Category Archives: Finding Work

Moving Beyond Content Mills: Steve Sloane

By on October 20th, 2011

This article is part of a follow-up series for Demand Media Studios writers interested in moving past the content mill to find higher paying freelance writing jobs. This series features freelance advice for five writers tailored to their individual needs …

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Freelance Marketing — Moving Beyond Job Boards

By on October 13th, 2011

This article is a part of a five post series for Demand Media Studios writers and others interested in leaving content mills and other low paying freelance writing jobs behind.  In our last post we talked about marketing your freelance …

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Moving Past Demand Media Studios

By on October 7th, 2011

As some of you might know, Demand Media recently emailed their DMS writers about pending changes. Here’s what it comes down to. This business model was hit hard by Google recently — a big source of both traffic and income …

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Insulate Yourself From Bad Freelance Clients

By on September 13th, 2011

Do you ever land bad freelance writing clients? Maybe they’re too needy. Maybe they don’t pay on time. Maybe they expect the world while paying next to nothing. These aren’t good clients to have. Yet many freelancers face these situations. …

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Freelancers: Nonprofit Does NOT Mean Non-Paying

By on June 1st, 2011

A few days ago a colleague shared a story about a recent experience with a nonprofit organization. Here’s the gist of what happened: The client hired the freelance writer for a previous project at the writer’s professional rates. The client …

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