Tip of the Day: Relationships Not Spam

There’s a mistake many of us make in trying to drive traffic to our blogs and websites. We spam.  We’re not trying to. We may not even think we’re doing it, but it happens. If you’re someone who feels blog comments, Twitter, Facebook and other social networks are only for posting links, you’re guilty of [...]

Tip of the Day: From Niche Writer to Expert

You write about sewing. A lot. You blog about sewing. You have newspaper column about sewing. You write about sewing for a green living website. In fact, if there’s any outlet needing sewing content, you’re the one to call. You rock your niche. You’re no mere needle arts writer, you, my dear, are the sewing [...]

Writing Tip of the Day: Network with Your Friends

This post is sponsored by Demand Studios.
You talk with your friends about what you do, but how many of them send business your way? When you think about it, friends are perfect for referrals. Here’s something that happened to me recently:
I go out to dinner once a month with a group of women. We talk [...]

Demand Studios Writing Tip of the Day: Use Old Ideas to Create New Content

This is a sponsored post.
I like to refer to myself as a “thought collector.” I write down everything. I have Post-It’s all over my office and years’ worth of notebooks in my file cabinet. Eventually the ideas on those bits of paper go into my calendar program or a notebook so I can refer [...]

31 Free Online Writing Courses

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If there’s one area in which I’ve been remiss, it’s in brushing up on grammar and usage. School was a very long time ago and my writing has gotten a bit…informal. I put off continuing education for some time thinking I’d go back to school once my son was in school, but other obligations [...]

What Does it Mean to Work Smarter, Not Harder?

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The other day, after I wondered who sets your freelance writing rates, a discussion took place at the Web and Print blog. In that discussion one of the regulars asked me what it meant to me to work smarter, not harder. The obvious, of course, has to do with earning more money. To me [...]

Who Sets Your Freelance Writing Rates?

Did you know many freelance writers won’t give a rate quote to a client and would rather the client set the rate? There are many reasons for this:

The freelance writer doesn’t know what to charge
The freelance writer is afraid of bidding too low
The freelance writer is afraid of bidding too high
The freelance writer is unsure [...]

Freelance Writing: You’re Only Competing Against Yourself

Freelance writers talk about competition a lot. We worry about the competition when applying for a job, and we worry about things like freelancers who bid lower or who have a a longer list of past clients and recommendations. If there’s one thing I’ve learned all these years, is that I’m the only person I [...]

Top 10 Freelance Writing Excuses and Why They Won’t Fly

It’s tough love day here at Freelance Writing Jobs.No more excuses for not finding work. If you’re persistent and good at what you do, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be rocking a freelance writing career. I see many writers who have many reasons for not finding work, but also a lot of excuses. I’ve heard [...]

5 Freelance Writing Lessons I Learned From My Dog

by Deb Ng
As the person who is home with the dog all day, I think I know him pretty well. As I observe him on walks or as he keeps me company while I’m home, I think about the things he teaches me. People can learn a lot from dogs.
No, really.
Dogs have many qualities which [...]

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