Category: Freelance
7 Secrets to Faster Writing
One of the main qualities of a good freelance writer is their ability to not only write well but to write quickly. This is especially true if you are at the beginning of your writing career. You must learn how to write faster because you need to write more; you are getting paidRead More
4 Ways to Make Money While Writing
I’ve spent a lot of my adult life fretting about jobs, having job openings called to my attention, feeling a reflexive jolt of recognition at the sight of any “Help Wanted” sign. I’ve often felt I was re-inventing the wheel and constantly redefining what I wanted to be when IRead More
5 Secrets to Awesome New Blog Posts
Blogging is a legitimate descendant of journalism. In some cases, you are chronicling the events and trends of your world for your readers, and, in others, adding your opinions. In other instances, you are offering advice and a place to share opinions, insights, and help. The major difference between youRead More
How to Maximize Your Blog’s Potential
Whether you’re building a blog as a means of launching your own business, using it as a promotional tool to display your freelance portfolio, or even creating a new social media hub, it can be tricky getting the right people to see it. It’s important to regularly accrue new visitors toRead More
How to Publish Your Own Book
The advent of e-books, Amazon, and the digital adaptation of almost everything has made being able to publish your work for the world easier than ever. It seems like every other day you hear a success story about an author who made it big by publishing their books on their own terms,Read More
How to Build a Killer Writing Portfolio
Freelance writers need portfolios of their writing. They are necessary for getting work and for establishing your status as a working, professional technician of prose. The ideal set-up is to have and maintain a portfolio online. This can be on your own website, a professional networking site, or even aRead More
How to Brand Yourself
As a freelancer, you’re expected to wear a lot of different hats. You’re an entrepreneur whose business and brand is yourself. You’re in charge of setting schedules, establishing financial goals, and at the foundation of it all, you’re in charge of your brand—you. As you grow and develop as aRead More
5 Awesome Research Tools for Freelancers (and Everyone Else)
If you are anything like me, researching a topic can take much more time than actually writing about it. If you don’t have some kind of system when you are doing your research, you can spend entirely too much time sifting through articles and data, which can really take aRead More