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26 Sep 07

How To Build Your Own Buzz

  • there is a way that you can raise your profile quickly and start to get the word out about your writing skills. Here are some of the ways to build your own buzz.
24 Sep 07

Reviewing ReviewMe

  • What I like about ReviewMe is that it’s easy to add your blog and you know immediately whether it’s been accepted or rejected. I also like the fact that they email you when someone wants to buy a review.

My Writing Calendar

  • There are some weeks when I have so much writing work that it’s hard to know how I will get through it all. It’s at times like those that I realise how important it is to have a plan for handling the writing jobs
20 Aug 07

How Have You Promoted Your Writing Today? : Get Paid to Write Online

  • Promoting your website or blog is the only way that people will be able to find you. I have seen it work for me. I promote in a variety of ways on a number of sites
29 Jun 07

GROW YOUR WRITING BUSINESS - For Freelance Writers Who Mean Business » Blog Archive » Freelance Writing Rates

  • Discussion about fair rates for freelance writing is always a hot topic. Here is an article by Angela Hoy which may be of interest for freelancers writing for both print and online markets. This article is reprinted here with permission. Please confirm details yourself for any markets you are interested in.


    June 06, 2007

    I have a confession to make. A couple of weeks ago, I looked up the rate of inflation over the past few years. I discovered that inflation has risen 20% since 2000. While we hadn’t raised our prices at Booklocker.com during all that time, we also hadn’t raised the rates we pay freelance writers at WritersWeekly.com. I was mortified and embarrassed. Why hasn’t anybody complained during all these years? We made an immediate decision.

08 Jun 07

How Freelance Writers can Build Web Writing Skills for Free

  • Writing for the webThe modern freelance writer has to be able to write web content, and
    that means making sure that your web content writing skills are up to
    par. Luckily, there's an easy way to do this. As a bonus, you can get
    your name in print, get paid to write and build a following. All you
    have to do is write reviews.
16 May 07

How To Promote Your Way To Freelance Writing Success

  • As a freelance writer there are two key elements of success. One of those is
    your freelance writing skill. The other is letting people know you are there,
    through promotion.
09 May 07

Blueprint For The Best Mom | Sharon’s Writing Lab

  • What makes a good mom? I always thought I knew, because I’ve been convinced for years that my mom was the best one around.

Time To Talk: How Good Interviews Lead To Good Articles

  • the secret of a successful article starts well before you put pen to
    paper or talk to someone – with the preparation for the interview.
06 May 07

Blog Law » 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know

  • While the Internet still retains some of the “wild wild west” feel, increasingly Internet activity, and particular blogging, is being shaped and governed by state and federal laws. For US bloggers in particular, blogging has become a veritable land mine of potential legal issues, and the situation isn’t helped by the fact that the law in this area is constantly in flux. In this article we highlight twelve of the most important US laws when it comes to blogging and provide some simple and straightforward tips for safely navigating them.
22 Apr 07

How To Promote Your Way To The Top Of Google - Part 3

  • One of the key aspects of getting search engines to notice your site is the authority your site gains from inbound links. These should not be any old links, but links that are relevant to your site content. And they should be deep links, to actual pages of content rather than just the home page.
09 Apr 07

How To Promote Your Way To The Top Of Google - Part 2

  • Blogging was the best decision I ever made. Not only was it good for traffic, but it was good for creativity and for showing new examples of my writing.
02 Apr 07

How To Promote Your Way To The Top Of Google – Part 1 | Sharon’s Writing Lab

  • Eighteen months ago I launched my freelance writing career. I set up a website and began the process of getting that site noticed so I would be the first port of call when people wanted freelance writing and ghostwriting. Along the way, I made some mistakes and I had some successes, but I kept going. And last week I did a search and found that I was top of Google for the keywords ‘freelance writing ghostwriting‘ (without the quotes). That proved to me that I must have done something right and I’m going to share with you the steps I took.
15 Mar 07

A Comprehensive Guide to Starting your Freelance Career at North x East

  • As a former freelancer myself and having employed more than a few, I have observed some of these hurdles firsthand. This article discusses some of the ins and outs of both freelancing and running a small business.
11 Mar 07

Writer Promotion Works

  • I'm not really into trumpet blowing, but I had to let you know that all the promotion works.
05 Mar 07

Why I Love My Writing Newsletter

  • I've really enjoyed doing the newsletter. I've been able to republish some useful articles and showcase articles and blog posts from other writers, many of them from right here on WritingUp. And the traffic building has become less important. I enjoy creating something useful. It has also become a way to connect with other writers and for them to find me. That means it works as a social, promotional and networking tool.
22 Feb 07

Four Secrets Of Freelance Writing

  • I've been freelancing for the last 18 months and I've been reasonably successful for the past nine months. This doesn't mean that I'm getting rich, but that I have managed to replace the salary I was earning as a part-time lecturer. In fact, now that I've cleared the overdraft I built up over nine months of earning a pittance, my account is in the black. During this time, I've learned a couple of things about freelance writing. I'm sharing those with you for whatever they're worth.
27 Jan 07

Web Promotion Strategies

  • In the space of a year, I took my website from invisibility to a respectable amount of traffic - more than 10,000 page views. People started finding my site and offering me jobs. The trouble is, I tried so many things that I'm not sure which one worked. Here's what I did. Maybe some of it will work for you too.
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