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Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern is a professional blogger, freelance business writer, and indie author. She runs numerous websites & blogs including All Freelance Writing, Freelance Writing Pros, BizAmmo, NakedPR, and Kiss My Biz. Jenn has over 20 years' experience writing for others, 16 years of experience in blogging, and around 14 years' experience as an e-book author and indie publisher. She is also an Active member of the Horror Writers Association. Subscribe to the All Freelance Writing newsletter to get personal updates from Jenn in your inbox.

How to Avoid Freelance Job Scams

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We’ve all seen them, and we’ve all secretly been tempted to try them. You know … those ads for work from home freelance jobs that promise you can make $1000-2000 a week working part-time. Don’t fall sucker to ads that promise the world. I’m going to expose some common freelance job scams, show you the warning signs to look out for, teach you how to … read more

Writers: Network for Referrals

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One of the most important things you can do as a freelance writer (whether you work predominantly online or off) is networking with other writers. Many of the best freelance writing gigs are never published, but can be passed along by writers in your network who have come across it through their contacts. A strong network can also lead to referrals. All writers will occasionally … read more

Writers: You're Worth More Than $5!

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As a freelance writer, don’t ever let anyone tell you differently. If you can produce even reasonably high quality Web content, you can be doing much better for yourself than “selling out” to the hoards of webmasters expecting the world from their writers, for nearly no pay. Are there any good excuses for writing free or cheap content for webmasters? Sure. Here are a few: … read more