Tag Archives: marketing


On The Road With Philip Gegan

Posted on November 26, 2010 by angela.booth

Philip Gegan is on the road again, and shares more of his freelance writing adventures with you. If you’ve read earlier posts in this short series then you’ll know that actually getting on your bike (or into your 4 x … Continue reading →

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Write an Ebook: Promote It Before You Complete It

Posted on November 18, 2010 by angela.booth

I received several questions about writing and selling ebooks this week. The best advice I can give you is to promote your ebook as you write it. As I said in this post, Easy ebook sales from your Web site: … Continue reading →

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Selling Yourself As a Writer: Does Social Marketing Work?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by angela.booth

Love Facebook? It’s a virtual water cooler, and can be great place to spend time. Unfortunately however, you can’t count playing games on Facebook as serious marketing. Does that mean you can’t sell your writing services on Facebook? No, you … Continue reading →

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Ebooks: How to Use Ebooks and Short Reports to Promote Your Writing Services Business

Posted on April 28, 2010 by angela.booth

Developing your own writing services business can seem challenging. You need a constant flow of clients. But how do you attract them? One of the easiest ways is to use ebooks as bait. The big benefit of using ebooks and … Continue reading →

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Blog content: is your blog dead?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by angela.booth

How’s your blog? Since writers write for pay, you may find that you’re blogging less because clients are keeping you busy. However, if you’re relying on your blog for writing jobs, this is not a good thing, because sooner or … Continue reading →

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Copywriting: How to Camouflage Your Pitches

Posted on February 26, 2010 by angela.booth

Want to enhance your copywriting skills? It’s easy. Stop writing copy that looks like a sales pitch — learn to camouflage your copy. You must do that, because advertising is everywhere. From the time you jump out of bed, until … Continue reading →

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Copywriting: 5 Ways to Raise Credibility and Make Sales

Posted on February 26, 2010 by angela.booth

The success or failure of every copywriting project you undertake, whether for yourself or for someone else, depends on whether or not you can establish credibility. Do your prospects believe your offer? Do they trust you? Let’s look at five … Continue reading →

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Writing is communicating. Come out of hiding

Posted on December 19, 2009 by angela.booth

I hope you’ve currently got more writing jobs than you can handle. Writing jobs are everywhere. If you can’t get great jobs at great rates, you’re not promoting yourself. Come out of hiding — please. Copy out these words from … Continue reading →

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Review your writing for a 2010 fast-start

Posted on November 14, 2009 by angela.booth

I’ve just completed a lesson for Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) graduates on freelance mastery, specifically how to conduct a six-month review of your business. It’s something I haven’t covered here, and it’s worth discussing, and doing, if you’re … Continue reading →

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Write a book: from bytes to print — sell your ebook

Posted on November 11, 2009 by angela.booth

Want to sell more copies of your ebook? In this post Ebooks: 3 Tips Increase Your Sales of Every Ebook | Writing Hacker by Angela Booth I gave you some ideas on how to sell more: “Bestselling authors, with their … Continue reading →

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