No Comments »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
I recently asked you to come up with questions about setting up your own professional site or blog as a freelance writer. Today I'm going to address Kristi Holl's question about moving a site from one blog platform to another.
Question:
I have heard a lot of talk about moving your blog ...
Posted in Blogs and Websites | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I'm having a hard time deciding what angles to discuss on the blog at the moment regarding setting up professional / portfolio sites and blogs. If you're interested in either, please let me know what questions you might have - from basic HTML / CSS questions to blog setup questions. ...
Posted in Discussions, Writing Websites | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Since we're chatting about setting up writing sites and blogs over these next few weeks, I figured I'd mention here that I have a few writing-related domain names I'm currently selling. There's no set price, and I'm not looking at anything crazy for them, but if something strikes your fancy, ...
Posted in General | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Note: I originally published this article for the Suite101 network.
Many writers markets are listed in online collections, from paid writers market listings such as WritersMarket.com to various free listings on blogs and freelance writing sites. The only problems with those sources are that they often feature the same writers markets, ...
Posted in Writers Markets | 4 Comments »
Posts
