Category: For Writers

As freelance writers, incomes sink or swim based on our ability to find work, stay productive, and get stuff done. Here are 10 life hacks that can make your writing much more efficient and make your freelance business much more successful. Time Management Hacks for Freelance Writers “We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think […]

Ever had a moment in your life when someone offered a wholly unexpected and “out of the box” approach to solving a problem? That’s where pitching outside the box comes into play. The latest example for me happened just last week when through a series of catastrophic yet completely understandable miscalculations, I locked myself out […]

Going freelance is like putting yourself on the end of a fishing line and casting yourself out into the sea to wait for a client to take a bite. It doesn’t matter if you’re cold-pitching prospects or have repeat customers. Everything you do is under a microscope, and your reputation is what precedes you. That’s […]

As a self-employed freelancer, it can be difficult to find the perfect balance between pricing your services at a fair rate and landing a client without scaring them away. If you’ve put in the work to become a master of your craft, it’s only right that you get paid for what you’re worth. I remember […]

Nobody is born with the ability to manage time well — that’s true whether you are a butcher, baker, candlestick maker, or writer. In many ways, motivation is harder to keep when you do write for a living. You are surrounded by a virtual world, which is able to draw you away. They say there […]

One thing new writers tend to realize very quickly is that there’s far more to the profession than unfolding a laptop and letting the words flow. There’s the hustle for new clients, accounts, and admin tasks and the constant need to maintain focus and motivation. The most difficult thing of all for many writers is […]

How much time do you spend plowing through job boards, applying to writing gigs, and pitching new businesses? What if you could spend less time chasing after new clients and more time on paid assignments? Wouldn’t it feel great if you didn’t have to worry about where your next gig will come from when managing […]

As writers, we focus the majority of our time, attention, and efforts on our craft. However, being great at what you do still won’t help you communicate and work with clients. Winning over and maintaining a relationship with your customers will require much more than excellent freelance writing. What was that you said? Do you […]

As of May 2018, there were 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day. The amount of content being created each day has gone up since then. During any given minute, we, as a planet, send out 16 million text messages and 156 million emails. And we publish 4 million blog posts every single day. […]

Writing is tough! We’ve all experienced those days where we’re just staring at a blank page, wondering when inspiration will hit or pondering why we’re unable to string a group of words together. However, just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean that we can make the same blogging mistakes over and over again. Here is a […]