Sell Your Writing Services – 5 Tips for Easy Promotion and Sales

by angela.booth on July 13, 2008


Want to sell your writing services online? You can. It’s all a matter of promotion – you need to promote consistently so that you get clients.

You have incredible opportunities for promotion online, so please don’t take them for granted.

You can get your name out to millions of people, often for free. You can compete with companies and individuals who have deep pockets, and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising, with just a small amount of effort every day.

Here are five tips which will help.

1. What Are You Selling?

Decide which writing services you will provide. For example, you may provide an article writing service. If so, decide who your clients are. Are they companies? Individuals?

You need to understand your prospects, and where they hang out. If you’re targeting individuals who do affiliate marketing, then go to the forums they frequent. If you’re targeting companies, you’ll need to contact the companies directly.

You should promote each of the services you offer individually. Many writers offer generic “services” but this is usually ineffective, unless your name has already become a brand.

2. Develop a Plan

Promoting your services needs to be something you do every day – it’s essential. Even when you have many clients, keep promoting. By consistently promoting what you do, you can raise your rates over time. This isn’t just so you can make more money, it’s so you don’t burn out.

So create a plan. It needn’t be complex. Write it on an index card.

3. Promote Every Day

Do something every do to promote yourself. You can post on a forum, write a couple of blog posts, write an article, or write an ad and post it to one of the many online classifieds sites.

4. Get Testimonials

Testimonials provide proof that you are who you say you are, and that you can do what you say you can do. Whenever you complete a writing project, ask the client to give you a testimonial.

5. Use Article Marketing

Article marketing is a fantastic form of free advertising. Your articles will keep working for you for years, getting you clients, so look on article marketing as an investment in your writing career.

These five tips will help you to promote your writing services online. Before you know it, you will have a thriving home business, making more income than you’ve made at your day job. Get started today.

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