In the last post we talked a little about how to set your rates by getting the facts regarding your living expenses.
Now, we’re going to discuss value, and what a writer is really worth.
I prefer to deal with tangibles, which is why I shy away from ideas like: “I’m not worth as much as a […]
I’m a thinker. I think all the time. I make plans and then change them an hour or a day later. Maybe I’m obsessive/compulsive, I don’t know. Sometimes it’s so frustrating because my brain never shuts off. Of course, when it does finally shut off, that’ll be the end, so I’m grateful for the activity.
Anyway, […]
The rates for your writing services must, first and foremost, be based on your cost of living.
Read that again and take it as gospel because everything else related to your rates is built upon that principle. To use any other method that doesn’t use this as the building block is taking your business down the […]
If you came to the site recently, only to find it down, you can blame it on Go Daddy. I tried to update my version of Wordpress through their site and…well, it wasn’t pretty.
Yes it’s late, but I can finally put it out there.
I’m going to be blogging twice a week over at phononline.com. Phon Online is a video sharing site started by author and entrepreneur Stephon Rudd. The site is operational now, but won’t officially launch until September 1st., when it’ll have a new design. (Just a […]
I was recently checking out a fellow writer’s blog and marveling over the amount of traffic he seemed to be getting. I admit, that I was a little jealous.
And then it occurred to me as I read through some of the comments: These readers are all other writers.
Why is that significant?
Because, while getting tons of […]
Because people get so much spam in their inboxes, the subject line in an e-mail is more important than a headline for an article. Even with a lackluster headline, many people still dip into the article’s body, become hooked, and continue reading. It’s a different story with e-mail, though. You have only one shot. If […]
Mike Sieber
Many freelance copywriters start their writing businesses while employed by someone else, and there are distinct advantages to doing it this way. For one, you get an opportunity to judge if the freelance writing business is your cup of tea while still drawing a paycheck. And then there’s the issue of health insurance being […]
Okay, I promised a big announcement yesterday and didn’t deliver. That’s because the big announcement up and went away. Big announcements do that fairly often in my life, especially when I announce that there’s going to be a big announcement. It must scare the big announcement when you do that - kinda like a […]
Tune in tomorrow for a big announcement that’s going to send shockwaves throughout the entire web.
