I regularly get comments and emails regarding the best ways to generate business for your freelance writing service. This is one of the most important aspects for freelancers, whether you’re brand new to the field or well established. Generating business is something that you should always be doing in advance rather then waiting until you’ve completed all your current projects because there’s no guarantees the work will be there when you need it. Continue reading “Disadvantages of freelance job posting and project websites”
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The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
Over the past few years, I have been actively seeking a living as a freelance writer and webmaster. For the most part I have been successful in making enough money to pay the bills and avoid returning to the workforce during these rather uncertain economic times. During my short freelancing career, I have had a few occasions where I ended up learning some lessons the hard way with dishonest or unreasonable clients. If you’re embarking on a freelance career of your own, here are some pitfalls you may want to look at before accepting work from others. Continue reading “The Pitfalls Of Freelancing”
Tips on selecting a freelance team
Over the last couple of months I have not only been completing freelance writing tasks, I have also been helping a client with a few development projects. I have been responsible for putting project guidelines together, posting projects at various freelance services and finally selecting the individuals or teams that I wanted to work with to complete the job. There have been some positive and negative experiences so far and as a result I have developed a few rules that I will follow in the future in order to make the process run much smoother when searching out freelancers. Continue reading “Tips on selecting a freelance team”
4 Blogging tips to help keep you productive
While I have only recently started updating this particular blog on a regular basis, I have been blogging for clients for the last 18 months in an effort to spread their marketing message and create organic traffic to their website. During this time period I have completed in excess of 1,100 blogs posts with a word count of somewhere in the neighborhood of 400,000 words. When I first started out it was a struggle to keep motivated and on schedule but I came up with some general rules and tips that I follow in order to keep on track. You may have seen some of these same tips at other blogger resource websites so it’s not just myself who finds them to be effective.
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Freelancing Tips – Don’t be afraid to part ways with problem clients
One of the biggest lessons I learned this year was dealing with problem clients. Customers who hire you to complete freelance projects can come in a wide array of personalities. One client could absolutely love everything you do in one draft while others require constant changes not only because they don’t like what you’ve initially delivered but also because they seem to change their minds as they go and the project progresses. Of course, they don’t want to pay anything extra and expect you to continue making constant revisions until they are happy. Continue reading “Freelancing Tips – Don’t be afraid to part ways with problem clients”