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Just Remember, There is a Chicken Magazine

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I like to go to bookstores and browse through magazines. I get new ideas for articles, find new markets and even occasionally find something I want to read. Recently I saw Chicken Magazine, which was dedicated to providing recipes on how to cook chicken. I came home and ran a search for ‘chicken magazine’ — [...]

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Day 10: Explore Your Niche

The other day, I saw a writer’s website which proclaimed that the writer in question specializes in writing about business, food, technology, books, media and general features. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that’s not specialization. That’s called generalization — and it can make your marketing harder to carry out. I’ve [...]

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You Can Be An Expert

When it comes to writing for money, it’s important to remember that experts always get paid more. If you can list off credentials, editors are more likely to bump you up to the higher end of their pay scale. If you can prove you know what you’re talking about, clients are happy to pay higher [...]

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Green: The Newest Writing Niche

There are so many ads, calls for submissions and editors outright begging for writers with a good understanding of the sustainability movement. Your average news writer can’t just shift gears into covering green stories and neither can your average business writer. That means this niche is perfect for exploitation by any freelance writer willing to [...]

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Single Niche Writing: Some Pros and Cons

Many writers limit themselves to a niche — a single topic or type of writing — for all of their work. There are plenty of benefits to this approach to the freelance business: A writer gets accustomed to their niche and can quickly complete assignments. A writer can also quickly build a solid reputation as [...]

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Alternative Income Streams: Consulting

You’re a freelance writer, right? What would any one ask you to consult about? A surprising number of things, actually. If a company is working on putting together some sort of publication, your knowledge might be worth a lot to them — after all, as a professional writer, one might expect you to be something [...]

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Finding your niche

I’ve written about creating your own niche before, and there are plenty of reasons to work within only a few niches, rather than writing about every topic — you can become an expert on a topic, become more familiar with the material, and potentially earn more money. But finding a niche can seem daunting. You [...]

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