Seasonal Freelance Writing: Preparing for Summer Vacation

Summer is the best time for freelance writing. Freelance writers can work anywhere there’s WiFi and even plenty of places there aren’t. We can also rearrange our schedules for summer vacation or to coincide with outings or pool time. Summer is the time of year when my office working family members and friends don’t wonder [...]

Freelance Writing Marketing & Promotion: How Much Is Too Much?

I’ve been working on redesigning my workflow lately in an effort to improve my efficiency, boost my bottom line, maintain something approximating sanity and to provide ample opportunity to catch a number of weekday afternoon Royals games this summer. Following some good advice, I’ve been more conscious of what I do every day and I’ve made a discovery: I spend too much time on the marketing and promotion side of things.

Complaining About Your Freelance Writing Clients

So, I’ll dump it in your laps… What do you think about it? Do these public attacks on frustrating clients serve a greater good that justifies the potential downside? Are there particular standards that writers should follow when calling out a bad apple from their client barrel?

Do You Know What You’re Selling? Successfully Marketing Your Online Freelance Writing

You can’t hope to successfully pitch your work at a higher rate if you can’t tell a compelling story about what it’s going to do for the client. Sure, some of the folks looking for writers already have a clear understanding of your words’ tremendous value, but most of the people out there in Buyerland aren’t necessarily at that point. They need a little education to go along with that negotiation and you should be providing it by pitching the benefits of your work.

Writing Talent and Success as a Freelancer

Your ability to write well may have very little to do with whether or not you’re going to make any money in this racket.

We all like to talk about quality, skill and art. We sell it to clients. We pride ourselves on the fact that we don’t produce crap and we have this little part of us that believes that our talents with words will be the reason we succeed.

I don’t think that’s really true, though. Writing talent is a plus, but it isn‘t necessarily a key determinant of success.

Should You Trust Freelance Writing Clients with Personal Information?

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How much information should you give to your freelance writing clients? This is a question  popping up often as more freelance writers launch their careers. Specifically, freelancers are a little wary about giving clients their addresses or social security numbers. I find it interesting, because we have no hesitation when providing these details on [...]

5 Options for Avoiding PayPal Fees & Keeping All Your Freelance Writing Pay

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I just contacted several of my clients and advertisers and asked if they could pay me by check or direct deposit rather than PayPal. PayPal is convenient, but the fees are killing me. Though they’re tax deductible, I paid about $2000 in PayPal fees in 2009. I’d much rather have that money in the [...]

3 Things to Consider Before Outsourcing Your Freelance Writing Work

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Credit where it’s due: At Freelance Folder yesterday Laura Spencer wondered if it was OK to fake it with our freelance writing. Should we accept projects we know nothing about and risk not giving in our best work to our clients. In the ensuing comment discussions many writers suggested outsourcing the projects outside the [...]

Ten Essential Abilities All Freelance Writers Must Have to Be a Success

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Think Freelance writing is all about sitting down and typing out some words? Think again, because there’s a lot more to it than that.
Writing only the ability to use a keyboard. in order to be a successful freelance writer, you’ll need to be able to do more than string words. You’ll need to be [...]

Identifying the Reasons Your Freelance Writing Business isn’t Growing

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If your freelance writing business isn’t growing  the way you had hoped, you’ll probably want to evaluate the reasons this might be the case. Like any business, you should expect to see a bigger, better client and profit base than the year before. Growing a business isn’t just writing or looking for work.
If you [...]

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