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November 2007 Popular Posts
2007-12-02 11:00:00 Is It Time To Quit The Day Job?: For a lot of us, freelance writing starts out as something we do in our spare time. We write after doing a full day?s work, on evenings, weekends and holidays. We write because we must, because we feel an inner compulsion to see whether the thing we?ve ... More About: Popular , Posts , November , November 2007 , Pula
Writing Talk: November 2007
2007-12-02 01:36:00 I love spreading some link love, and there’s no better way to do it than to thank all the people who stopped by (many of you several times) to comment on Get Paid To Write Online during November . If there are people you don’t know, check out their blogs. There’s some great writing there. ... More About: Writing , Talk , November 2007
Meaty Article Writing And More
2007-12-01 11:00:00 How To Write A Meaty Article is the latest post on HopeWrites. It’s a meaty article itself, with lots of tips on getting the most out of the content that you write, including the list of article templates. It’s certainly worth reading. Also on my weekend reading list is Elance Alternatives For Ghostwriters. Elance has been ... More About: Writing
Is Your Writing Career In Danger?
2007-11-30 11:00:00 In What Is The Biggest Writing Career Danger ?, Dana Prince offers a timely warning to established freelance writers. Once we’ve got past the initial stages of taking any job, she says that it’s wise to avoid complacency or you could throw all your hard work away. Instead, Dana’s advice is to keep learning, keep applying ...
Are All Your Eggs In One Basket?
2007-11-29 15:11:00 Diversification is one of the secrets of a successful freelance writing career. When you find someone who will offer you work, it can be tempting to milk that lead for all it’s worth and do as much writing as possible for one client. While that may help in the short term, it’s a dangerous ... More About: Eggs , Basket , Bask
Lessons In Making Money Online
2007-11-28 11:00:00 A lot of people find my blog when they are looking to make money online. In fact, they want to know how to do it. While that’s not the main purpose of this blog, like many others I want my blogs and sites to serve three purposes. First, I want them to be useful to ... More About: Money , Online , Lessons
Grant Writing Advice
2007-11-26 22:07:00 The Write For Cash blog has an interesting article on Grant Writing and Proposal Writing. I often notice clients looking for this type of writing on Elance and Guru. If you are interested in getting into this type of writing, then be sure to check out this post for an intro to the kind of ... More About: Advice
Best Blogs For Writers
2007-11-26 22:03:00 Well, I am happy to say that get paid to write made the cut for the Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2007/2008. The winners will be announced in December and I can’t wait. There’s some very illustrious writing company in the shortlist, so I’m honored that this blog is there. Thanks to everyone who nominated ...
How To Create A Writing Portfolio
2007-11-26 11:05:00 As a freelance writer, one of the best ways to attract new writing work is to show off examples of work you’ve already done. When I started out in journalism, that meant rigorously collecting copies of every newspaper, newsletter, journal or magazine in which I had a bylined piece (and even, in the early days, ... More About: Writing , Portfolio , Create
Guide To Copyright For Writers
2007-11-23 14:05:00 We’ve all seen the ads where writers get offered peanuts for doing lots of work. In exchange for a paltry sum, they’re expected to sign away all rights to their work. If writers are working on a work for hire business, this is normal. But what about the other times, where you publish a bylined article, ... More About: Writers , Guide , Copyright , Guid
Paid To Blog Programs Roundup
2007-11-22 15:45:00 As you know, I’ve been doing reviews of paid to blog programs. However, sometimes you just want the lowdown on what you get paid and how much you have to write. That’s what I’ve provided in my guest post on PiggyBankPie. It’s called: Ten Paid To Blog Programs At A Glance. blogging, get paid to blog ... More About: Roundup
Thanksgiving Blessings For Writers
2007-11-22 13:50:00 If you hail from England, as I do, then it can be hard to get a handle on what Thanksgiving means to Americans, much less to write a suitable post about it. According to my sister, who lives in and loves Manhattan, Thanksgiving is bigger than Christmas, so I get that it’s a big deal. I ... More About: Blessings , Writers , Hank , Sings
Be Prepared
2007-11-22 11:00:00 You just never know what’s going to happen. One day, you’re merrily turning out a 1,000 word article on a topic you’re familiar with; the next, something happens to completely disrupt your routine. This could be: illness (yours or a family member’s) bereavement having relatives or friends in town In all of these cases, your carefully planned writing routine ... More About: Pare , Prep
PayU2Blog Review
2007-11-20 17:57:00 I’ve been blogging for PayU2Blog for some time now and this is the biggie. The payouts are at the low end - $5 a post - but the work is regular and plentiful, and no blogger could ask for more. When I started blogging with PayU2Blog, I got all my opps by email once a ... More About: Review
Where Did I Go Wrong?
2007-11-19 20:25:00 These days, it’s all about being positive. For freelance writers, it’s about talking up your writing skills and abilities and proclaiming your successes to the world. We don’t often like to talk about failure (ewww - who needs all that negativity to bring you down?) And yet … ignoring or burying our mistakes is ... More About: Wrong
Freelance Writing Rates
2007-11-18 17:23:00 Jennifer Mattern of AllFreelance Writing has a great article on Setting Freelance Writing Rates the Right Way. It?s easy for a freelance writer to say ?I earned $50,000 at my old day job and I got by fine, so I want to set a goal to earn the same amount from my freelance writing full-time.? What?s harder ...
November 2007 Linky Love
2007-11-18 13:01:00 When it comes to sharing linky love, I seem to be prone to excess. Sigh! Oh well, here are several posts that I thought were worth bookmarking in the first half of November . Most of them are about writing, ghostwriting and freelancing, but I also have an interest in blogging and making money online. 10 ... More About: Love , Linky , November 2007 , Inky
A Nice Bunch
2007-11-17 12:21:00 Now here’s a meme I really like - the Nice Award. I blushed when I read that FamilyFunandFaith thinks I’m nice. Who could ask for more? So now it’s my turn to pass it on. I think I’m supposed to choose one person, but I don’t think you can ever get enough nice, so I’m ...
Juggling Work and Life
2007-11-17 12:07:00 Thanks to the wonders of Google Alerts, I found this article on Top 7 Ways Successful Freelance Writers Juggle Work and Life . The writer talks about when it’s time to quit the day job and juggling among other strategies. I enjoyed reading it - hope you will too. freelance writing More About: Juggling
Time Management For Writers
2007-11-16 15:46:00 Managing time efficiently is one of the most important skills that a new freelance writer can learn. It’s not always easy to figure out how to balance the various tasks you have to do as a writer. In Three Ways To Improve Time Management , I suggest a few ways that you can be efficient in ... More About: Time Management , Writers
When Silence Is Golden
2007-11-15 13:57:00 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get discouraged when I send off queries and get no response. Even if you’re an experienced freelance writer, there’s no guarantee that the people offering the work will get back to you. But, as I’ve learned recently, just because you don’t hear anything it doesn’t mean that ... More About: Golden , Silence
Is It Time To Quit The Day Job?
2007-11-13 11:00:00 For a lot of us, freelance writing starts out as something we do in our spare time. We write after doing a full day’s work, on evenings, weekends and holidays. We write because we must, because we feel an inner compulsion to see whether the thing we’ve always loved can help us to earn a ... More About: Time , Quit
How To Work With A Ghostwriter
2007-11-12 14:36:00 How To Effectively Work With A Ghostwriter is the latest post by Hope Wilbanks. It’s a clear, concise checklist for clients wishing to hire ghostwriters. Hope’s five point summary tells clients what they need to do and provide to get the most from their relationship with a ghostwriter. I’ve sent clients emails that look very much like this list, and I think Hope has it exactly right. get paid to write, ghostwriting, writing
My Desk Is Broken
2007-11-11 18:05:00 My keyboard shelf is currently propped up against a wall. I’m typing with a keyboard on my lap. This takes me back to last year, when I moved into the house and was working under some unusual conditions. I’ve known this was coming for a while. The shelf has been hard to move and has ... More About: Desk , Broken
Writing Tips October 2007
2007-11-09 19:22:00 I have regular gig writing on Daily Writing Tips . I really enjoy doing the posts there, because I love writing about writing and about language. Here are the tips I wrote in October . Why We Need Paragraphs Spanish Loan Words 8 Proofreading Tips And Techniques Writing For Magazines How To Change Your Writing Style On The QT Four Tips For Successful Web ... More About: October 2007
Getting More Work From Existing Clients
2007-11-09 13:08:00 Ever wished you could keep getting work from the good clients you already have? Referral marketing is the name of the game for freelance writers and I show you how I do it in my latest guest post on Michael Stelzner’s Writing White Papers. It’s called: How To Get More Work From Existing Client s . blogging, get ...
Best Writing Blogs Competition
2007-11-08 13:41:00 Michael Stelzner of Writing White Papers, where I occasionally guest blog, is seeking nominations for the best blogs for writers. While there’s stiff competition for choosing the top ten, I would be tickled pink for this blog to be nominated. All you need to do is follow the instructions in this post. I only ... More About: Competition , Blogs
Where Writers And Editors Meet
2007-11-07 11:56:00 Today, I’m interviewing Darrell Laurant, of the Writer’s Bridge, a new service for writers: Q. Darrell, tell us a bit about your background. A. I’ve been a journalist for more than 30 years, working for newspapers in New York, South Carolina and now Virginia. I’ve also done a lot of freelancing, taught college courses in creative writing ... More About: Editors , Writers , Meet
How To Kill Your Blog
2007-11-06 13:34:00 If you are getting tired of blogging and want to make sure that your blog remains obscure and unknown, check out my latest post on PiggyBankPie: Five Ways To Kill Your Blog . Follow those tips and no one will read your blog - I promise. bloggingRelated PostsNo related posts
My Two Year Adsense Experiment
More articles from this author:2007-11-05 12:01:00 It’s been just over two years since I first signed up with Google Adsense . Like most people, when I first put Adsense on my first blog, I thought I would soon be earning large sums of money, but it didn’t happen. In fact, two years on, I’m still not making that much money on my ... More About: Experiment , Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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