clients

A Few Experiments: Craigslist and Textbroker

I like to try things out for my business. That includes putting myself in the shoes of those people looking to hire someone to create content and other projects for them. Textbroker Let’s start out with the fact that I’m not a believer in the idea that you can get a great article written for [...]

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Don’t Blog About Places You Want to Get Hired

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Is there a client you’re trying to land, or even a day job that lets you use your writing skills? It may seem like an obvious rule, but you shouldn’t blog about those places, especially if you’re considering saying something less than pleasant. There’s the obvious chance that you’ll lose out on the deal to [...]

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When is it Okay to Outsource Writing Work

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There is no physical possible way for me to write every article that my clients bring to me. It certainly isn’t a bad problem to have — and it took plenty of marketing to get to this point — but I can’t bring myself to turn down work, even as I’m looking for ways to [...]

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Ask Me Anything: When Clients Delay Projects

An anonymous freelance writer asks, I’ve been writing for a website for over a year (technically). At the end of last year the site was being overhauled and apparently there was a huge hiccup that still hasn’t been resolved. I typically sent my articles in batches, and the site hasn’t been updated in several months. [...]

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Clients Who Want You to Pay to Get Paid

Earlier this month, Freelancers Union pointed to posts talking about NBC Universal and Time’s practice of asking freelancers to pay a portion of their invoices in order to get paid in a timely fashion. So, rather than waiting the typical 60 days to get paid by Time Inc., for example, you could let them take [...]

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Ask Me Anything: How Do You Know Which Clients Are For Real?

I’m working with a freelancer who’s absolutely new to the game: she’s just finishing up her first project and she asked me to coach her as she looks for more work. She’s been looking around online and she asked me a an absolutely crucial question: How do you know which companies are reputable? There are [...]

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