Get Paid To Write OnlineGet Paid To Write OnlineSharon Hurley Hall's mentoring blog for freelance writers answers questions about building, managing and promoting a freelance writing career. It includes information on writing, promotion, blogging, publishing and ghostwriting as well as writing ski 
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Why I Love Working At Home
2008-06-10 18:01:00 I was tagged by Dana to list the reasons why I love working at home. Way back in another life, I worked as a journalist in an office. Then I worked as a journalism tutor in another office. Then I traded them both for a home office, and I’ve never regretted it. Here’s why: I don’t ... More About: Love , Home , Working
Promotion Is Free - Social Bookmarking
2008-06-09 23:08:00 Social bookmarking is another free self promotion technique that writers can use effectively. It’s also an excellent way of keeping track of your writing research, though I won’t say much about that here. If you’re interested I wrote a post on Why Writers Should Use Social Bookmarking which explains that function in more detail. So, ... More About: Social , Promotion , Free
Promotion Is Free - Article Marketing
2008-06-06 23:27:00 I can’t talk about promotion without mentioning one of my favorite ways to promote - through article marketing. I’ve heard people criticize it, but I have found it an effective and free way to promote my writing services. The only investment you need to get started is the time it takes you to write an ... More About: Marketing , Promotion , Article Marketing , Article , Free
Promotion Is Free - Forums
2008-06-05 14:16:00 Once you’ve got a virtual shop window for your writing services, it’s time to let people know it’s there. One effective way you can promote yourself is to use forums. There are thousands of forums on any topic you can imagine, so it won’t be hard to find one. As a writer, you can choose ... More About: Promotion , Free , Forums
Promotion Is Free - A Web Presence
2008-06-04 12:43:00 One of the first things to address when promoting yourself as a freelance writer is having somewhere where people can find you. These days, that means having a web presence - and that doesn’t have to cost you anything. My preferred method is to get a blog, because you don’t have to mess around with ... More About: Promotion , Free , Presence
Promotion Is Free - New Series
2008-06-03 17:48:00 I often get questions from new writers about how to get the word out that they are there and available for writing work. This topic has been coming up a lot recently, so even though it’s been covered before, I thought it was time to revisit it. From my experience, when you’re starting out as a ... More About: Promotion , Series , Free
May?s Most Wanted
2008-06-03 02:03:00 I’ve been making a few changes on Get Paid To Write Online, and the fun isn’t over yet. For some time now I’ve thought that the blog needs a facelift, and you’ve probably noticed a couple of theme changes in the last month. I’ve actually been searching for the perfect theme (one that will do ... More About: Wanted , Most Wanted
Posts On Writing May 2008
2008-05-31 18:25:00 I’ve found a lot of great posts on writing this month. Here are a few that I’d like to share. Let me start with blogging. Chris Garrett gave some valuable (pardon the pun) advice on how to get more value from your site, citing the importance of building relationships in your online life. One key ... More About: Writing , On Writing , Posts , 2008
Top 60 Blogs For Writers - We?re At No 8
2008-05-31 13:29:00 It’s always nice to be recognized, so it was a nice surprise yesterday when I found that Get Paid To Write Online had been named as one of ProFreelancing’s Top 60 Blogs For Writers . We’re in at number 8, which is pretty good considering the company we’re keeping. The list is divided into blogs about ...
Three Reasons Why Freelance Writing Rocks
2008-05-30 13:04:00 Believe it or not, this started as a tweet, after a particularly good day. I was having one of those moments when I was in love with the freelance writing life, and I started thinking about what made it special. Putting that into 140 characters didn’t seem quite enough, so I decided to expand on ... More About: Writing , Freelance , Reasons , Rocks
Tips for Slowly Building a Freelance Writing Career
2008-05-29 12:12:00 Today’s guest blogger is Chris Bibey of ChrisBlogging, which I reviewed on this blog last year. If you are interested in becoming a freelance writer, you should keep in mind that slow and steady is just as good as fast and furious. In other words, you do not have to be in a huge rush to ... More About: Building , Writing , Tips , Freelance , Career
How To Find Success With Elance
2008-05-27 14:15:00 Today, I’m happy to welcome Kerrie Spencer as a guest blogger. I’ve worked with Kerrie for a couple of years, and lately she’s been finding success with Elance, something that has eluded me despite success on other bidding sites. I asked her to share her secrets. I’ve talked to a lot of writers who have nothing ... More About: Success , Find
How To Work With Other Writers
2008-05-23 14:40:00 It happens to all freelance writers at some time. Since writers always have to plan ahead to manage their workload, they may find that a rush job comes in to disturb their well organised schedule. For example, an established client may need something in a hurry, and you may not want to refuse because it’s ... More About: Work , Writers
Self Promotion: What?s The Point?
2008-05-22 18:13:00 If you’re working as a freelance writer, then you should be promoting yourself. You might wonder whether you have the time and money to undertake promotional activity, and whether there’s any point. I can tell you, from my own experience, that there IS a point. Promoting yourself will help you to attract new clients for ... More About: Promotion , Point
Freelance Does Not Mean Free
2008-05-20 15:12:00 This may turn into a rant. Yesterday, I submitted a bid for some work. I took my time over it, addressing all the points in the client’s project outline. The client wanted a blogger to produce posts of a certain length, and I quoted him my normal rate for that. The next communication I received ... More About: Free , Freelance
Why A Real Writer Is Irreplaceable
2008-05-18 20:13:00 The other day, I came across a piece of software that is an article spinner and rewriter - online. Did I feel threatened? Did I heck. No piece of software can replace a real writer. Here’s what real writers do that pieces of software don’t: They read, so they are always up to date with changing ... More About: Real , Writer , Irreplaceable
Making Writing Clients Happy
2008-05-17 19:29:00 I love it when my writing clients are happy. Usually I know because they send me effusive emails saying that I have captured exactly what they needed. I get a lot of those. (Lest you think I’m big headed, I also have several clients who simply pay up without comment.) This week was a first, ... More About: Writing , Happy , Clients
Freelancing Gold: Referrals And Repeats
2008-05-16 18:02:00 Last night, a client I hadn’t heard from in just over a year emailed me to ask about rates for a new job. This is not the first time this has happened. I get a lot of repeat business from old clients and a few referrals as well. This is a gold mine for the ... More About: Gold , Freelancing
Quiet Rebel Writer Review
2008-05-15 14:43:00 I love discovering new freelance writing blogs and one of the blogs I’ve discovered recently is Quiet Rebel Writer . The rebel writer is Amy Lillard, who says: Writers have to be rebels. We have to take the idea of normal and turn it on its head. We have to examine the status quo and the world ... More About: Review , Features
How To Crack Your Own Whip As A Freelance Writer
2008-05-14 16:12:00 I was chatting to someone on Twitter the other day. One of the topics of conversation was motivating yourself to keep on working. I made the point that when you work for yourself you have to crack your own whip. I immediately began to think about what that actually meant. When you’re a self-employed ... More About: Freelance , Crack , Writer , Whip
Promotion Tip: RSSHugger
2008-05-09 01:29:00 You can file this under ‘things I didn’t do when I should have’. I heard about RSSHugger months ago and somehow I never got around to signing up. The premise is simple. For the price of a review on your blog, you get a page where you can promote your RSS feed and your blog. ... More About: Promotion
Getting Out Of The Time Warp
2008-05-07 15:01:00 Does this ever happen to you? Sometimes you are confidently going along, thinking that everything is under control, when all of a sudden an unwelcome thought snakes its way to the forefront of your consciousness. Although you don’t really want to believe it, you suddenly realise that you have forgotten something important. I have to ... More About: Time , Warp , The Time
WhiteSmoke Review
2008-05-06 14:04:00 I must admit to being intrigued the first time I saw an ad for WhiteSmoke software. The idea was simple - this was a piece of software that would improve your written work. Now, you all know how I feel about Microsoft Word - the spelling and grammar check just don’t cut it. so ... More About: Review
Balance Revisited
2008-05-02 14:54:00 Many of us try to balance our home lives with our freelance writing careers and most of the time we succeed. We manage to get breakfast for children and get them off to school, talk to clients, meet deadlines, collect children, supervise homework and tuck them up in bed. All without breaking a sweat (most ... More About: Balance
Don?t Count Your Chickens
2008-04-28 19:15:00 How many times have you been in this situation? You’ve talked to a potential client, who is enthusiastic about your services and promises to hire you. You sit back in your office chair, feeling smug about having landed another job and rearrange your diary to make space for this lucrative new commission. Then … nothing. ... More About: Features , Count
Posts On Writing April 2008
2008-04-26 00:46:00 I haven’t been quite as rigorous in collecting posts in the last month. That was in part due to blog woes, to an unexpected trip and to switching back to Google Reader after a three month flirtation with Netvibes. However, I have found time to stop off at a few favourite (and new) sites. Here ... More About: Writing , April , On Writing , Posts , 2008
Making Freelancing Personal
2008-04-23 16:36:00 What’s your online personality? Do people really get a good idea of who you are from your site, blog and interactions in the blogosphere? I don’t often have face to face meetings any more. I talk to most of my clients by email, IM or Skype. That has to be enough to ... More About: Personal , Freelancing
Sick Of Churnalism?
2008-04-22 18:54:00 Are you sick of churn? Of news stories that have no new information, but simply rehash the other stuff that’s out there? Then you might enjoy this new site that is dedicated to rooting out churnalsm. The Churner Prize highlights the best examples of rehashing and outright copying on the internet. Run by several journalists (though ... More About: Sick
Anti Plagiarism Tools
2008-04-21 18:46:00 Everyone’s heard of Copyscape, the super duper plagiarism detection tool. Sometimes it’s the bane of our lives (like when clients who pay 1 cent a word want you to check every article on Copyscape even though you KNOW that you never plagiarise). At other times, it’s a useful tool, such as when you’ve subbed out ... More About: Tools , Plagiarism , Anti
Querying And Bidding Strategies
More articles from this author:2008-04-18 12:14:00 A post from Allena Tapia made me think more about the process of querying for freelance writing work. The post outlined all the stuff that writers sell to editors along with their idea when they pitch to a magazine. At the end of the post, Allena asked three questions: How long do you spend on a ... More About: Strategies , Bidding 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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