Getting a freelance writing business off the ground can be all-consuming. There are a lot of things you need to account for like building a portfolio of solid clips, sending out applications to freelance gigs, and maintaining a blog. You have to spend time doing your own accounting and marketing, your taxes and client research. …
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Businesses have to change with the times. When a freelance business stays on the same path without fitting into the needs of the day, other freelancers are more than willing to step in and do the work in your place. Sometimes, your business just gets tired and needs a fresh look. It needs to be …
Is it Time to Regenerate Your Freelance Business? Read More »
Superheroes, comic books, space, computers, video games, elves, and all things geek are everywhere! Makes sense then that you can bring all that awesome geekiness into your very own WordPress website and show the world that you’re a nerd and you’re proud of it. So why not geekify your WordPress website with a nice nerdy …
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I have something exciting to share with you all today! I’m participating in Rhonda Parrish’s Giftmas Blog Tour. We’re all exchanging blog posts and whatnot about the holidays and today is mine turn to host. Woo-hoo! I’m so excited to bring to you a piece of writing from Barbara Tomporowski about holiday traditions. Be sure …
I’m deviating from my normal topics here today to talk about a subject that’s near and dear to my heart: WordPress! Most of my freelance work involves writing about this awesome content management system. I know I talk about the business of freelancing and writing here most of the time, but I thought I’d take …
Having the right tools on your side as a social media manager is essential. How else can you expect to handle all of your clients’ social accounts? But more importantly, how can you expect to do a good job of this whole managing thing? A major part of this is having the ability to remain …
Is Your Social Media Management Utility Belt Equipped, Batman? Read More »
I’ve read a lot of writing blogs, people. And on those blogs, there’s information about writing all sorts of things from blog posts to web content to business plans. But you know what I don’t see get a lot of coverage? Case studies. And I can’t figure out why. I mean, these are a marketing …
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Sometimes days don’t go as planned. And that’s perfectly okay. For instance, my husband and I went to the L.A. Times Festival of Books on Sunday and had planned to attend three panel discussions. But since we didn’t eat breakfast and the first panel ended at 11:30 and the second one started at noon, we …
No, your blog isn’t a tangible thing. It’s not something a potential customer of yours can go pick up at the store. But if you’ve monetized your blog, tangibility doesn’t matter. The fact of the matter is you’re selling something and that means you need to approach everything around it as a business, including your …
Season 4 of Game of Thrones premiered last night and it got me thinking about the cutthroat archetypes that invade businesses the world over. People are out for themselves and aren’t afraid to take others down to get ahead. It’s an unfortunate but accurate fact of life. Others are more charitable, however, and are constantly looking …
Identifying Your Blogging Style: Game of Thrones Edition Read More »
