Marketing yourself isn’t just a useful skill to have if you want to see any kind of success as a freelance writer – it’s an absolute necessity. Below are ten tips on marketing yourself as a freelance writer online –…
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If you’ve decided you want to become a freelance writer, sooner or later you’re going to have to work out how to build a writing portfolio and get clients. To get clients you need to be able to prove you…
I used to hate the thought of pitching for freelance writing work. A long time ago when I was a student, I (very) briefly had a part-time job cold-call homeowners to sell them kitchens. To emphasise, these weren’t qualified leads….
Becoming a freelance writer online involves reading a lot of writing tips. When I first started out, I read everything, from blogs to books to the tiniest of tidbits on Twitter. (Yas, alliteration.) In the end, I figured that all the writing tips in the…
I’ve never regretted the decision to quit my job and become a freelance writer. Not even when the initial euphoria and smugness of not having to get up early and drag myself into the office wore off. Not even when…
Are any of these stopping you from becoming a freelance writer online? Be honest. You haven’t started a blog on your website because you think nobody will want to read it. You have no social media presence as you think…
The main thing that makes me compare being a freelance writer to learning to drive are the things my driving instructor used to say to me. So, with the ingeniously named sub-heading below (I don’t know how I come up with…
How often do you wish you could get more done in any one day? How often do you race against the clock to meet a deadline, or simply feel overwhelmed by your day-to-day tasks? First off, read this. Suitably chilled…
It was the last day of August, 2012. She stands on the train. She always stands. Even if there’s room to sit, she stands. Why? Because she sits down all day. All day. But this day is different. This is…
Or: How to Work (and Play) Stress-Free Every Day… Certain realities kick in after the initial stages of making regular money from freelance writing start to wane. Suddenly, you’ve got everything you worked so hard for: You’re making your living…