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18 Local Prospects You May Not Have Considered To Pitch

By on May 5th, 2012

By: Luana Spinetti When I started freelancing I thought I had to look for gigs far, far away. I live in Italy — a country where freelance is still a synonim for penny-pay— so that might be true to a …

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The Easy Fifteen-Minute Marketing Plan

By on May 3rd, 2012

By: Lori Widmer You wake up, get that cup of caffeine, go through your morning ritual, then work through your daily ritual of writing. Marketing? Yea, that doesn’t happen because you’re busy. Yet if you have fifteen minutes to play …

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Free Business Resources for Freelance Writers

By on October 17th, 2011

After a recent post on market research in our series for Demand Media writers, a reader mentioned that many (though not all) of these freelancers don’t have the basic business skills needed to take them from content mill work to …

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Freelance Marketing – Market Research and Planning

By on October 11th, 2011

This week we’re running a five-post series for writers looking to leave content mills like Demand Media Studios behind them. Yesterday we took a look at three types of freelance writing jobs you can pursue, starting today. If you’re considering …

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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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