I don’t promote myself or my freelancing business very well. But I’m looking for ways to get better. One of the issues I have, at least according to some of my freelancer and online business friends, is that I don’t do enough to self-promote. Sure, I tweet what I write and try to share my …
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When should you stick to your freelance rates? And when should you relax a little bit? Every now and then, a freelance writer has to take stock of the situation. A client might cut back on how much work they send you. They might even decide to outsource your tasks to AI. When you hit …
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Freelance writing and journalism have a lot of similarities, even if it’s not a perfect correlation. One way you can enhance your writing is to use the 5 Ws (and how). Because I graduated from journalism school, much of my technique focuses on what I learned while working on my MA at Syracuse. From the …
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If you’re being asked to do more work, it makes sense to start asking for more money. In the wonderful world of freelancing, you are sometimes asked to make revisions. Normally, this doesn’t bother me. You make some adjustments to the work, and you move on. On two occasions, I even did complete rewrites. Mainly …
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Are you interested in self-publishing a book? Here’s what you need to know about the mechanics of making it happen. Several years ago, I self-published a book (you can get the second edition, released in 2022, on Amazon). It was my third book, and my first attempt at self-publishing a book. Overall, I enjoyed the process …
You must decide whether to write about general topics vs. niche-focused writing as a freelance writer. I am asked quite frequently whether it makes more sense as a freelancer to write about a niche or whether you should try to broaden your appeal so that you can write more general articles. While I prefer niche …
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