TweetIf you’ve been following along in this marketing series, you know that we have covered a lot of ground. We talked networking, cold calling, and warm emailing. We went over query letters, p...
TweetI got one freelance writing question this month that kind of threw me. It was about giving up. Jennifer wrote to me: Is there a point when a writer should “throw in the towel” so to ...
TweetWe were supposed to eat at my best friend Linda’s favorite Vietnamese pho noodle shop. But she’d got her blood work back, and it showed her liver was failing. So instead, I grabbed s...
TweetWriters are always asking me if I can tell them the one, best way to market their writing. More exactly, you’d like to know the one, easiest, low-cost, and most effective way to market you...
TweetDoes trying to make it as a freelance writer seem overwhelming sometimes? I hear that a lot. But today, I’m going to be real straight with you. Sometimes, I think it’s b.s. I think s...
Tweet By Linda Formichelli “I sent out five LOIs last week and I didn’t get any assignments!” “I have a really great travel query out there and I’m dying to hear back fr...
TweetIf you’ve been following along in this marketing series, you may be feeling a bit overwhelmed at this point. I know I’ve laid out a lot of different strategies for marketing your wri...
TweetRecently, I asked about what scares you. I wanted to know more about what is holding freelance writers back from achieving their goals and earning more. Boy, did I get an earful. More than 225 w...
TweetYou were so excited when you first met. A prospective new freelance writing client! The romance was on. You got all dressed up, headed into town, and met up. You were hoping it would be a brief ...
Tweet In last week’s installment of Marketing 101, we learned that the most effective way to do nearly any form of marketing is to get a personal introduction to the editor or marketing manager...
Tweetby Jennifer Carsen Regardless of what kind of writing you specialize in, there’s a lot to be learned from the world of advertising. After all, if you can’t get your name out there, and convince ...
TweetHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be a freelance writer for a big, brand-name company? You’d leave behind the feast-and-famine world of writing for small businesses with thei...
Tweet One writer recently asked me about how to reach out to trade publications and companies. Unlike magazines, where you pitch a story idea in a query letter, it’s hard to know what sorts of ...
TweetDo you know why it’s hard for so many new writers to get good-paying gigs? It has to do with how the bottom rung of the freelance-writing ladder has changed. Often, writers are missing a s...
TweetHere’s something that happens to most freelance writers, early on in their career: You’re out there, sending query letters or pitching companies your marketing writing help. And fina...
Tweet Yes, freelance writers have a lot of questions. Like that one up in the headline, which I recently got. So it’s time for another installment of my freelance writers’ mailbag, which ...
TweetOne of the great things about being a freelance writer today is how easy — and potentially lucrative — it is to create our own products. No longer do a few gatekeepers hold writers&#...
Tweet Are there bloggers you admire, who make a full-time living from their blog? You may have wondered how they got where they are? Also, if there isn’t a way you could join them in the favore...
Tweet My mission with this blog is to encourage writers to find better-paying gigs. But sometimes, when it’s done strategically, doing free work can be a great marketing tool. The trick is bein...
TweetBy Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan If you’re a writer for whom the word “network” has only one meaning — and that’s when your connection to the server goes down — you’re missing out on s...
TweetDo you sometimes write blog posts that fail to get any comments? It could be the phlegm. What do I mean? Many bloggers start their posts in a rambling, roundabout way. Then, readers don’t ...
TweetDo you think all blog posts pay $10 or less? I can tell you it’s just not true. Personally, I’ve made as much as $300 a post. What makes the difference between low-rent blog pay and ...
TweetDo you worry about whether you’ll ever be able to retire from freelance writing? I got this question from a reader recently: After a 20+ year career in nonprofit fundraising I’ve bee...
TweetWould you like to see your writing published on the top blogs online? Today, I’ve got a tip on how to make that happen. I’ve been on both sides of this fence. I’ve queried blog...
Would you like to write for big, national magazines, or high-traffic websites? All you have to do is impress an editor. It’s not always easy to do. Most editors I know get a hundred or more pit...
Do you know what the best thing is about blogging? It’s that the Internet is a world without borders. Here, as a blog owner, I can create the sort of world I want. I don’t have to follow ...
By Danny Iny Writing a blog post isn’t enough. Sure, it’s nice to see your words published for the world to see, but that’s a hollow victory if the world isn’t interested. What you want is a blog pos...
Recently, I was reminded that many freelance writers are still new to social media. One Freelance Writers Den member commented that she was down on Twitter. Why? She had tweeted some writers’ s...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about freelance writers, it’s that you have a lot of questions. You’re worried about doing stuff wrong. You’re wondering how the whole ...
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