Here's to starting the new year off right! I am so excited to share with you all how I landed my first big project of the year. My hope is that a walkthrough of my interactions with this client can help you do the same, especially since those interactions allowed me to land the project … Continue reading How I Landed a $7,500 Ghostwriting Project
I used the 2016 New Year to shock my freelance writing career into full-time. I'd already been dabbling in freelancing for almost a year part-time, but I was being paid pennies and only just starting to realize it. In January of that year, I started this blog to vent some of my frustrations and … Continue reading Freelance Writing Business Tips for the New Year
When you're building your freelance website, setting up your LinkedIn page, or sending out a pitch to a potential client, you need to have an official freelance writer title that quickly conveys what you do and can lead clients to you via keyword searches. However, there are a number of various titles that freelancers … Continue reading Choose the Right Freelance Writer Title
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
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
While scrolling through my favorite freelance-related Facebook group this week, I came across multiple posts all of the same flavor. "What's the most profitable niche?" "I really love ____, but I know I can't make money off that. What should I do instead?" "My passion has always been ____, but I don't know if that's … Continue reading Screw “Profitable” Writing Niches: Why Freelancers Should Pursue Their Passions
When you work from home, it's super nice to have a quiet place designated for your business, especially if you live with others. Having a home office has a number of advantages. If you're working from the couch or the kitchen table, it's much easier to become distracted. The TV's right there. The fridge is … Continue reading Home Office Ideas and Essentials
I want to get down in the nitty-gritty details today and provide you with an answer to a question I asked myself a million times: how should I charge? Notice this is not "How much should I charge?" The answer to that question depends on a huge array of factors (your niche, your experience level, etc.). The … Continue reading How Should I Charge?: Setting Your Rates as a Freelancer
One of my goals for 2017 was to revamp my business site, and I'm happy to report that I've already done so. I finished the upgrades a few weeks ago, and the transformation is unreal. I probably don't have to tell you that the new one is on the right. Here's my about page. … Continue reading 5 Steps to Create a Stand-Out Freelancer Website
If you're relatively new to freelancing, you've probably come across the term "niche" a few times while scouring the internet for tips and tricks. So what the heck does it mean exactly, and why should you care? A niche is an area of expertise. Your niche determines your marketing strategy and the sorts of jobs … Continue reading Why Niches Matter
