Category Archives: marketing

It’s vital that you develop marketing skills if you want to increase your freelance income.


Kickstart your writing career this June

Here’s a question: what’s the single most important thing you should be doing for a great, highly paid writing career? (Aside from writing, of course. ) The answer is marketing. Writers’ eyes tend to glaze over whenever I talk about … Continue reading

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Cute: Twitter buttons

Have you caught Twitter mania yet? If you have, check out this site — Twitter Buttons. Just enter your Twitter user name, and you get a selection of cute buttons you can paste anywhere. Here’s a sample: By TwitterButtons.net Why … Continue reading

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Build a freelance writing client mailing list

We’ve been discussing marketing your freelance writing over the past couple of days. A mailing list is an essential tool for marketing. Do you have a mailing list for your freelance writing clients? If you don’t already have one, create … Continue reading

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Marketing your writing sucks, but so what?

Writers write. And SELL. Unfortunately, writers who don’t understand that are in big trouble. For many years it was possible to let others handle the marketing of your writing. It’s not possible these days. I know three writers with huge, … Continue reading

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Freelance success is inevitable when you plan

Do you plan your writing? In this post, on marketing your writing, I outlined a simple plan that a writer could follow to promote a specific service — providing PLR articles. I suggested that: … you map out a campaign, … Continue reading

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Twitter for writers: should you be using Twitter?

Will Twitter help your freelance writing career? (Listen to the Twitter for writers podcast.) It can if you use it effectively. However, as Exploring Social Media: Defining Twitter Demographics and Interests | The Blog Herald reports: “Twitter is not the … Continue reading

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Article Marketing: Five Powerful Ways to Use Articles for Writing Success

Want to become a successful writer? Article marketing can help: you can build a rock-solid writing career, based on articles. Firstly, what’s “article marketing”? Basically, it’s using short, informative articles as a way to advertise your writing skills. Let’s look … Continue reading

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Market your writing and build your business fast

What’s the difference between a freelance writer who markets, and a writer who doesn’t? That’s simple: a writer who markets is snowed under with work, and can charge top dollar for it. The non-marketing writer whines and complains about “the … Continue reading

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Social media marketing for freelance writers

If you’re a regular reader of this blog or any of my other blogs, you already know that I believe that you should MARKET your writing daily. Marketing cures many ills, and has many benefits. If you’re not making enough … Continue reading

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Writing: How to Advertise Your Home Based Freelance Writing Business

Want more clients for your home-based freelance writing services business? There’s a simple solution: advertise for clients. You’ll soon have all the clients you can handle. Let’s look at five forms of advertising. If you choose one new form of … Continue reading

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