Instagram may not seem like the most obvious choice for writers, but then where’s the fun in choosing the obvious? Look beyond the glitz of filters and stickers, and the photo-centric social media platform has a lot to offer. According to the 2020 Statshot Report, Instagram saw some of the strongest user base growth among… Read more →
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What is a Ghostwriter?
Ghost writers are writers for hire who take money but none of the credit for the work produced. The original writer, or author, is hiring the ghost as a freelance writer
Top Tips for Putting Together a Successful Freelance Portfolio
A well-assembled portfolio is an essential marketing tool for any successful freelancer. But how do you ensure that what you put together will attract, rather than deter, new business? Here are a few actionable tips to help make your portfolio the string in your bow for landing high-value clients today. Although these tips are optimized… Read more →
7 Practical Tips to Start Freelance Writing as a College Student
Want to start freelance writing as a college student? Here are 7 practical tips which will teach you how to get your foot in the door.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Kevin Stewart
Freelance writer Kevin Stewart has more than 1000 published pieces and 200 million views to his name. In our interview, he spills the secrets to his success with countless tips and insights.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Bree Brouwer
Ever want to know what the life of a full-time freelance writer is really like? Freelance writer Bree Brouwer shares insights, tips, and realities about the job.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Samar Owais
Ever want to know what the life of a full-time freelance writer is really like? Freelance writer Samar Owais shares insights, tips, and realities about the job.
Want to be a Digital Nomad? Here Are 6 Tips to Put You on the Right Track.
Dream of becoming a digital nomad? Learn how with these 6 tips from someone who’s written their way around the world.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Megan Jerrard from Mapping Megan
Welcome to our new series, Meet the Freelance Writer! Here, you’ll meet a diverse range of individuals who have carved out a place in the world of full-time freelance writing. In this interview, you’ll find out all about Megan Jerrard of the travel blog Mapping Megan.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Elna Cain
Welcome to our new series, Meet the Freelance Writer! Here, you’ll meet a diverse range of individuals who have carved out a place in the world of full-time freelance writing. In this interview, you’ll find out all about Elsa Cain.
Top 10 Tips to Land Your First Writing Gig at Freelancer.com
The elation – and perhaps surprise – of landing your first writing gig is a fantastic experience! Here’s how to land one at freelancer.com.
Top 10 Tips to Market Your Writing Services via Facebook
If you’re seeking free exposure and potentially unlimited traffic on the web, then turn to social sites like Facebook. Find out how inside.
Top 10 Twitter Marketing Tips for Freelance Writers
Every freelance writer needs to develop the skills of self-promotion to pick up more freelance work and to improve visibility online. Twitter is an engaging, fun way of promoting yourself and your business by tweeting relevant information.
Top 10 Tips to Convince an Editor to Pay You More for Your How-To Article
Learn 10 useful tips to analyze what your skills are worth and how to ask an editor or client for a higher pay rate for your how-to article.
Top 10 Tips to Convince Businesses to Outsource Freelance Work to You
Businesses will outsource work to you if you can prove that you can produce exceptional work; you meet deadlines; you can achieve what the client wants; you have existing skills and knowledge matching the project.
10 Tips to Create Your Writer’s Resume Before Applying to Freelance Jobs
Not every freelance writing job requires you to submit a resume; however, many high-paying writing jobs do, especially in the fields of copywriting, public relations, technical writing, and professional magazine writing.
Top 10 Tips to Generate More Referrals for Your Writing Business
Most successful writers who land new clients sell themselves with testimonials from existing clients and referred clients. Testimonials are more informal.
You Can Provide Ghostwriting Services Online
A ghostwriter is a person who writes for someone else for money and always stays in the background. When you are hired for a ghostwriting gig, you give up ownership of the work the very minute you are paid – whether it is a blog, an article or an entire book.
You Can Start an Online Travel Writing Career
Becoming a published travel writer for one of the magazines you thumb through at the local bookstore is a valid goal, but in reality, breaking into print is extremely difficult because it seems like the elite club of travel writers is permanently closed.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Bird Watching Magazines
Many bird-watching magazines will pay you after they have published your article, while other magazines might pay you after accepting your article. Payment ranges from $250 to $600 per feature article, while shorter articles pay from $100 to $350.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Golf Magazines
Because of its huge market, a freelance writer can find several magazines and trade journals covering the addictive sport of golf. You can be a prolific golf writer/freelance writer tackling the following top 10 hot topics.
Top 10 Hot Topics to Pitch to Editors at Health & Fitness Magazines
Today, Health and Fitness publications are booming. This makes them great places to pitch freelance articles. Learn how with these top tips.
Writing Work For Beginning Writers – Get Hired
Are you beginning writer? If so you’re very lucky. There’s never been a better time to build a writing career because there’s so much work available.
3 Mistakes Freelance Writers Make and How to Avoid Them
When you’re just getting started as a freelance writer I guarantee you’re going to be tempted to make the following mistakes. Don’t do it! No matter what your potential client tells you, doing any of the following will NOT help your business.
Tips From a $50K Per Year Part-Time Freelance Writer
While the dot com boom days are long gone, there are plenty of writing opportunities for writers on the Web. You may not find a site that will pay you to write the number of articles that John wrote in the late
The Truth About Freelance Travel Writing
Free trips! Exotic vacations! First-class travel, everything paid for! Ah, the life of a travel writer. All you need to do is bang out a few words about it and you’re part of the besotted brotherhood of pampered travel journalists.
Why Freelance Writing Clients Should Hire You
Do you know how to convince prospects to hire you for a freelance writing job? Here are 8 tips that you can use to pitch yourself to potential clients.
Why Social Media is the Most Convenient Way to Market Brands
In social media marketing, communication and collaboration with the Internet users plays a vital role in marketing ones brand. Some important tools of communication and collaboration in social media marketing are as follows.
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask About Freelancing
Freelancing occurs when someone offers his or her services for an agreed period in return for a fee. Freelancers (also known as contractors or service providers) are independent of the businesses or individuals that hire their services.
10 Smart Moves For Getting Published in Top Magazines
Freshen up perennial topics. Some magazines revisit the same topics again and again because relationships, or toilet training, or camping in national parks lie at the core of the magazine’s mission.
The Freelance Writer’s Marketing Plan
2009 has to be the year for you to make money! But wishing is really not enough. What you need is a kick-ass marketing plan
How To Make Your Memories into a Memoir
Why should you consider creating a memoir of your personal experiences for publication?
Screenwriter’s Guide: Concept and Logline
So you finally have representation, you’ve got your ear to the pavement and you know what’s selling and what studios are looking for. So what’s next?
Ghostwriting Tips: Selling Yourself in a Virtual Market
One of the most important skills you need as a ghostwriter selling yourself in a virtual market is strong computer skills. You need to know more than the most popular word processing programs, you need to know additional software programs
SEO Article Writing 101
SEO writing is very different from content writing, article writing, story writing and news writing.
SEO Writing Can Make You Rich as a Freelance Writer
SEO writing involves writing keyword-rich articles to rank the client’s website higher in search engines and generate more website traffic.
Top 7 Ways to Attract New Clients For Your Freelancing Business
Although there are many perks working on the Internet, getting the word out and generating a steady supply of target traffic and potential new clients to your Internet door is not the easiest process unless you have the budget to outsource some of the actual marketing to an agency.
How to Submit Your Article
Do you know the difference between simultaneous article submissions and multiple submissions? This is something that trips up new writers, and some more seasoned individuals.
10 Steps to Managing Your Finances as a Freelance Writer
As a freelance writer, you sell your time, talent, energy, and skills in the marketplace; and you expect to be paid for those things.
Hey, Just A Minute, Buster! My Memoir Is More Tragic Than Yours!
The memoir. For years a former agent of mine – who happened to represent one of the country’s most commercially successful memoirists – had been after me to write mine.
Generating Passive Income Through Your Writing
Earning passive income on-line can be a trying and difficult process. even for some of the best writers around. Just the shear quantity of writing that is required in order to generate true and substantial income can be overwhelming to most. Insurmountable for many.
Pick a Writing Niche, Any Writing Niche
Unless you’ve been working in a small town, doing bits and pieces of different types of legal work for everyone, it’s quite likely you’ve become a specialist of some sort
Power Writing Skills: What’s Your Readability Score?
You may write fine memos, reports, or literally any other kind of document. But, if no one reads what you�ve written, there is no chance you�ll get your audience to respond
4 Guidelines to Power Social Brand Building
Public relations specialists were among the first few to understand the power of social media, making them leaders in the social space. Along with handling website content, more and more PR pros are responsible for their company’s and clients’ social media presence.
A Creative Writer’s Secret for a Professional Query Letter
Editors know what they are looking for in a query letter. This guide follows the teaching of Noah Lukeman, editor, novelist, literary agent and teacher at Writer’s University.
Jump Into Freelance and Write Your Own Future
If the passion of writing is in you, then consider making it full-time business. A lot us dreams to be our own boss so we can break free from our bosses who always yell and command us on what things we need to do.
5 Secret Tips for Keeping Business Clients Happy
Freelance writers pursue business clients for all of the right reasons. Businesses can offer writers lucrative assignments that are mutually beneficial.
How to Network As a Freelance Journalist
As with many professions, freelance journalism can be about who you know, not what you know. Here’s how you can network your way to success.
Freelance Writer Tips – How to Create an Effective Web Site and Blog
If you want to be a successful freelance writer, there are many things you will need to know. One of the most important steps you can take to taking your writing seriously and encouraging others to do the same is to create an effective Web site and/or blog.
Freelance Writers – How to Package Services So Clients Will Be Clamoring to Buy Them From You
Many freelance writers don’t realize it, but the skills they possess are literally worth thousands of dollars. They are uniquely positioned to take the marketing knowledge they possess and turn it into a cash-generating machine. Following is how and why.
Freelance Writing – A Medium to Generate Income
There are many freelance writers writing for various newspapers, magazines and other editorials. One can really make a sound income
Freelance Writing and Copywriting – Every Writer Needs a Bio
You’re a writer: do you have a bio? Every freelance writer and copywriter needs a bio, because people need to know who you are before they’ll hire you. Discover how to write a killer bio today.
Top 10 Things You Should Do to Win a Freelance Writing Bid
While many freelancers have already taken or are seriously thinking to take on freelance writing as their profession, many professional writers too, are joining them seeing the enormous money-making potential of the market. Read on for the
5 Steps to Increase Your Writing Income this Year: Learn to find and retain long-term writing partnerships
How many times have you landed a writing gig but the project turns out to be a one-time deal? You deliver well-written content on deadline, and cross your fingers hoping this gig will lead to more work. While your client is grateful and pays timely
How to Get Clients in Less than an Hour for Your Writing Business
Are you looking forward to taking your freelance writing business to the next level by landing big time corporate clients? One of the most disturbing truths that block such aspiration is that prospects do not realize they need people who do not just write�but those who write effectively.
A Freelance Writer’s Guide to Using Public Speaking as a Marketing Tool
Public speaking is easily one of the most anxiety and fear-inducing activities a person can do. Just the thought of speaking in front of a group can be the cause of sweaty palms, the knocking of knees and a gut-wrenching case of nausea.
The Weirdest Literary Awards for Writers
All writers secretly have aspirations of fame or at least notoriety. While you wait for the Pulitzer committee to recognize your literary genius, you can pursue some of these less sought-after accolades to bolster your resume.
Top 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Yourself an Unpopular Freelance Writer
Every once in a while, though, editors get a query that forces them to tear out their hair and abandon the air of restraint to vent their long-suffering emotions. This kind of query comes from the writer who quickly becomes the Unpopular Freelancer.
Titles that Talk: How to Create a Title for Your Article or Manuscript
The first words of a manuscript that catch the editorial eye are those of the title. Anytime you submit a manuscript or article, you should make your title strong and attractive. A compelling title is more likely to prompt an editor to start reading the opening paragraph.
Part 4: The Craft of Marketing Your Self-Published Book
In marketing my own self-published books, I’ve found a number of helpful (and some not so helpful) channels to get the word out which I’ll share in this article. My first suggestion for effectively marketing your book is to start with your closest connections.
Teaching Others to Write: How to Get Paid More Without Actually Writing
Most writers experience a downtime in their income at some point or another, regardless of the economy. So, what can you do? You can work smarter, not harder. Yes, you can do more writing and send out more manuscripts
How to Get Tantalizing Testimonials from Your Clients
One of the most important marketing tools, especially for freelance writers, is the mighty testimonial. Why? Before the project begins, and often well into it, there are few, if any tangibles. That spells high anxiety for your prospects before signing on the dotted line
How to Throw Your Own Successful Book Signing
Of course everyone wants to have a book signing at a big bookstore, but sometimes that’s difficult to negotiate, especially if your book is self-published. However, the good news is that if you can get a smaller bookstore on board, it’s easier to approach the better-known stores
5 Strategies to Sell Yourself to Sell More Writing Services!
There are many ways to market your unique writing identity at low-to-no cost. I built my freelance real estate writing career on building myself up as an expert. I had years of actual real estate knowledge to pull from
7 Portfolio Mistakes that Could Cost You the Gig
Your writing portfolio is arguably the single most important marketing tool for generating new clients. It can also be a fast track to lost clients if done incorrectly. Because you only get a few seconds of your prospective client’s time to make that first impression, your presentation must be flawless
Five ways attending non-writing conferences can change your freelance writing career!
Freelance writers are always encouraged to hone their skills by joining creative writing workshops and conventions that gather wordsmiths from different parts of the country. You shouldn�t miss opportunities like that, but attending non-writing conferences can also give your career new twists
How to Sell Your Non-fiction Article by Writing a Winning Query Letter
Be very familiar with the magazine before sending a query.Scrutinize at least two issues of the magazine to see what other writers have published. How long are the titles? Are articles written in first person, third person or some other point of view? Are there quotations, statistics, or references sited to specific web sites or other sources?
How I Generate More Writing Opportunities with an Online Presence
I find it extraordinarily helpful having my own writing blog. When I am submitting articles to an editor who is unfamiliar with my work, I can easily refer them to my blog where they can get a perspective on the scope of my writing, diverse topics of the many published magazine articles that have been written by me
Repurposing Your Memoir For Profit
Anyone who’s written a memoir knows just how painstaking that writing can be. You constantly get stuck in your head and you often feel alone. Yet many people want to read memoir and so based on that fact alone, why not repurpose your memoir for profit?
Mastering Social Media in Today’s Freelance Writing Marketplace
Today’s writing marketplace is a minefield of yesterday’s query space debris and tomorrow’s tech savvy go-getter. Staying one to two steps ahead of the game involves incorporating the latest social media tech, trends and memes
10 Hacks To Simplify Your Freelance Writing Business
It’s surprising how many freelance writers complicate the way they run their writing businesses. While many writers struggle with handling several tasks at once, other writers have come up with their own life hacks for maximizing their profit and productivity
Be Your Own Magazine Writing Agent: 7 Effective Ways to Market your Articles
One of the best ways to job security as a freelance writer is to become your own marketing agent. Who can better promote your writing than you? Always view your writing as a business, because it is! You are a retailer, the Neiman-Marcus or topnotch magazine writing. Your articles are your merchandise, your inventory
How to Make Guest Blogging Worth Your Time
I have often heard writers ask if guest blog posting is worth it. Some people will say no, that it’s a waste of time. But I say it’s not – if you use your time wisely. Choose only blogs in your niche that can be profitable for you.
Freelance Writing: How to Handle Clients Who Hate Your Work
Most clients are willing to work with you to remedy problems or inconsistencies, while some clients expect too much and become irate. So how do you handle different clients with different attitudes, moods, and tolerances? Here are a few tips to make clients work with you instead of against you.
How to Kill a Writing Career
Learning to be a successful writer is kind of like being a gold miner back then. Most writers won’t make a ton of money with their writing. The people who do make the money are the ones who sell the endless ebooks and online courses that tell people how to – wait for it – make money with their writing.
How to Get Higher Rates if You’re a Freelance Writer from a Third-World Country
Apparently, many clients are under the impression that writers from Third-World or developing countries are article-spewing robots who run on gasoline, rather than living, breathing human beings who need to shell out money every day to survive.
How to Approach Book Publishers with Your Copywriting Services
You’ve established yourself with a few authors writing back cover copy, and you’re ready to approach publishers with your writing portfolio. Maybe you’d like to get your foot in the door with a few of the smaller presses so you can work your way up to the big leagues.
How I Broke into Freelance Writing Based on One Idea
Everyone has a story about how they began their freelance writing career. Learn how to do the same from the experiences of one successful writer.
How to Get Your Work Published in Reputable Magazines
Breaking into reputable magazines doesn’t require a secret power or any sort of special list. What it does require is planning, executing and being aware of what your targeted magazine needs are, outside of their printed guidelines. Learn how to break into magazine writing with this article.
The Golden Opportunity of Advertising Yourself for Free You’re Missing
Did you know each time you pitch, you have a golden opportunity to advertise yourself for free? It’s your bio- your verbal selfie, a few sentences about yourself that accompany your article and give editors and readers a glimpse of the person behind the product.
How Freelance Writers Can Generate More Assignments from Past Editors
Connecting with editors from your past leaves the door open for future assignments and referrals to other publications. Learn these top tips on how to reconnect with past editors.
Can You Be a Freelance Food Writer and a Vegetarian?
Are you an aspiring food writer, but fear being vegetarian will hold you back? It definitely can be done, as one writer explains.
Freelance Writing for the Christian Market
Do you write only for secular publications but are looking for new markets to tap into? The more markets you have to write the better your income can be. Writing for the Christian market may be just what you are looking for.
Freelance Writing for Pet Magazines
Writing for a pet publication can a way to add to your portfolio and your pay packet. Learn all about the different publications and how to write for them.
Freelance Writing for Agriculture Trade Publications and Websites
Learn how to write for agriculture and farming trade publications and websites from a freelance writer who has been doing it for more than 12 years.
Freelance Writing for Pregnancy and Baby Magazines
The parenting writing niche is ripe with opportunity. Here are some useful tips to successfully approach pregnancy, baby, and parenting publications.
How Introverted Freelance Writers Can Ask For Referrals
It’s common knowledge that referrals are an effective way for freelancers to get new business. After all, it’s easier to sell your services to a potential client if they know someone who is already satisfied with your work. Clients who come to us via referrals tend to be easier to close than those we approach through cold emails and job applications.
Freelance Writing Clients: The Good vs. the Bad
I think most freelancers have some conception of what a bad client looks like – those of you who aren’t yet freelancers, imagine one. It probably exists. But what about the good ones?
Engage Your Video Game Readers with These Five Article Templates
As tough as it may seem to break into the freelance game journalism industry, an even more daunting task awaits you once you’ve managed to get yourself published: keeping your readers coming back for more.
Published on Page 1 or 100? Editors & Publishers Discuss the Importance of Article Placement in a Magazine
Recently the editor of a popular magazine accepted one of my stories for publication. She was full of kind words about it and how much she liked it. “In fact, we like your story so much,” she said, “that we want to put it in a more prominent position in our magazine.” After the first… Read more →
How to Conduct a Creative Writing Class for Children
It seemed fitting that I would teach a Creative Writing Class for Children, a summer program that I designed for motivated children ages eight to thirteen, here in a Big Ten university town. Amazingly, the class is quite effective with the huge age range. And much to my surprise, the oldest kids are not necessarily the best writers
Freelance Crowdfunding Success Stories: A new way to develop and launch your writing project
By now, we’ve all heard about Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and the countless niche Crowdfunding sites that allow regular people with unique ideas, whether they be technologic, social, or artistic, to reach new audiences, raise money, and develop their projects.
Learn How to Create Quality Website Content by Following Google’s Rules
When it comes to the Panda side of producing Google-happy content, avoid web content that is not original. As a writer, this includes spinning previously published content or duplicating articles that already exist.
Copy Editors: Use These 4 Tips to Communicate with Clients
While client education isn’t technically part of a copy editor’s job, working with clients who have a firm grasp of the scope of work, and the value of that work, tends to translate into projects that don’t raise my blood pressure and that do blossom into repeat assignments
Breaking into the SEO Writing Industry
Many writers have freelance success by finding the right niche. If you haven’t considered your own writing niche yet, one modern industry to consider is SEO writing. Search engine optimization is crucial to any website’s presence, visibility, and outreach
How to Choose the Perfect Freelance Copywriting Niche
I’ve worked with hundreds of successful freelance writers over my 16 years as Executive Director of American Writers & Artists Inc. One thing these success stories have in common is this: they decided to focus on a specific industry or niche.
Breaking into New Markets with your Freelance Writing
One of the first articles I had published by a print magazine was a genealogy piece about an unusual quest to find a long lost relative in Ancestry Magazine. Had I known back then that magazines often paid more when photos or other graphics were submitted, I would have been paid even more
4 Ways Self-Publishing on Amazon is a Great Content Marketing and Lead Generation Opportunity
Self-publishing on Amazon is like putting an infinite number of your books in the center of the world’s largest bookstore. Amazon is like a miniature search engine. Except it’s less competitive than Google. It’s become cheaper and easier than ever to start a blog, making it harder to get the attention
The Best Times to Apply for Freelance Writing Jobs
When you first start freelancing, it can be hard to get your foot in the door. All the jobs seem to be taken as soon as you hit, apply and you still have to scour the Internet trying to find other opportunities. By learning when sites refresh or when new jobs are posted, you have a better chance of being one of the first applicants, and a better chance of landing the job.
Want to work in TV News? Embrace Backpack Journalism
If you’re falling asleep each night to dreams of TV news stardom, you need to pick up the skills involved with ‘Backpack Journalism’.