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Content Writing Jobs: 10 Handy Places to Get Hired Online

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Handy Places to Find Content Writing Jobs. Makealivingwriting.com

What’s in your toolbox to build your freelance business and find content writing jobs?

Ask your network. Send cold-pitch emails. Make phone calls. Try direct mail. Connect with agencies. Marketing is the name of the game, especially when you’re starting out.

These are proven marketing strategies to find prospects and get hired for content writing jobs. The more prospects you reach out to, the closer you get to your goals to move up, earn more, and make a living writing.

Looking for another way to find freelance work?

It’s no secret that trolling Craigslist for content writing jobs or putting all your bets on Upwork to find great clients aren’t the best ways to build your freelance writing business.

But there are some online resources you’ll want to add to your toolbox to search for clients in your niche, see who’s hiring freelancers, or fill a gap as a contract writer.

If you want to get hired, grow your network, and build your portfolio of freelance work, check out these handy places to get hired online:

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What’s Your Value? A Proven Way to Raise Freelance Writing Rates

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The Value Path to Raise Your Freelance Writing Rates. Makealivingwriting.com

Send me a quote. How much will this cost? What are your freelance writing rates?

It’s a good sign your prospect is interested in hiring you for a writing project. You’re stoked. You get off that call, do a little dance, and then freak out about your freelance writing rates.

How much should you charge? Should you just quote your usual rate? Is there a better way to estimate your fee for the project?

You could just take the fast-food approach and quote a price from your project menu or calculate a fee based on your hourly rate. But you could be missing out on potential revenue.

If you’ve been wondering how to raise your freelance writing rates, it’s time to take a closer look at your skills, your niche experience, and the value your writing has for your clients.

Next time you quote a project, your fee should reflect your value as a writer. It’s a proven way to raise your freelance writing rates. Here’s how it’s done.

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Follow This Editor’s Winning Advice to Punch Up Your Pitch Letter

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Punch Up Your Pitch Letter to Get Clients. Makealivingwriting.com

You take the time to write a solid pitch letter, send it off, and then you wait…and wait some more.

It kind of feels like you’re in the boxing ring, circling, waiting for some action, or a reply.

Sound familiar?

Maybe nothing happens. What’s your next move? Was there something wrong with your pitch? Should you pitch again? What can you do to engage an editor or marketing director to land an assignment or get a new client?

Long before you step into the ring and hit send, you’ve got to get your pitch letter right.

And that doesn’t happen overnight. You’ve got to learn how to dodge and weave, jab and move, and deliver the kind of punch in your pitch letter that rings a bell for your editor.

If you’re new to freelancing, or you keep getting knocked around when you send a pitch letter, it’s time for a little help.

Want to know how to punch up your pitch letter? Go to your corner and check out this advice from a pro editor ready to show you the ropes.

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Freelance Writing for Beginners: 8 Jump-Start Tips to Get Clients

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Jump-Start: Freelance Writing for Beginners. Makealivingwriting.com

If you’ve just stepped into the “freelance writing for beginners” adventure, you’re probably wondering where to find all the action.

You know…clients in your niche ready and willing to pay you money for writing articles, blog posts, case studies, white papers…anything really. Right?

Here’s the thing. When you’re just getting started, it’s easy to think freelance writing for beginners is kind of like stepping into total darkness without a flashlight, flaming torch, or even a tiny wooden match to light the way.

Where do you go and what should you do to find freelance writing clients?

There’s nothing wrong with dreaming big and sending a query letter to your favorite glossy consumer magazine or pitching a business that generates billions in revenue. Do it.

Just realize you might need to learn a few things about freelance writing, get some clients, and some writing samples first.

Wondering how to jump-start your freelance writing career and get clients? Check out these tips to shine some light on how it’s done:

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Find Emails (and See if Yours Got Read): 8 Tools for Writers

Posted by: Evan Jensen — 8 Comments ↓

Tools to Help Writers Find Emails. Makealivingwriting.com

Find emails…when you’ve got the perfect story idea for a magazine or want to reach out to a marketing director, you need their email address.

That single piece of information is your lifeline to success if you want to pitch prospects, land assignments, and make a living writing.

Your first stop should always be the magazine masthead or the company website to find emails. But that doesn’t always pan out.

So do you throw in the towel, shake your fist at the sky, and spend the afternoon crying about how hard it is to find emails?

Stop. Right. There. Skip the pity party and follow Carol’s advice: “Take the attitude that you are an unstoppable force of nature, and you won’t give up…”

If you want to find emails for editors, marketing directors, or sources, you can. Wondering if your pitch email got read? There’s a way to find that out, too.

Check out these tools you can use as a freelance writer to dig up contact info and find emails:

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Contest: Share Your Brilliant Productivity Hack for Freelance Writers

Posted by: Evan Jensen — 36 Comments ↓

Brilliant Productivity Hacks for Freelance Writers. Makealivingwriting.com

Ever wonder how some freelance writers crank out content, market like crazy, meet client deadlines, and break into new niches?

You look at their success from the outside, and try to figure out what they’re doing that you’re not.

And it usually leads to a pity-party of thoughts like “those freelance writers get all the breaks, or just got lucky.”

But you know what? That’s usually not the case.

Successful freelance writers usually develop their skills one query letter, one LinkedIn connection, or one letter of introduction at a time.

And it’s not a throw-spaghetti-at-the-wall approach to see what sticks. It’s a calculated approach. It’s work. It’s consistent effort.

If you want to move up, earn more, and make a living writing, you’ve got to set goals and develop ways of doing things to maximize productivity.

But what does that look like? Every freelance writer has their own way of doing things.

What’s your most brilliant productivity hack for freelance writers? Share your best tip for a chance to win.

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