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The Fundamental Error Too Many Bloggers Make
I recently attended an interesting Webinar about affiliate selling as a way to make money off your blog. It was put on by successful online business entrepreneur Erica Douglass of Erica.biz. Her guest was $1 million Amazon affiliate-seller Chris Guthrie of...
What Freelance Writers Can Do When Editors Steal Their Ideas
Have you ever pitched an editor a story idea, only to read that publication a few weeks or months later and discover someone else has written your exact topic? It's a fairly common experience for freelance writers, especially new writers. I recently got a mailbag...
Does Your Blog Stumble on These Easily-Fixed Roadblocks?
Have you ever tried to buy something from a blogger, only to find it's difficult to accomplish? So many bloggers want to use their sites as a way to earn. But often, without even realizing it, bloggers create obstacles that discourage readers from buying. I had a...
10 Best Articles for Writers – March 2011
My how the months do fly by! Time for another month-end roundup of tasty articles for writers that I've spotted online in recent weeks. This time, I find many folks doing a great job writing useful posts on their very own blogs. Remember, these are just in...
Foolproof Ways to Attract Your First 1,000 Blog Subscribers
Less than a year ago, this blog had fewer than 300 subscribers. Now, it's headed toward 2,000. This is the story of how I skyrocketed my blog subscribers -- and how you can, too. I tried a lot of strategies -- and some of them worked. The good news is, the things that...
Could Your Blog Make Money? Get a Free Review
Nearly three years ago, I started a blog. I knew absolutely nothing about how blogs worked or how to make money writing blog posts. My blog had no pictures and at first, it didn't even have a way to subscribe -- nada. As you've probably guessed, that's a picture of...
How Content-Mill Writing Can Build Your Freelance Writing Business
By Samar Owais You hear it everywhere: Writing for content mills is bad business. If you do it, your freelance writing business won't grow and you'll forever be stuck in a rut. Granted, writing for content mills is bad for business -- in the long term. However, there...
50 Ways to Get a Freelance Gig
When freelance writers tell me they're having trouble finding gigs, I often find what they really mean is "I'm sending out lots of resumes to online job ads I find on Craigslist and not getting any bites." But there are many, many other ways to land a...
7 Ways to Tell if a Writing Client is Legit
One of the most frequently asked questions freelance writers had on my free call earlier this month was, "How can you tell if an online writing gig is legitimate?" Funny story -- I got a very strange email earlier this week that I think illustrates how difficult it...
Why Vagueness Causes Headlines to Fail
By Sean D'Souza The root of all trouble in your headlines is understanding that headlines aren't some fancy words strung together. On the contrary, they're simple words that are put together with a clear thought. But the point where it all goes kaput is our thoughts...
The Missing Link That Will Explode Your Writing Income
Here's an experiment I want freelance writers to try: Go into any independently owned retail shop in your town. Find the owner, and ask them, "What are you doing to market your business?" Most likely, they will rattle off a long list of things -- they place Yellow...
15 Blogging Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started
For anyone who missed it, I did a free call yesterday about online writing success, with Angie Atkinson from WM Freelance Writers Connection. It gave me a chance to look at some brand-new blogs and talk to people who either just started blogging, or don't even have...
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