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3 Services to Help You Sign Remote Work Contracts
Contracts are key if you plan to make a living as a freelance writer. However, it can be hard to enforce a contract if there’s no record of both parties agreeing to it, which is where online signature...
View ArticleWhat The First Months as a Freelance Writer Look Like
There’s no way to sugarcoat it, your first months as a freelancer are probably going to be tough. You’ll chase a lot of leads, send dozens if not hundreds of pitches, and you might not get any decent...
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5 Tips to Beat Procrastination as a Freelance Writer
As a freelance writer, distractions are your worst enemy. That’s a problem since working from home means you’re surrounded by a myriad of things claiming your attention. Without discipline, you’re...
View ArticleWhy You Should Be Asking Clients For Referrals (And How to Do It)
Finding new clients is perhaps the hardest part of being a freelance writer. However, if you’re lucky (and good at your job), sometimes customers will spread the word around themselves. In other words,...
View ArticleHow to Create a Brand for Your Freelance Writing Business
One of the things that sets apart top freelance writers is they know the power of branding. With a unique brand, you’ll stand out from the thousands of other people trying to make a living in the same...
View ArticleHow to Raise Your Freelance Rates Without Scaring Away Existing Clients
Raising your rates is an integral part of growing as a freelancer. However, it can be tricky to raise your freelance rates when you’re dealing with existing clients since they might not like the idea...
View Article5 Freelance Portfolio Mistakes You Need to Avoid
As a freelance writer, you live and die by your portfolio. Being able to write a great pitch is key, but if you don’t have an excellent portfolio to back it up, then you’re going to miss out on a lot...
View ArticleHow to Identify (And Avoid) Bad Freelance Writing Jobs
When you’re a brand new freelance writer, you’ll probably want to jump at any job offer that comes your way. However, there are a lot of people looking to take advantage of freelancers in any field, so...
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How to Set Up a Freelance Portfolio When You’re Starting Out (In 4 Steps)
The advice you’ll get the most often from seasoned freelance writers is you need a portfolio if you want to land decent work. That’s 100% percent true, but the problem is, if you’re new to freelance...
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What to Do During Dry Spells as a Freelance Writer
Even the most talented freelance writers I’ve met have found themselves facing a dry spell at some point in their careers. That’s a scary situation because it means you may not be bringing in enough...
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4 Types of Articles You Should (And Shouldn’t) Include in Your Portfolio
Your freelance writing portfolio should feature your best work only. Yet, some people fall into the trap of trying to stuff as many articles and credits within theirs, without thinking about the image...
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Is the Digital Nomad Lifestyle a Good Fit for You?
When I tell people I freelance, they usually respond with something like, “So you can work from anywhere?” It’s a very popular dream, and a lot of us got into freelancing imagining we could work from a...
View Article3 Reasons Why Freelancing Sucks (And Why It Doesn’t)
A lot of freelancers paint out their lifestyle to be something from the movies. Constant travel, no schedule, working from anywhere, etc. However, there are a lot of significant downsides to being a...
View ArticleShould You Outsource Work as a Freelance Writer?
You’ve probably heard that famous story about the American developer who outsourced his work to China. As you might imagine, that type of thing happens often when it comes to remote work since there’s...
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4 Ways to Improve Your Efficiency as a Freelance Writer
Most freelance writers get paid by the word. Whatever your rates are, the math remains simple – the more you write, the more money you get. The problem is, most of us aren’t word pumping machines....
View Article5 Ways to Look More Professional as a Freelance Writer
If you’re thinking of getting into freelance writing, you’ve probably already heard the same piece of advice hundreds of times, and that is to get a portfolio ready to go. That’s fantastic advice, but...
View ArticleCan I Make a Career Out of Freelance Writing?
There’s an uncomfortable truth people don’t often talk about when it comes to freelance writing. It’s that not a whole lot of people manage to make a career out of it. In most cases, writing is...
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5 Tips to Seal the Deal With New Freelance Writing Clients
Pitching clients is an essential skill for a successful freelance writer. However, once you have a potential client on the hook, you still need to reel him in. That is to say, convince him or her...
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The Best Slack Communities for Freelancers
There are Slack communities for almost every topic you can imagine and freelancing is no exception. At any moment, you can hop in and start talking with digital nomads, work from home moms, freelance...
View ArticleHow to Approach Ghostwriting as a Freelance Writer
For as long as there have been books, there have been ghostwriters. The gist of it is, you pay someone else to write for you and publish their work under your name. If you’re a freelance writer,...
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