What Advertisers Can Teach You About Marketing Your Writing: 3 Success Tips

by Jennifer Carsen
Regardless of what kind of writing you specialize in, there’s a lot to be learned from the world of advertising.
After all, if you can’t get your name out there, and convince potential clients that you’re the best person for the job,

Marketing 101 for Freelance Writers #17: How to Earn More Just From Schmoozing

In last week’s installment of Marketing 101, we learned that the most effective way to do nearly any form of marketing is to get a personal introduction to the editor or marketing manager you want to hire you.

Are You Letting Sleazebag Freelance Clients Get You Pregnant?

You were so excited when you first met.
A prospective new freelance writing client!
The romance was on.

Marketing 101 for Freelance Writers #18: How to Get Clients the Lazy Way

If you’ve been following along in this marketing series, you may be feeling a bit overwhelmed at this point. I know I’ve laid out a lot of different strategies for marketing your writing.

Is Being a Freelance Writer Really Hard?

Does trying to make it as a freelance writer
seem overwhelming sometimes?
I hear that a lot.

Marketing 101 for Freelance Writers #19: The Amazing Strategy No One is Using

Writers are always asking me if I can tell them the one, best way to market their writing.
More exactly, you’d like to know the one, easiest, low-cost, and most effective way to market your writing.
Unfortunately, I can’t.

Marketing 101 for Freelance Writers #20: Are You Missing This Key Ingredient?

If you’ve been following along in this marketing series, you know that we have covered a lot of ground.
We talked networking, cold calling, and warm emailing.

Marketing 101 for Freelance Writers #21: Avoid Overwhelm and Hit Your Target

Today, I want to talk about one of the biggest problems afflicting freelance writers.
I’ve imparted a boatload of marketing ideas in the course of this marketing-basics series.
But there may still be a problem.

The 13 Business Bloggers All Freelance Writers Should Read to Earn More

As I’ve gone along building this blog, I’ve had a secret advantage. It’s my background in business.
Business reporting has always been my main beat. Hanging around businesses all that time, I learned a lot that helped me when it came time to run my own freelance-writing business.

How to Dig Out of the Content Mill Hole and Land a Client — Fast

By Elaine Yue
“You’re an idiot.”
That’s what I told myself after I spent three hours writing a 500-word article for a content mill.
What did it pay?

The 10-Step Guide to Fixing the Writer Website Fails That Cost You Clients

In Freelance Writers Den, I review a lot of writer websites. To sum up a lot, most of them don’t do a great job of selling that writer’s gifts. The sites have basic design or usability problems that are a real turnoff for clients.

How One Freelance Writer Got $1000s in New Projects…By Asking for Help

By Ben Gran
I’ve been a full-time freelance writer for almost two years, and last year I made more money than I’ve ever made in my life, primarily through Elance.