Comments on: Why You Should Consider Cold Calling to Find Work

By: Addressing Your Comment Questions About Finding Higher Paying Freelance Writing Work : Freelance Writing Jobs

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:56:44 +0000

[...] gigs to you here, but I can’t find them all. Look for corporate freelancing opportunties or cold call [...]

By: 60 Tips for Getting Started in Your Freelance Writing Career : Freelance Writing Jobs

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:06:27 +0000

[...] cold calling: Not many freelancers enjoy cold calling, but those of us who have done it will tell you we landed some lucrative gigs as a result. [...]

By: 10 Reasons Face to Face Networking is Important for Landing Freelance Writing Clients : Freelance Writing Jobs

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:57:41 +0000

[...] one can hang up the phone: One of the reasons I dislike cold calling is because sometimes the person who answers the phone will say, “no thank you” and hang [...]

By: 5 Tips for Finding Work Between Freelance Writing Gigs : Business Tips for Writers

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:08:42 +0000

[...] some cold calling: Clients don’t always come to us, we also have to find clients. Cold calling is not a freelance writer’s favorite thing to do, but it can yield some very lucrative [...]

By: Web Content Sites vs. Private Clients : Freelance Writing Jobs

Web Content Sites vs. Private Clients : Freelance Writing Jobs — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:43:35 +0000

[...] Content sites are always hiring and always advertising so it’s easy to find these types of jobs. Visit any writing blog or forum and you’ll find listings of web content sites. Private clients aren’t as easy to land. Though many do advertise on the job boards, they’re more selective with their hiring process and competition is tougher. Still, there are plenty of private clients hiring each and every day. Still more can be found via various methods including cold calling. [...]

By: 5 Ways to Step Away from the Freelance Job Boards and Create Your Own Freelance Writing Opportunities : Freelance Writing Jobs

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:51 +0000

[...] Cold calling: For some reason cold calling drives fear into the most seasoned of veterans, but there’s no reason it should. It’s a [...]

By: Jazmin Espinal

Jazmin Espinal — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:27:34 +0000

I email websites but I am sure to personalize them as much as possible. By no means am I implying that one should sacrifice professionalism for an overly casual email, because you still want to sound professional to land the job. Personalizing them just eases my mind from thinking that it will end up in the spam pile.

By: If There Was No Internet…Would You Still Write? | Freelance Writing Jobs

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:22:11 +0000

[...] Wide Web, would you still be writing? Would you be submitting queries to online publications and cold-calling local businesses or would you be an accountant or programmer or have a different office [...]

By: 10 Bad Freelance Writing Habits You Need to Break | Freelance Writing Jobs

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:45:59 +0000

[...] places offering great opportunities. Not all of them are online either. Don’t be afraid of cold-calling or visiting with offline sources as well. These can be great source of income as well as [...]

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:12:54 +0000

As Kendra says, newspapers don’t pay worth *!@%. Heck, I helped develop payment agreement for one newspaper 20 years ago, and payment hasn’t gone up much, if at all, since, despite 20 years of inflation. Newspaper reporters don’t fair much better, though they may get benefits.