June 2010

Review Copies: What to Do With Them After You’ve Written the Review

One of the perks of writing articles for various publications is that you can wind up with review products. If you write about cooking, you can wind up with pots and pans. If you write about technology, you can wind up with software. And if you write about anything, well… through review copies, I’ve learned [...]

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Review: 73 Ways to Fire Up (or Just Fire) the Muse

I write a lot. There are weeks when I feel like I do absolutely nothing beyond dream up new article ideas and then write them. That can be a bit wearing and I can’t afford writer’s block. To combat creative fatigue, I’m always on the look out for a little inspiration. Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen’s ebook, 73 [...]

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Ask Me Anything: Organizing Teams

Julie Rains asks, How to organize teams with social media and technical expertise? As freelancers, we often work on teams. It’s not out of the question that we’ll wind up putting together and leading our own teams. As a writer, it’s not uncommon to have a client bring you a project that may need some [...]

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3 Things That Are Wrong with Content Mills, and 3 That Might Just Be Right

I don’t write for content mills (or sites that I consider to be on par with content mills). That means sites that just crank out content on every imaginable subject, typically hoping to make some money by putting ads next to articles that have been optimized for certain keywords. I did write for such sites [...]

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Review: The Wealthy Freelancer

When I first received a review copy of The Wealthy Freelancer, by Ed Gandia, Pete Savage and Steve Slaunwhite, I have to admit that I could have been a little more excited. I’ve seen plenty of ‘get rich quick’ schemes targeted at freelance writers and the book’s cover made me wonder a little bit: it’s [...]

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