If you were to ask ten different freelancers what the most important aspect of their business was you’d likely get ten different answers.
Some might say customer service while other would say meeting deadlines. While those are both certainly important, they can’t trump the most important part of ANY business: Marketing.
ABM=Always Be Marketing
Put that up over […]
Bob Bly has a startling article on his blog about how students view cutting and pasting material found on the web to use in their reports.
Is there anyone out there who doesn’t think that this trend will not only continue, but eventually become standard, accepted practice?
So you’re a new writer looking to start a freelance career. Problem is: You have no samples and - in order to get work - you need them.
How do you go about getting good clips when you haven’t had any experience yet?
Fake it.
No matter what market you’re aiming at, there are plenty of opportunities for […]
Video killed the radio star and now it looks like cell phone novels are poised to take on novelists.
From the New York Times’ web site comes a story about how novels written on a cell phone are making their mark in Japan.
From the report:
One such star, a 21-year-old woman named Rin, wrote “If You” over […]
Whether you’re just starting out as a freelancer, or wanting to take your business to the next level, I recommend that you purchase a little e-book written by Christine O’ Kelly, aka, the Self Made Chick.
As someone who has worked her way up from the trenches, she lays out some real-world tips and advice for […]
A recent article over at editorandpublisher.com says that many journalists are planning on leaving the field due to burnout. This isn’t really surprising considering the dismal state of the newspaper industry, but it got me to thinking about how easy it is to get burned out no matter what field you’re in - especially being […]
I didn’t know these two sites existed so I thought I’d pass them along to you. There are quite a few opportunities for creative writers, copywriters and journalists. Most seem to be ‘regular’ jobs, but it’s always worth it to pitch your freelance services to companies that use writers for those times when they simply […]
I recently had an e-mail exchange with a very talented graphic designer where we talked about certain business practices that we both employ.
Specifically, we have our standard rates, but are also open to the possibility of adjusting those rates to accommodate clients who have tight budgets, but still want quality writing. My designer friend wondered […]
One benefit of the writers’ strike is that more attention is being paid to copyrights, compensation and how it all relates to the web.
When you’re working on a project for a client one of the questions you have to start asking is: “What rights am I granting to the client?”
Most freelancers have some kind of […]
Dina Giolitto from Wordfeeder posted a good article awhile back that pretty much nails down what I was trying to get at in my last post.
Read it here.
