Figuring Out A Good Pay Rate for Writing

by James Chartrand
This is the third post in a series on increasing your rates and getting more money writing for a living. We’ve already discussed when you shouldn’t ask for a raise and how to find the confidence to ask for a raise. Today’s post covers figuring out what you should be paid for your [...]

How to Find the Confidence to Ask for a Raise

by James Chartrand
This is the second post in a series on increasing your rates and getting more money writing for a living. Feel free to ask your questions in the comment section, and we may cover the answer in an upcoming post.
Last week we discussed circumstances
when you shouldn’t ask for a raise, but there [...]

Why You Shouldn’t Ask for a Raise

by James Chartrand
This is the first post in a series on increasing your rates and how to get more money writing for a living. Feel free to ask your questions in the comment section, and we may cover the answer in an upcoming post.
We all want more in life. More freedom, more fun, more money… [...]

Three Tips and a Bonus to Market Yourself

Today’s tempting tidbit of freelance business advice comes to you from James Chartrand of Men with Pens, a featured Freelance Writing Gigs blogger. Enjoy!
Marketing yourself to land new clients can be an overwhelming, frustrating task. How do you do it? Where do you look? What do you say to people to convince them they need [...]

Hate Bookkeeping? Why You Should Learn to Love It

Managing your bookkeeping is one of the most vital aspects of staying on top of your business. Still, many people don’t particularly like number crunching and others don’t even know what to do to maintain their records.
What’s the point, anyways? We can all just stuff receipts into an envelope and hand it over to an [...]