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Is Your Blog Making These 10 Common Mistakes?

Earlier this week, I spent a day reviewing writer's blogs for free. I promised I'd boil down some of the common problems I saw into a handy guide -- so here it is. The 10 most common mistakes I see writers making on their blogs: No picture of you. My motto is "people...

5 Reasons Why My Blog Has No Writer Job Ads

Since this blog is all about helping writers earn more, it may seem strange to you that I do not provide any writing-job ads. I can tell you that I have no plans to add job listings, either. I've been meaning to do this for quite a while, but let me share with you...

10 Ways Freelance Writers Can Banish Fear

To be a successful freelance writer, you need to be truly fearless. If you're afraid to put yourself and your writing out there, you miss out on opportunities that might have brought you more income. In mentoring many writers, I have yet to meet one whose problem is...

Writers: Get Feedback on Your Blog – Free!

(NOTE: The free blog review day is now over. But you can still benefit from all the advice I gave -- just check out the blogs listed in the comments and then click on '1 reply' to see my reviews.) Would you like some free advice on how to improve your blog? Here's...

Will You Be Singing the Freelancer’s January Low-Income Blues?

I've noticed something about my freelance writing income. It always goes to crap in January. Does this happen to you? I've developed a theory about why the first month of the year is often a loser, and I'm going to test it out this year. My theory: Income sucks in...

Help! I Bungled a Writing-Client Meeting — Mailbag

Today, I'm reaching into my freelance-writer mailbag and answering a question I got from a participant in my recent 40 Ways to Market Your Writing webinar. Oscar emailed me after the session and told me he'd recently plunged into freelance writing after being laid...

When to Walk Away From a Writing Job Offer

By Carol Tice As a writer begins to market their writing, more work offers turn up. Because I've marketed the heck out of my writing business for about the past two years, I have a lot of work offers flowing my way. But not all of the offers turn out to be wonderful....

My First Webinar: 7 Hard-Earned Lessons

So. Yesterday, as regular readers know, I presented my first paid, one-hour Webinar, on the topic 40 Ways to Market Your Writing. With Anne Wayman from About Freelance Writing. It went great for the most part, in that the surveys were uniformly raves. All participants...

How a Writer Can Move Up From Content Mills – Mailbag

On this edition of Mailbag, we tackle a question I get a lot: How can a freelance writer kick the content-mill habit and move up to better-paying clients? On the recent post about Demand Studios' IPO, reader Mike Biscoe was concerned about the revelation that DS...

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