Stay Focused: 7 Best Productivity Apps for Freelance Writers
As a freelance writer, my livelihood relies solely on my ability to keep a clear head and stay on task. But each day is the same: I sit down to work – and I’m bombarded with distractions. The dog needs...
View ArticleTwitter Marketing for Freelancers: A Simple Strategy That Gets Big Results
If you love spending hours pitching prospects who never respond and look forward to all the legwork, this post probably isn’t for you. But if you’re like me, you secretly hope your marketing efforts...
View ArticleHow Freelancers Get Hired Online: The Essential To-Do List
It’s summer. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get terrific new freelance clients without having to do anything? Well, you can — if you know how freelancers get hired online. For starters, you need to...
View ArticleHow to Boost Your Freelance Writing Career With Live Tweeting
Ever heard of live-tweeting on Twitter? It’s a way to provide real-time coverage and commentary during a live event (conference, TV show, game, etc.) in 140 characters or less per tweet, using the...
View ArticleNeed Story Ideas? 20 Free Online Tools to Fire Up Your Brain
If you want to write for magazines, story ideas are your bread and butter. The days when big editorial staffs thought up most of the ideas and simply assigned them out to freelance writers are over....
View ArticleHow One Freelance Writer Found a $3,000 Gig — On Twitter
I thought Twitter was dead. I had pretty much abandoned it for the bright colors and changing landscape of Instagram. I mean, Instagram pretty much has a built-in Snapchat feature and allows for way...
View ArticleHow One Query Letter Got $6,000 in Assignments
It’s been nearly 6 years since this post was originally published — and it’s been one of my most popular ever. The need to write strong query letters has only grown in the years since, so I thought it...
View Article14 Buzz-Generating Tips for Writers to Crush Social Media Marketing
You don’t have to be a digital genius to know social media marketing can generate a lot of buzz. But does it work for freelance writing? Think about it this way. Right now there’s an estimated 2.5...
View ArticleMagazine Editors on Twitter: 20 to Know + Tips to Connect
Magazine editors can seem so unapproachable. Am I right? You send them a query, and nothing. But there’s one place where many editors seem to be easier to connect with: Twitter. As someone who once got...
View ArticleCelebrity Interview Secrets: 7 Strategies for Writers to Score a Meeting
It can be one of the most enjoyable assignments in journalism…the celebrity interview. You interview movie stars, music artists, or politicians. Or maybe your jams is magicians, authors, dancers, or...
View ArticleContent Marketing or Just Blogging? 10 Big Ways They’re Different
Content marketing is such a buzzphrase these days. And I meet a lot of bloggers who say, “Yeah, I’m doing content marketing.” But often, when I look at their blog, I can tell right away that they’re...
View ArticleTo Become a Successful Freelance Writer, Start Here
Far and away the question I get most often on this blog is how to become a freelance writer. There are so many things you could do first off. Which is the right one? But here’s what troubles me: Often,...
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