When I’d finished reading the Ultimate Guide To A Successful Freelancing Career, my first thought was: is that it? Twenty-nine pages doesn’t seem enough space to provide an ultimate guide to anything. Written by experienced freelance writer, Glen Haskell, the book aims to talk about freelance writing in the real world, [...] [...more]
Thanks to all those who took part in the Blogging Start group writing project. There have been some fantastic posts over the last couple of weeks. Here they are, in order of appearance: How Did You Start Blogging? - David Bridger From Paper to ‘Puter - One Woman’s Journey - Deb Wunder Blogging Start - Shelly Bryant How Did [...] [...more]
When you participate on the social sites, people are always asking questions. I thought I’d go one step further and ask my Plurk and Twitter pals if there were any questions they wanted to ask about my writing career. Here are their questions and my answers: Konstantino: How did you decide on [...] [...more]
The other day a new writer on my subbing list apologised for pestering me with questions. I told the writer to forget it, as it’s better to ask than to go wrong and have to fix it. I think there are five questions that writers should always ask to get the job [...] [...more]
This is a guest post from Julie-Ann Amos. There is a saying that goes: A group of people that numbers in the millions, upon hearing the word ‘9 to 5′, develop grotesque facial tics. We call them freelancers. Balance is the name of the game with a freelance career. Discipline will always be necessary [...] [...more]
When Sharon gave the shout out for guest posts I was eager to put up my hand. Get Paid To Write Online has been such an inspiration and guide for me through these past several months. Then of course I got to wondering, “What could I possibly offer Sharon’s readers?” The truth is, my freelance [...] [...more]
If you are just starting out as a freelance copywriter, it can be hard to know how to build your clientele quickly, generate immediate cash flow and garner repeat business. Well here’s a tip: Most freelance writing businesses fail not because of a lack of talent, but because of a lack of organization. [...] [...more]
The false start to my blogging career is lost in the mists of time. Really. As a confirmed technophile, I started using Blogger when it first came out, didn’t like it and cancelled my account with a week or two, wondering what all the hoopla was about blogging. Just goes to show [...] [...more]
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]
