No cash flow? It’s your fault

by angela.booth on March 16, 2010


Oh dear. You’ve been working hard at your freelance writing business. You have lots of clients, and complete their projects on deadline, if not before. Now you realize that a week has passed, and no cash has flowed into your PayPal account.

What gives?

Unfortunately, you do — you’re giving your writing services away. You do the work, and you don’t have a system in place to make sure that you get paid regularly.

As this article points out 40 Tips to Accelerate Your Cash Flow : Money :: American Express OPEN Forum:

“1. Invoice on-time because every day you are late is at least one more day your customer will wait to pay.”

You need a system in place to ensure that:

1. You get paid as soon as you accept a commission — always take a deposit (on small jobs, under $500, the “deposit” is payment in advance);

2. You invoice regularly on longer projects, at least once a week, because you’ve set milestone payments;

3. You invoice outstanding fees immediately you complete a project;

4. Your clients understand that the copyright in a project remains with you, until you’re paid in full.

Your clients are business people so you need to think the way they do

You’re a freelance writer, and you live on the words you create. You’re dealing with business people, who are by definition, BUSY. It’s not their job to look out for you and make sure that you’re paid (because you’re such a deserving person) — it’s your job to ensure you get paid, because that’s what being a professional writer entails.

Therefore, get a system. Follow it — just stick to your Terms of Service. Re #1 above, if a prospect tells you “we pay on delivery” or similar, politely point out that your TOS states that that on projects under $500, you’re paid on project acceptance. Be polite, and be professional, and get paid. It’s up to you to see that it happens. :-)

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Complete blogging training: Lazy Rich Blogger

by angela.booth on March 15, 2010


Have you discovered the Lazy Rich Blogger training?

I’ve just written a press release Angela Booth Launches the Lazy Rich Blogger Method: Instant Publishing to Achieve Business and Personal Goals:

“The Lazy Rich Blogger training teaches a complete blogging method. Once learned, it’s an excellent promotions solution, Angela says. Her current students include teachers, business owners, and people who want to make a second income online, as well as individuals who want to use their blog to create their personal brand.

Angela believes the training is unique, because she offers personal coaching to all members. The training is delivered via email, and takes 26 weeks. Each week students receives a lesson, with a task. At the end of the 26 weeks, Angela says, they have all the skills they need to use blogs to help them to achieve any goals they want to create in the future. They’ve also created at least two blogs which are helping them to achieve current goals.”

If you’re not using blogging to promote your freelance writing career, you’re missing out on a powerful tool.

Imagine creating a blog which you KNOW will make an income…

You’ve heard about the great income you can make blogging, and how easy it is.

Unfortunately, most bloggers don’t succeed, because they don’t have a method to follow.

Now you can discover the secrets of blogging success with Angela Booth’s Lazy Rich Blogger method. You can start today.

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