It’s hard to turn down a freelance opportunity. However, there are times when that “opportunity” really isn’t. Not too long ago, I wrote an article for the Plutus Awards website about the 10 things I’d do if I were starting out as a freelancer today. It was a fun article to write, since this year …
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One of the most common questions I receive from fellow freelancers is whether or not they should ghostwrite for clients. For many writers, it goes sorely against the grain to let someone else take the credit for their work. With this in mind, it’s not much of a surprise that a number of them ask …
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It’s always tempting to earn an extra buck. As a freelancer with a growing client base, you’ll run into people who want you to insert links. But should you? At one point in my career, I wrote for more than 20 blogs. As a result, a number of marketing types asked me regularly if I …
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Anymore, social media promotion is a big part of online freelance writing. But how much should you do for a client? One of the reasons that some of my clients hire me for their online freelance writing needs is due to the fact that I have a decent enough network, and I have 10,000 Twitter …
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There’s been a shift in my professional blogging strategy. I’ve been moving back toward corporate clients. When I first started my professional blogging journey in 2005 (yes, this is my 10th year as a blogger), I worked with corporate clients. Blogging was just emerging as a potential way to reach online audiences, and companies were paying very …
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Are you being asked to do more in order to keep up with Google’s “new normal”? This week’s online freelance writing tidbits video is all about how you shouldn’t balk at asking for more money. When I first started providing online content in 2005, a “standard” blog post was 250 to 300 words long. That …
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