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By: Yolanda Morris

Yolanda Morris — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:59:08 +0000

I can attest to non-paying jobs being a great way to get your name out there. I recently picked up a non-paying job in order to market my services and wound up being offered the task of recreating 160 pages for this particular client! You could only imagine how elated I was. =)

By: Julia Borgini

Julia Borgini — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:02:15 +0000

This is something I’ve been thinking about over the last few weeks as I try to position myself as a freelancer. My main niche is as a technical writer, but I’d also like to diversify and offer other types of writing and writing services (like editing and researching.) But since I can’t actually post the majority of my tech writing samples, I’ve got to think of other ways of coming up with samples.

Thanks for the tips, I’ll definitely be trying them out!

By: Maricar

Maricar — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:58:27 +0000

Thank you for this article. I’m just starting out as a freelance writer, and have recently accepted an unpaid gig. At that time, I was debating whether to do it or not. It felt right, so I went ahead with it, without articulating exactly what benefits the benefits would be. It’s a non-profit, and I realize from your piece that the huge boost in credibility that the job will give me is what drew me to it in the first place.

As for not competing with lower bids, it’s hard because of the fear that a prospective client will go where they can pay less for the same job. I just have to be confident of what I can deliver, and not sell myself short.