January 2009

The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 53

We’ve got some interesting posts in this week’s carnival — I hope you enjoy reading them. If you’d like to submit a post or two for the 54th edition, you can do so at Blog Carnival. Kevin Dawson presents Case Study: Controversy in Marketing Part 1 posted at Kevin Dawson’s Copywriting & Traffic. Thursday Bram [...]

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Transparency: Do You Owe It To Your Clients?

In the next six months, I’ve got plenty of travel planned. There’s at least one month that I essentially just won’t be home. But I don’t think I’m going to tell my clients that fact. It’s not that I think my clients will care — it’s actually the opposite. I just don’t think any of [...]

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Taking Self-Publishing A Step Too Far

I’m rarely a fan of self-publishing. While it’s perfectly possible to make some solid money by arranging to publish a book on your own, that just isn’t what happens in most cases. Most of the time, authors wind up shelling out a lot of cash and time on a project they just can’t make money [...]

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Comment Response: Three Thoughts

I write for a lot of online markets: blogs, publications and other places that post articles. Most of the sites where my work is published allow comments — when they don’t outright request them. That means that there are a whole lot of responses to my writing out there that I have to decide whether [...]

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The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 52

I’m proud to present the latest edition of the Business of Freelance Writing Carnival! If you’d like to submit a post or two for the 53rd edition, you can do so at Blog Carnival. Trisha Wagner presents What I’ve Learned About Working From Home posted at Empowering Mom Blog. john c erianne presents 10 Things [...]

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Twitter: The Freelance Writer’s New Best Friend — Part Two

In Part One of Twitter: The Freelance Writer’s New Best Friend, I talked about the usefulness of Twitter in finding sources and stories. But what if you’re more focused on finding work? Even if you’ve got a huge stack of story ideas and sources to interview, a writing career isn’t about to go anywhere without [...]

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Twitter: The Freelance Writer’s New Best Friend — Part One

My social networking site of choice is Twitter. I’m active on more than a few other sites, but I keep Twitter open pretty much all the time. I post updates to it regularly — and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s an impressive tool in any writer’s arsenal. Hopefully, you’ve already spent some time [...]

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Want to Sell a Story Twice? Slant It!

The past couple of days have been full of news about US Airways 1549 — the flight that abruptly landed in the Hudson River. But what’s interesting is how different news sites have slanted the story. Take the example of Space.com, where the story starts out: The reported crash of a passenger jet in New [...]

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The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 51

I’m happy to present a new edition of the Business of Freelance Writing Carnival. If you’d like to submit a post or two for the 52nd edition, you can do so at Blog Carnival. DebbieDragon presents 11 Tips for a Successful Home-Based Business posted at Empowering Mom. Fiona Veitch Smith presents Copywriting: write to sell [...]

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Winner: “One Year to an Organized Life”

This took me a little a longer to get posted than I intended, but the winner is commenter 2: Prolific Programmer. One Year to an Organized Work Life: From Your Desk to Your Deadlines, the Week-by-Week Guide to Eliminating Office Stress for Good is available from Amazon, as well.

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