I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while and when chatting with some friends on Plurk, we decided the time was right for a group writing project. The theme: getting our blogging start. I don’t know about you, but I’m always fascinated to hear how others got started in blogging, so I’m looking forward to [...] [...more]
The other day I asked whether you were invisible as a freelance writer. While invisibility is undesirable, being too visible is also a problem. What do I mean by that? Deb Ng explained it best when she said that online is forever. It’s great to participate on blogs, forums and social networking sites, but your comments on those [...] [...more]
When I started out as a freelance writer I was invisible - and that’s not a good thing to be. At the time I had years of writing experience, published clips in magazines and years of experience teaching journalism, but no one had ever heard of me. Many new freelance writers find themselves in the [...] [...more]
A recurring issue with freelance writers is how much to charge for writing services. Even if you get that worked out, you still have the tricky issue of deciding when it’s time to up your rates. However, there are four good reasons why you should charge more for the work that you do. Experience And Expertise If you [...] [...more]
I’ve been spending some time on Plurk recently and one thing it’s good for is canvassing opinion. I asked a group of writers for their favourite writing blogs. These are the ones they listed. 1. Men with Pens 2. Writing the Cyber Highway 3. Freelance Writing Jobs 3. Get Paid To Write Online Honorable Mention Anything by Thursday Bram Write From Home Writing [...] [...more]
A recent gig creating lenses for a client reminded me of how useful Squidoo can be for self promotion. I have to be honest: although I have eight lenses, I don’t promote them very much so I don’t get the full Squidoo promotional juice. In spite of that, at least two clients have come to [...] [...more]
As freelance writers, we often have times when there’s so much work that we have to sub some out to other writers. I work with a small team of writers and get a lot of requests from people wanting to know how they can work with me and get paid to write. Unfortunately, most of [...] [...more]
There’s nothing like the security of having a cheque arrive every month, but when you’re a freelancer, you just don’t have that security any more. Instead, like many work at home professionals, payment for your labour may be erratic and intermittent, and sometimes you even have to hunt down the money that should be yours by [...] [...more]
It’s that time again where I share what I have been reading on the web. I was interested in 12 Realities of Pricing Design Services which offered some advice that applies to all freelancers. To get there I followed the trail from the Pen Men’s take on Pricing Your Design and Writing Services which has [...] [...more]
When Research Wizard Pro (also called Search Accelerator Pro) asked me to review their product, I thought I had to check it out. Anything that promised to save me time on research had to be worth a look. They were very efficient in providing an evaluation copy and it took no time at all to install. [...] [...more]
