Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Today I'm going to cover a recent reader question from Diana Bocco about Squidoo lenses, and whether or not you should take the time to create one to support your freelance writing services.
Question:
A lot of writers I know are using Squidoo and saying I should definitively have a page there. ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Just a quick update on me giving up the writing forums attached to this blog:
I did find someone to take it over. I'm dealing with transferring the domain and forum files / database to him now, and hopefully next week things will be all set up. The new owner's name ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
I just wanted to apologize to any email subscribers who just received an email update from me (without sending another message to bother you even more). The system let me choose the three posts I wanted to highlight, pulled them aside, and let me order them as usual. However, after ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
If you write content for the Web, you probably already know about certain Web writing basics, like using short paragraphs, bold sub-headings, and lists to help make your articles "scannable" to readers browsing them for something specific. If you're writing for clients, and they ask to have you write in ...
Posted in Web Writing | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
I'm weeding out some projects to make room for more basic Web / blog publishing (like getting rid of a directory, possibly my webzine, etc.). I'm thinking about getting rid of the writing forums attached to the blog here. I honestly don't think most people even know it's there, there's ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
The following is a post I wrote a while back about blog hosting options at Jentrepreneur.com. It doesn't only apply to freelance writers, but I wanted to share it here directly, since we're talking this month about setting up professional websites and blogs. I'm sure some of you will have ...
Posted in Blogs and Websites | 2 Comments »
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
I doubt there's a single case where I wouldn't suggest that a freelance writer set up a professional website and portfolio. Do you have one yet? You can take a look at mine currently at FirstRateContent.com (it's going to soon be moved to ProBusinessWriter.com, and fully encompass both the content ...
Posted in Writing Websites | 10 Comments »
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