Cold pitching is a great way to kickstart your freelance writing career, but let's face it, it's not very fun. Hunting down potential clients and their contact info isn't exactly riveting, and there's the fact that it's a serious numbers game that requires you to send out 30+ pitches just to get a single … Continue reading How to Establish and Maintain a Strong Freelance Network
Cold pitching, or approaching individuals and companies to offer your services unsolicited, is daunting as a beginner, but it is also one of the best ways to snag your first clients. Job boards are great, too, but when you're a beginner, you're going to have steep competition with ads. If you take the plunge and … Continue reading Speed Up Your Pitching Process: How to research clients and find contact info
The survival of your freelance business rests on you and you alone. You don't have a staff to keep things moving when you go out of town, at least not when you're first starting out (Sounds nice, though, doesn't it? Many freelancers get there.). With all the work you're putting in, you deserve a vacation … Continue reading How to Survive Vacation as a Freelancer
One of the biggest pain points for beginner freelancers is choosing a niche. It becomes an ugly, scary word that grows and grows like one of those "hatch a dinosaur" sponge toys until you can't see your career path anymore, you can't get around it to keep walking down the road. I see it so … Continue reading How to Select Your Freelance Writing Niche as a Beginner
This year, I started posting income reports because I have found there is a serious lack of these reports for experts in my field (namely, books), and I want to provide some hope to those thinking of entering it. I want you to know that it's possible to feed and clothe yourself running your own … Continue reading How I Make Money Writing and Editing Books: July Income Report
Hi everybody, I am so sorry that I didn't post Sunday evening like I usually do. In a mad dash to fill up work for August, I reached out to clients I hadn't heard from in a while, including to a publishing company that creates and edits company histories. I got into their editor network … Continue reading Life Update and Check-In (I’m Alive!)
