Archive for the ‘Discussions’ Category
Monday, April 21st, 2008
I hear the same question asked over and over again when I tell people they don't have to work for peanuts - where do you get the good gigs?
I give the same answer till I'm blue in the face, but it still doesn't seem to sink in sometimes.
Specialize.
Network.
In short, ...
Posted in Discussions, Making Money | 3 Comments »
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Deb Ng brought up an interesting discussion a few days ago, about whether or not freelance writers should publicly disclose their income information, or keep their money matters private. I have a few thoughts on that:
Is Talking About Money Really Taboo?
I'd argue that disclosing income information hasn't been "taboo" in ...
Posted in Discussions, Freelance Writing Careers | 7 Comments »
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 »
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 »
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
I love swipe files. In my case it's more of a combination of a swipe pile and collection of swipe bookmarks, but anyway....
If you're not familiar with swipe files, it's basically a collection of information that you can use for inspiration in your writing. Here are some of the things ...
Posted in Discussions | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
There was an interesting question posed over at ChrisBlogging about the effect a US recession might have on freelance writers here:
"Are you worried that things will slow down across all industries, including freelance writing?"
Of course any major economic swings are going to affect us as freelance writers, but personally I'm ...
Posted in Discussions, Making Money | 4 Comments »
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I'm considering removing freelance writing job listings from All Freelance Writing, and I want your thoughts (don't worry... they're not really going away... maybe just moving).
If you were a reader back when this blog was still SixFigureWriters.com, you may remember that I'd launched a separate blog for freelance writing jobs ...
Posted in Discussions | 6 Comments »
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I'm finally working out some of my service and writing rate changes for the new year. These are my two biggest changes:
Press Release Writing - I've always offered press release writing at ridiculously low rates (compared to other PR professionals; not compared to content writers offering them). I did that ...
Posted in Discussions, Freelance Writing Careers | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
One of my favorite places to find freelance writing jobs is Indeed.com. The reason I prefer it over other job search sites is that Indeed searches multiple job boards at once for you. It's been a huge time-saver for me, whether I was looking for a specific type of gig ...
Posted in Discussions | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
What are your freelance writing plans during this holiday season? Will you be taking it easy, enjoying more time off with family? Will you have extra time to spend on your writing? Will you be using some of your time over the holidays to make writing career plans during the ...
Posted in Discussions | 40 Comments »
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