6 Tips for Receiving Feedback from Your Freelance Writing Clients
November 6, 2009 by Deb
Filed under Customer Service, Freelance Writing
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Client feedback is essential for freelance writing success. Even though we may not want to receive constructive criticism, not to do so could mean the end of our business. Look at it this way, even negative feedback offers the opportunity for improvement. Soliciting feedback from clients is just good customer service. Some freelancers aren’t [...]
The Best of FWJ: 15 Posts About Finding the Best Freelance Writing Opportunities
October 21, 2009 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing
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It used to be that my name was synonymous with freelance writing jobs, or helping freelance writers to land jobs. Now I’m learning there are people who feel I’m only for the promotion of content “mills” for freelance writing jobs, and that’s so far from the truth it’s silly. I’m about keeping freelance writers [...]
Top 10 Freelance Writing Job Ad Red Flags
October 9, 2009 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing, Job Hunting Tips
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When you troll the job boards every day you learn a little about the tactics many shady or very low paying employers use to find freelance writers. As someone who has been reading freelance writing job ads every day for over a decade, I can tell you some things haven’t change. The good news [...]
You’re Hired! Don’t Blow It…
October 27, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing
by Deborah Ng
As freelancers we know there’s no better feeling than knowing we were chosen to do a job out of dozens, if not hundreds of applicants. Something about our writing styles set us apart from the rest, and that has us walking upon air.
With some writers that pleasure is short-lived. Even though landing the [...]
New Laptops and Clean Slates
September 8, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing
by Deborah Ng
Did you ever notice how some gigs start out as a dream but once routine sets in they lose their luster? Many times they don’t have the same spark as they did the first couple of weeks. I think computers are like that too. At first they’re shiny, new and uncluttered. They take [...]
Is the Customer Always Right?
July 22, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing
by Deborah Ng
You can’t please everyone but you should always try and please your boss.
Every time I talk about putting one’s client’s needs first, I get a few voices of dissent. Whether you agree or not, your client is the one paying you to do the job to his specifications, it’s in your best interest [...]
