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Spend Money to Make Money

I’m not a big fan of spending much money to get a business off the ground, at least when it comes to freelance writing. There really aren’t that many expenses that are actually necessary before you’ve been up and running for a while. Just the same, there are a few cases in which it is [...]

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Professional Email Addresses: A Must Have

Most of the emails I get these days from other freelancers come from good email addresses. There’s not a lot of 2cute4u@email.com sorts of addresses flooding my inbox lately. My spam folder is, of course, another story. I’m glad to see that more and more freelancers are using some sort of email address that involves [...]

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5 Things Every Writer Needs On Her Website

On Monday, I mentioned in passing a few characteristics necessary for a good writer’s business card. I’d like to follow that up by mentioning a few things that every writer absolutely must have on his or her website. At least three examples of past work: I make a point of linking to all my past [...]

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The New Shop

You may have noticed the new shop on the sidebar. I’m experimenting a bit with making this site self-sufficient, without adding advertising. For right now, most of the shop’s offerings are t-shirts, but I’m also working on a few other projects that I think y’all will find useful. Please let me know what you think.

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A Marketing Question

As a freelance writer, what has been your best marketing tool? A website? A podcast? A book? Please tell me in the comments. For me, the best marketing tool I’ve found is this blog. Its usefulness has not necessarily been its readership — although I really do enjoy writing for fellow freelancers! Instead, the fact [...]

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7 Items Your Website Should Include

I know there are plenty of freelance writers out there without websites, but it’s one step that I consistently recommend that writers take if they’re serious about their work. Not only is a website a key marketing tool, but it can also streamline your querying process and help you save time. Even a free blog [...]

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Blogging: A Practical Pursuit for Freelancers

A freelance writer can only spend so many hours a day before she has to eat or sleep. Why should you, as a writer, take time away from your freelance writing business to blog? After all, most bloggers make minimal money off of their work — if a blogger relies on Google AdSense, she’s literally [...]

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Location Can Matter For Freelance Writers

I know that one of the benefits of a freelance writing career is the fact that location doesn’t seem to matter. After all, you can interview subjects over the phone, email in articles and work on a laptop at some nice little cafe. But the fact is that location can matter — familiarity with an [...]

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MySpace for Writers

If I run across something several times in a week, I kind of consider it an omen that I need to talk about the topic. In the past week, I’ve run across several writers who use MySpace pages as their personal websites. I think maintaining a MySpace page can be very valuable, especially if you [...]

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You’re a writer — you need a website

Yesterday, I posted a bit about the direction I want this blog to head in. I also mentioned that I consider this blog sort of a personal portfolio. It is also the focus of my online presence. And if you don’t think that every writer needs some kind of online presence, well, sit down and [...]

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