Freelance Writing Blog
Pitching article and story ideas to editors and getting published is the best thing you can do for your freelance writing career.
It’s not easy, but the rewards are well worth the effort.
It can be unnerving putting yourself out there, but it’s one way to grow as a writer.
If you’re ready but don’t know where to start, you can get basic tips from this article to help you out.
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Setting your freelance writing rate is probably one of the most important yet stressful experiences you will ever encounter.
How do you know if you’re charging enough? If your rates are too low?
These questions can send you on a constant loop of doubting and second-guessing. And that doesn’t always end well for you or your bank account.
Stop the confusion now and look at these six basic things to come up with a freelance writing rate that you can defend (if needed) and give you the income you need for a comfortable life.
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Being new to freelance writing can be an overwhelming and confusing time. There seem to be too many things you need to do and almost all of them are on the same level of urgency or importance.
Do you pitch to publications or build your website first? Do you need to have business cards printed before attending a networking event? What on earth do you put on your LinkedIn profile?
The questions go on and on.
While these are all important questions, there’s really one question you need to ask yourself if you want to find success as a freelance writer.
Have you been struggling with your freelance writing business?
Then maybe it’s time you stop looking for marketing strategies and try the one thing that works every time: start a blog.
There’s a lot of hype around making money from a blog, but that’s not the only reason why you should start one.
As a new freelance writer, blogging can be the best marketing strategy you can do — and the most effective one. Here’s why —
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Did you finally do it? Did you set up a WordPress website?
If you answered yes, then it means you can probably pull off the rest of the work on your own.
Unfortunately, installing WordPress is just the beginning of building a writer website. There’s more to do, but don’t get lost in the maze. It’s easy to get confused with all the things you need to learn about building a site with WordPress.
It’s not that complicated. You just need to take care of the important things first.
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It begins innocently enough. You turn on your computer to do something that will help boost your freelance writing game. You think: “I’m gonna stick to my writing schedule!”
Thirty minutes later, you’re clicking on cat videos. An hour passes by and you’re now buying things online. By noon, you look up and realize it’s time to make lunch.
You mentally punch yourself in the face for letting half the day go without doing anything productive. By the end of the day, you’re in a rush to get work done with the little time you have left.
This used to be me for a long time. Eventually, I learned that I kept getting sidetracked because there was no one to tell me what to do. I thought, “Where’s a bossy boss when you need one?” You know — the kind of boss who makes you jump in your seat when he hovers behind you?
Nope. The beauty and curse of freelancing is that you don’t have a boss. While that’s generally a good thing, it can be a bad thing when it comes to being productive.
So what’s an easily-distracted freelancer to do?
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