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13 Buzz-Generating Tips for Writers to Crush Social Media Marketing

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Generate Buzz. Social Media Marketing Tips for Writers. Makealivingwriting.com

You don’t have to be a digital genius to know social media marketing can generate a lot of buzz.

But does it work for freelance writing?

Think about it this way. Right now there’s an estimated 2.5 billion people on social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, and others.

And some of those users are editors, marketing managers, and business owners.

Tap the social media marketing hive just right, and you could have a swarm of prospects and clients buzzing you for work.

For example, fitness writer Jessica Collins scored a $3,000 project from a Tweet. And YouTube helped Angela Atkinson develop a $100K-a-year freelance writing and coaching business.

Sounds pretty sweet, right? Use these 13 social media marketing tips for writers to generate buzz.

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Pinterest Marketing for Freelancers: 6 Steps to Pinning and Winning

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Pinterst Marketing for Freelancers. Makealivingwriting.com

Have you thought about Pinterest marketing to find leads?

Wait. Isn’t that the social media platform where crafty-stay-at-home moms, DIYers, and amateur cooks show off their creations?

You might not think of Pinterest marketing as the first way to showcase your blog or writing portfolio.

But if you’re not tapping into the power of Pinterest with 175 million users, you’re missing out on potential leads.

For example: Did you know two-thirds of the 50 billion pins on Pinterest represent brands and products, according to Ad Age?

With that kind of volume, you can bet businesses and marketing managers who need to hire freelance writers are paying attention to this platform. Today, Pinterest is so much more than an amusing social platform to collect pins.

With a Pinterest marketing plan, it’s a place where you can harness a niche, share your content with a community, and ultimately generate freelance writing leads.

Want to learn the art of pinning and winning with Pinterest marketing? I’ll show you how.

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Need Story Ideas? 20 Free Online Tools to Fire Up Your Brain

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Find Story Ideas With These 20 Online Tools. Makealivingwriting.com

If you want to write for magazines, story ideas are your bread and butter.

The days when big editorial staffs thought up most of the ideas and simply assigned them out to freelance writers are over. Instead, these days overworked editors are looking to their writers to tell them what’s fresh and interesting out there.

You want to be the writer with a million story ideas, to earn well.

Despite this, I often hear from writers that they’re stymied because they have no ideas.

Let’s fix this! Once you know how to troll for ideas, it becomes a fun hobby. Get out your favorite tracking software, whether it’s an app like Pocket, an Excel spreadsheet, or (like me) just a plain ol’ Word doc, and start developing your idea-finding skills.

These days, you don’t even have to leave the house to come up with a lot of great ideas, because so many online tools can help stimulate your brain.

Ready to fire up your computer and find some great ideas? Here’s my list of creative idea-finding tools (in alphabetical order):

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More Blog Traffic With Pinterest: Inside One Writer’s 161% Jump

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Get more blog traffic with Pinterest. Makealivingwriting.com

I remember the first time I heard of Pinterest. It was four years ago. I was having coffee with a friend. She couldn’t stop talking about how to get more blog traffic from Pinterest.

Her enthusiasm for Pinterest was infectious. When I got home that day, I created an account and started pinning away.

Want to know how to use Pinterest to grow your business?

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How I Got 25,000 Blog Subscribers from Pinterest — in 2 Months Flat

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By Taylor Flanery Pinterest is currently the fastest-growing social networking site on the web. It mainly attracts female users because of its visual appeal — it’s a way to “pin” images onto virtual pinboards and then look at what everyone…

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