The Internet is an amazing freelance writing tool. We use it to communicate, find work and network. I don’t like to bore you with too many “back in the day” stories, but I can tell you times have changed drastically in the past ten to twenty years. The problem with all this online stuff is how it makes everything less personal. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy attending so many confererences. Networking not only gives me the opporutnity to meet interesting people, but people who might be in need of my services. I also meet people who know people [Read more…]
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10 Reasons Face to Face Networking is Important for Landing Freelance Writing Clients
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Social networking is fuzzy – what's your take?
I was making a list of social networking methods for blogs, plus discussing it with Deb, and I realized that some of the methods I use are pretty fuzzy. Many social activities cross over with blog promotion and the other way around, and it all mixes up with building your own blog community. For example, if someone finds you through Technorati and you become pals and maybe score a gig through that friendship, is it blog promotion, or are you doing a little networking? Fuzzy business. That said, I’m going to cover some blog networking methods over the next few [Read more…]
