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About Jennifer Mattern

Jenn is a professional blogger and freelance business writer. She has worked as a writer since 1999, and began blogging in 2004. She owns 3 Beat Media -- a publishing and client services company which operates All Freelance Writing as well as several other websites and blogs covering topics such as indie publishing, blogging, and small business. She also writes fiction under multiple pen names covering genres such as children's fiction, mysteries, and horror fiction.

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Where to Find Freelance Blogging Clients

By on May 22nd, 2013

Have you thought about getting into freelance blogging? Are you already a freelance blogger, but you’re struggling to find new clients? Blogging is one of my favorite projects to take on as a freelance writer. Finding clients was easy for me early on because the client base I was working with on PR writing projects also happened to have a strong need for blogging services. But these days things are a bit different. There are more blogs out there. But there are also more bloggers competing for gigs. So if you’re just starting out, where should you look for freelance blogging clients …

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3 Online Writing Jobs for Local Businesses

By on May 21st, 2013

One of the biggest benefits of writing for the Web is that it gives freelance writers the ability to work with clients all over the world. These days everything can be done online from invoicing to delivery. But that doesn’t mean you have to work with clients outside of your area. Some writers are more comfortable working with local clients, and that’s perfectly fine as long as there is enough local business to keep you busy. If you’d prefer to pitch more projects to local business owners and your passion is writing for the Web, what exactly might local businesses need? Let’s …

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Weekend Reading: Freelance Blogging

By on May 10th, 2013

One of the topics we’re focusing on this month is freelance blogging. This is one path toward professional blogging (alongside being a Web publisher in your own right by managing and monetizing your own blogs). If you enjoy blogging for your own business, maybe it’s something you’ll want to consider doing for clients too. So let’s get some feedback from people who are already working as freelance bloggers, so you can decide if it’s a good fit for you or not. Here are some articles that might be of interest to freelance bloggers or those interested in beginning a freelance …

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Weekend Reading: Query Letters

By on April 26th, 2013

At the end of each week, I like to share a link roundup based on one of our editorial themes for the month. This week we’re going to take a look at writing query letters for freelance magazine writing. If you’re looking to perfect your magazine query letter techniques or get started in magazine writing with your first pitch, spend some of your downtime this weekend checking out these great articles. And if you’re looking for more information about writing for magazines, don’t miss Catherine L. Tully’s posts here. She covers query letter writing and other aspects of magazine writing …

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Client Relationship Reminders for Freelance Writers

By on April 23rd, 2013

Your freelance writing business involves more than research, writing, and editing. There’s the whole “business” side of the equation too. And an important part of running the business behind your freelance writing is managing client relationships. Let’s explore a few things you should keep in mind as a freelance writer when it comes to building and maintaining relationships with clients and prospects. The Client Isn’t Always Right And that’s okay. Neither are you, right? It’s important that you know it’s okay to say “no” to a client or potential client. You can turn down a gig, even if you want …

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Too Many Writing Projects, Not Enough Time

By on April 18th, 2013

I have a habit of taking on quite a few writing-related projects at once. I’m a blogger and freelance business writer for my clients. I run numerous websites and blogs of my own. And I write books and e-books. There never seems to be enough time in my work days, and lately I’ve found myself putting in extra hours far too often — something I usually try hard to avoid. As a result, I’ve had to find ways to scale back some projects, or at least the amount of my personal attention they each need. I’m still putting some of …

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All Freelance Writing Forum Temporarily Closed

By on April 15th, 2013

Just a quick announcement: Due to ongoing technical problems with our current forum platform, I’m locking down our forums temporarily. When they re-launch, we’ll have completely new and re-organized forums. In the meantime, the forum will remain available in read-only format so you can still browse the archives.

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Weekend Reading: Writing for Trade Magazines

By on April 5th, 2013

One of my favorite types of freelance writing that I’ve covered here on the blog is writing for trade magazines. In my case, more specifically, I ghostwrite feature articles for trade publications on behalf of businesses. In that situation, the business pays me, I write the article (which they’ve often gotten approval for from the publication previously), and it’s published under my client’s byline. It can be lucrative work as these businesses often pay more than the trade magazines pay freelancers. Whether that sounds like something you’d like to do, or you’d prefer to query and write for the trade …

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5 Reasons Your Writing Career is Going Nowhere

By on April 3rd, 2013

Do you ever feel like your freelance writing career is going nowhere fast? Do you try to take things up a notch, but they never seem to improve, or at least not by much? You might be making one of these common mistakes that freelance writers mistake. Here are five reasons why your writing career might be going absolutely nowhere: 1. You’re not improving your craft. Writers must constantly improve their writing.  If your writing career doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, start by looking at what you’re publishing. If you write low quality pieces (and you’ll need to get …

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2013 First Quarter Check-In

By on April 1st, 2013

It’s time for my first quarterly evaluation for my business. While I evaluate my progress on specific goals more frequently, I use my quarterly evaluations to review my longer-term plans and resolutions. So far things are going pretty well. But, as usual, I need to make some changes. Progress So Far Here are some of the things I can check off my yearly to-do list: Overhaul content on my service site (new service page, copy edits, and rate changes).  Launch WritingForBloggers.com. Start promoting the Online Learning Hub brand (a rebranding for another site). Launch my last author website. Finish BizAmmo.com …

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