Why Choosing the Right Words Matters

March 5, 2012

As writers we always seek the best way to say something, the best words to convey our meaning and trigger a response in our readers. It could be a lead for an article, it could be a title of a blog post, or it could be a headline on a sales page. This video really [...]

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Six Tips for Marketing Your Freelance Writing from Lori Widmer

February 27, 2012

Lori Widmer is one of my absolute favorite freelance writing bloggers. She has a successful freelance career and she shares her experience and advice at her Words on the Page blog and at her membership site AboutWritingSquared. Lori just released Marketing 365: Daily Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Small Business, which I read ravenously as soon [...]

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Why I Updated My Freelance Writer Resume

February 20, 2012

Your freelance writer resume is crucial for selling you and your writing skills to editors and other potential clients. You get to list important companies and specific projects, along with your education and skills — it’s critical to your success as a freelancer. Why My Freelance Writer Resume Needed Updating Well, it needed attention for [...]

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How the 80-20 Rule Affects Freelance Writers

January 30, 2012

As a freelance writer or self-employed businessperson, you have likely noticed that some of your writing and marketing activities bring outsized results, while other activities give you a  very small return on the investment of your time and energy. There’s a reason for that… The Pareto Principle = 80-20 Rule The 80/20 rule, also known [...]

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My Favorite Productive Writers Posts of 2011

January 23, 2012

2011 was a great year for me as a freelance writer, as a blogger, and as a person doing his best to enjoy life. I had a lot of fun selecting these posts. I hope you enjoy them! And my deepest thanks to all of you who visit ProductiveWriters.com. May you all have a happy [...]

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2011 Social Media Statistics and Your Plans for 2012

January 16, 2012

Social media continued its rapid growth in 2011. Many freelance writers are active users of social media, me included. In 2011 I focused on this blog, Twitter, and Linkedin, with some attention to Google+. 2011 Social Media Statistics Infographic Mat Siltala over at Dream Systems Media made a very cool infographic from data presented over [...]

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25 Ways to Boost Your Freelance Writing Business in Under 5 Minutes

January 9, 2012

Post author Linda Formichelli is a top freelance writer and also a den mother alongside Carol Tice at the Freelance Writers Den. Take It Away Linda… People always ask me how I get so much done: I’m a highly diversified writer who is the main breadwinner for her family, I teach online courses, and I’m [...]

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I Am Taking a Holiday Blogging Break Until Mid-January

December 19, 2011

Last week I wrote about what the best practices for taking a blogging break. This week I’m officially announcing that… I’m taking a holiday blogging break until mid-January of 2012. My partner Stephanie and I are house-sitting in Santa Cruz, California, and nearby areas, including a house-sit in San Francisco, for the next several weeks. [...]

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The Why and How of Blogging Breaks

December 12, 2011

Today we’ll examine why you should take blogging breaks and how to go about it. (And yes, I’ll soon be taking a blogging break myself, which I’ll announce in next Monday’s post.) Many Freelance Writers Are Bloggers Since many of you readers are bloggers, you know there’s a general consensus that a blogger should write [...]

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Writer, Unleash Your Inner Honey Badger!

December 5, 2011

We freelance writers deal with adversity daily. It’s hard to keep plugging away, sending queries, making cold calls, updating your website. Sometimes you just want to crawl into bed and just stay there. But don’t. Instead… Unleash Your Inner Honey Badger! Yes, it’s my first-ever post where I tell you to be just like someone [...]

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