Comments on: Options When Setting up a Professional Website as a Freelance Writer

By: Blogsessive

Blogsessive — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:21:05 +0000

As I only consider myself a blogger, not a writer, I’m only going to say that for the first 3 points of your post, WordPress is by far the best free solution available. Very configurable, it can easily turn from a basic blog into a static website, design portfolio, image gallery, link directory and even e-shop. Also, your blog post will definitely act as a portfolio in the eyes of your readers, or potential customers. With each day, I;m more and more amazed by this platform.

Thanks for the good reading Jennifer!
Alex

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Sunday Link Love | Writer's Resource Center — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:07:08 +0000

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By: SRRyan

SRRyan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:42:00 +0000

I set up my website during January, using Dreamweaver, but it’s still very
much under development, as I am very new to online freelancing, and am
on a steep learning curve.

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:42:14 +0000

Whether or not a site helps to bring in more clients depends almost entirely on how well the site itself is optimized and marketed. For example, I market my PR firm’s site a good bit, and the more traffic I build to it, the more clients come through it. With my writing site, I optimized it to rank really well for my primary keyword phrases, so I have to do much less other marketing. So that’s a good point I don’t think I mentioned before… if a site is set up but just sits there or doesn’t do anything to really push your services well, it’s probably not going to help much. At the same time, it can take time to see significant effects from it.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:34:46 +0000

I have had a site for a little while now. I don’t think it has changed how many clients I get but it has given my writing a place to be.

By: Maria Reyes-McDavis

Maria Reyes-McDavis — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:22:25 +0000

This is a great post. I try to get my clients to understand this, especially writers :-)

Super, duper!
Maria ;-)

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03/03/2008 Freelance Bulletin — ¤ The Freelance Hub ¤ — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:14:36 +0000

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The Writing / Editing Job Roll » 03/02/2008 Writing Jobs and Links — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:16:49 +0000

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By: Veronica Davis

Veronica Davis — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:39:24 +0000

Hi Jennifer!

Fellow DP member here who followed,with high expectation, a link to take a look at your blog. You didn’t let me down. :) Thank you for this post, as I have recently put up a blog for my own writing. There are not too many helpful places for doing this as a writer.

You mentioned to leave ours if we liked, so I am assuming it is ok to leave a link in here. If you get a moment I would love to hear what you have to say!

Regards,
Veronica

By: Marce

Marce — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:30:48 +0000

Thanks for the post! I set mine up just last month and I think it is beneficial in landing gigs. I used a WordPress template and used a host that allowed one click installation (SUPER simple). I did a static page and then seperate pages for my rates, samples and contact me. I am going through an SEO class right now to try to get it a better ranking. Moving in small steps… :)