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Holidays and freelancing

Thanksgiving seems to have vanished before our eyes and Christmas is breathing down our backs. Now, we’ll be busy with friends, family and shopping. The holiday season often makes it difficult to focus on our work and stay on track. However, there are some things that you can do to make sure that your holiday’s don’t spell disaster for your freelancing work. Here are some simple ideas that are easily implemented and can help you survive the holiday season. Don’t accept too much work – This may sounds simple but it’s not really as cut and dried as you might...

I have bragged about how much I love Internet Brands, it was a steady source of revenue for me for quite some time. Unfortunately, client work took me away from the site for a long period of time. With less client work and fewer content sites paying decent money, I decided to try going back. Unfortunately, since I was “gone” for a long time, I had to “reapply” which was fine with me. Hold onto your seats though, it wasn’t all that easy! When I originally applied for Internet Brands, I had to submit a writing sample that covered the...

A while back, I published an update on writing for Seed. However, it’s time for another update! As earning abilities have dried up on other sites, like most writers, I’ve gone back to some of my “old haunts”. One of them was Seed. However, when I logged in I was surprised to see not a single item available and I had a blurb that had been there since January of 2011 so I decided to email. I was informed that “Seed” as we know it, no longer existed but, that “Seed II” was being launched and if I was...

We have all had slow days where there does not seem to be enough work to keep us busy and help us stay focused. However, there is no need to allow those days to go to waste. For a freelancer, having a free day can be a bonus – having a slow day can be even better. One of the many challenges of freelancing is that we must do our own marketing and promote our own work. It is not always easy to create and work on a marketing plan when we are incredibly busy trying to meet deadlines and...

There is constantly a need to put out articles and blog posts. The challenge becomes one of quality versus quantity. Quantity helps you gain search engine recognition with additional ease while quality can assure that you continue to get readers. It is not uncommon to find people who feel that the most important thing is updating their blog on a regular basis regardless of the quality of what they are writing. All too often, people fill their blog with information that has little or no value to readers. One of the ways this is done is by filling a blog...

One of the best things about being a freelance writer is the number of options that are available. Not only can you basically start a freelance writing business on a shoestring, but, there are several ways for you to pursue earnings. Here are a few options (none of which will make you rich overnight) that you can consider as a freelance writer. Online marketplaces Of course, most freelance writers will use one or more freelance marketplaces for their client base. This is a great way to get started and can help build your reputation. Each marketplace has their good features and...

Tired of having to pander to a client base? Tired of 10 hours this week and 1 next week? Why not consider breaking free of the client trap and striking out on your own?

Getting Serious About Your Writing Career

We have all been in the position of whining about low rates, non paying clients, slow paying clients and crappy clients. However, freelance writers do have options. If you are one of the thousands of freelance writers who is simply tired of searching out new clients, tired of the same blogs day after day, perhaps it’s time that you put some time and energy into exploring other options. Do not get me wrong. If you are happy doing what you are doing, then please continue doing it! This is for those freelancers who wish to break the binds that are...

With the number of work at home scams that are out there, it’s a wonder that anyone dares to attempt to work at home. However, this doesn’t have to be true, there are several legitimate ways to earn money at home and not wind up wishing that you hadn’t dropped your last $100 on a get rich quick scheme. As you will quickly find out, I’m not a fan of multi-level marketing (been there, done that) and Affiliate Marketing is in my opinion one of the biggest rackets out there. Let me clarify what I mean about affiliate marketing. I’m...

Recently I had reason to comment on a forum about something that I believe falls into the category of ethics and morals when it comes to freelancing. This is not the first time that I have come under fire for this type of comment, I have a very strong objection to people who are trying to game any type of system and more of a problem when people are trying to game a client. Here are two distinctly separate issues that I have encountered recently. My Children Are Old Enough To Help Me This sets me off in so many ways...

HootSuite has always offered their users a free platform that was great for those who were just starting out at Twitter. They offered users the ability to create streams to multiple accounts, quickly sort into lists, see statistics for click through data and also create RSS feeds up to ten feeds to go with the main HootSuite account. On August 11, 2010, HootSuite began offering “Freemium” Services. For the casual user, or a user who has no more than five (5) accounts to manage, there is still a free option available. However, this new “free” part of HootSuite will only...

Ignorance is no excuse – neither is disagreeing

This is starting to feel like I’m ranting and raving about the same thing over and over again, and maybe I am. It seems like no matter where I visit these days, I find people complaining. Clients complaining about paying for hourly assignments that they do not think were done well, people complaining about a writing site editing their work, people complaining about not being able to do things they think are important. Freelancers complaining about not getting paid for work that was not guaranteed under the terms of agreement. Most of these things are well laid out...

I cannot be the only person tired of spam comments on my blog!

A Matter of Respect – Your Peers and Clients

Funny thing happened to me this week as I was reviewing blog posts, forum posts and articles written by other people. I spotted a theme – and that theme was “respect”. But, not respect in the manner you would think of, you know the type I mean, the kind that you actually EARN. Yes, a totally different breed of respect. There is a funny thing about respect – you earn it by working hard, by meeting your obligations and by helping people along the line when possible. Respect cannot be demanded, it must be earned. Respecting someones position is...

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Holidays and freelancing

Writing Site Updates: Internet Brands

Writing Site Reviews: Seed Update II

Slow days – How to stay productive

Quality versus quantity

Freelance writing options

Rethink and Regroup

Getting Serious About Your Writing Career

Freelancing online

Freelancing and More|Ethics and Morals

Ignorance is no excuse – neither is disagreeing

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