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Advice for Freelance Writers: Voodoo Donuts in the Trough of Sorrow

"Yeah, but at least there were doughnuts there." And so begins this bit of advice for freelance writers. Kyle Wong wrote about this thing called the Trough of Sorrow in an article for Forbes - and it's really good advice for freelance writers, too. We're friends, you...

Want to Get Paid to Write Emails? Better Read This

If Want to Get Paid to Write Emails, You Need to KNOW What You're Doing It's actually not that hard to get paid to write emails for clients... once. But they've got to get results if they're going to hire you a second time. You've got to develop your skills in two...

Unlocking the Mystery of Freelance Writing Pricing

Freelance writing pricing isn't exactly rocket science. It just feels like it is. I am CONSTANTLY tweaking my prices upward - especially when I discover that certain projects are so far below the bottom threshold of what's reasonable that it makes me gag. There are...

How Can You Make Money Writing a Book?

Wondering, "How Can You Make Money Writing a Book?" Do you have to wait for Oprah to notice you, or lightning to strike? If you're asking how can you make money writing a book, you need to learn just two things: 1. how to write books that sell, 2. how to market those...

How Much Money Can I Make Freelance Writing?

If you're asking, "How much money can I make freelance writing?" it's time to have kind of a weird conversation. It's time to get a little personal, to talk about what might be the longest relationship you'll have in your whole life! Money's weird. Really - this piece...

Are You a Sellout If You Get Paid to Write Online Articles?

If You Get Paid to Write Online Articles, Are You a Journalist? Nope. Not even close. Anyone can get paid to write online articles... once. Getting ongoing projects for clients is another story - and while you don't need a journalism degree, you DO need to know how to...

Can I Get Paid to Write a Blog on Medium?

Can I Get Paid to Write a Blog about... ANYTHING? At Working Writer, Happy Writer, the answer to "Can I get paid to write a blog?" is YES, YES, a thousand times, YES! Mostly we focus on writing blog posts for clients. It's a bread and butter gig, and if you're doing...

How Much Should I Charge for Freelance Content Writing?

How Much SHOULD I Charge for Freelance Content Writing, Anyway? Pricing is by far the greatest challenge any business owner faces - at least if it's a service-based business. There are so many stumbling blocks you can get hung up on. There's math involved. If you...

Do You Get Paid for Freelance Writing?

Do You Get Paid for Freelance Writing? Only When I Actually INVOICE My Clients! Have I mentioned how much I hate doing math? (Only about a hundred times) ... and yet, I absolutely adore getting notifications from Paypal that I just got paid. That Paypal loveliness...

How to Get Started in Freelance Writing When You’ve Got a Full-Time Job

How Can I Quit My Job

Wondering How to Get Started in Freelance Writing on the Side? If you're trying to figure out how to get started in freelance writing because you want to build something on the side (a smart move), you've got a challenge ahead of you. Not a huge, scary, insurmountable...

How to Get More Freelance Writing Clients to Make Your Nut

What Maximus Minimus Wants You to Know about How to Get More Freelance Writing Clients Above the din, I heard it - the early-warning alert that we had a serious problem. If there's an equivalent to crazy cat ladies for dog lovers, I'm probably it. The devoted...

How Do You Make a Living as a Writer?

How do you make a living as a writer? How do you get a book published and actually make a living as a writer? This question about how do you make a living as a writer plagued my friend Matt Stone enough that he asked his English writing professor during his senior...

I Want to Start My Own Business and Need Ideas – What about Social Media Posting?

"I Want to Start My Own Business and Need Ideas." Boy, do I remember having that same thought running through my head for a couple of decades. If you've read my book You Write, They Pay then you know I've been everything but the butcher, the baker, and the...

What You Need to Become a Freelance Writer: Trait #287

What You Need to Become a Freelance Writer: The Need for Speed Yes, you've got to have good grammar (or at least invest in a grammar checker!), a solid understanding of how to write the projects your clients will order, and of course you need the right mindset and...

How to Start My Business Website

How to Start My Business Website... Without Sheer and Total Agony That moment when you BREAK a 25 million dollar product… yeah. If you're asking about how to start my business website, you might feel completely lost and overwhelmed - and scared that you'll break your...

Freelance Writer Resume: Why is it SO hard to write our own promotional stuff?

Tips for Freelance Writers, Tips For Freelancers, Uncategorized

"A freelance writer resumé? HA!" I scoffed like a French chef refusing a stick of margarine. I'll admit it - I'm a freelancing snob at this point, utterly unemployable in the outside world. On the RARE occasion that a client has requested my resumé, I've hurried up to...

Can You Build Your Freelance Writing Portfolio and Pad Your Wallet at the Same Time?

Freelance Writing Portfolio

Your Freelance Writing Portfolio For beginners, the whole concept of getting a freelance writing portfolio is a lot like the old chicken and the egg question. You need a portfolio to get a paying gig – but you need a paying gig to build a portfolio. Right? Wrong!...

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook | WWHW Book Club

Reading for Writers

Practical Advice on Social Media Marketing for Freelance Writers from Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk Back in December 2015, I got two nudges to read Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook. One was hearing Gary Vaynerchuk speak at Ryan Moran’s Freedom Fast Lane Live...

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