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Using The Web To Get Print Jobs Part I

By on November 7th, 2012

Just because you want to write for magazines doesn’t mean you can ignore the web. Your web presence is one of the easiest ways for potential employers/editors to find you. Is yours optimized to do all it can for you in this regard? Over the next two posts we’ll explore what you can do to position yourself well online for jobs in print. In this section, we’ll be exploring the following: Your website Your blog LinkedIn Let’s start with the website. If you don’t have one, you need one. And yes, it’s just that simple. Just because editors work for …

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How to Use (and Not Use) Twitter to Find Freelance Writing Jobs

By on March 9th, 2011

I made the mistake on Twitter yesterday of searching for “freelance writing” to see what people in the community were talking about. Wow. Just wow. I can’t remember the last time I saw so much spam and so many crap freelance writing jobs in one place. So it got me thinking about finding jobs on Twitter — more specifically finding good freelance writing jobs while avoiding the sludge. Here are a few tips I came up with: If you receive an @reply from someone you don’t know and they link you to job sites, don’t click. – These are usually …

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How To Expand Your Freelance Writing Business By Networking With Other Writers

By on July 11th, 2010

I’m naturally a bit of a reclusive person.  I enjoy working with others and socialising with groups of friends, but I tend to find that if I can do something by myself rather than with others, I generally will. Since being a freelance writer, however, one of the most important points I’ve learnt  is that networking with other writers is key to developing your writing business. When I first started writing, I thought I could do it all myself.  Getting involved in a few different conversations but generally staying in the background, I believed that I could learn from others …

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How To Promote Your Freelance Writing Blog Using Social Media

By on June 13th, 2010

Last week I mentioned that I was moving away from more traditional construction DIY projects and focusing on those that could have an actual impact upon your freelance writing business. Starting with how to install a WordPress theme on your freelance writing blog last week, this week we’re going to take an introductory look into how to promote your freelance writing blog using 5 different social media tools. N.B. – this post is meant to act as an introduction into social media and its uses, aimed primarily at those freelance writers who have just set up their own blog.  It …

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Five Signs You Might Be a Blogwhore

By on October 28th, 2009

Dear reader, I’ve called you here today for an intervention. Oh sure. It started out innocently enough. You started out at Blogspot (maybe even Livejournal!) and put your ideas out there. It was pretty nice catching up on your infrequent and irregular posts. Once in awhile you would put up several posts in a week, other times you wouldn’t update for months on end. It was harmless. Oh but then you couldn’t get enough, could you? It turns out that Xanga was just a gateway blog for you. You started thinking about increasing your SEO. You started updating your meta …

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5 Tips for Better Twitter Networking

By on June 8th, 2009

One of the great things about freelance writing is the fact that so much of our marketing and networking can be done through just that–writing! While I’m all for professional sites, forums, and blogs in just about any niche you could work in, one of the “new” tools helping writers reach out to their network is the microblog (like Twitter). If you’re a writer who likes to use Twitter for networking, here are a few tips to help you get the most out of it (because remember… you shouldn’t be wasting time on marketing and networking tools that aren’t giving …

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Paid to Tweet – How Much Should You Charge?

By on May 19th, 2009

A reader asked a great question today (great, in light of the recent discussions elsewhere on the merits of ghosttweeting and paid tweeting). She wanted to know how much she should charge to post updates to Twitter for a client. I honestly didn’t have an answer. There isn’t exactly a long history to fall back on, and it could depend heavily on a number of factors (like how many updates, whether they’re quick thoughts or would involve a lot of time link-hunting, etc.). So for the sake of “getting with the times,” let me pose that question to all of …

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Is Immediacy (re Twitter and Blogging) a Good Thing for Writers?

By on February 27th, 2009

Anyone can publish anything at any time on a blog or microblogging service, like Twitter. But does the fact that you can publish immediately mean that you should? Personally, I think the answer to that question is a resounding “NO.” I’d like to share some thoughts on the immediacy issue today as it might apply to journalism and get some of your own feedback. The example I’m going to give stems from a recent conversation with friend and colleague Judy Gombita of PR Conversations, and specifically deals with the issue of people live-tweeting through events like conferences and whether or …

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