Tag: freelancer
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Your Content Strategy: Tips From a Freelance Writer
A content strategy involves much more than randomly posting content that’s vaguely relevant to what you do. It aims to build your online visibility and your business’s reputation. This article covers the basics that lie behind a content strategy and its implementation.
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Freelance Writers: 6 Basics to Boost Engagement
Passionate about writing? How passionate are you about writing for clients? After all, they’re not just a necessary inconvenience: they’re the reason why you’re able to stay afloat. Passion does matter. It always matters. You have to be able to feel it to express it. You need to express it to achieve reader engagement. You…
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Freelance Writers: Beware of These 5 Errors
Freelance content writing might seem like an easy gig, but your path is littered with stumbling blocks that you’ll need to avoid. In an earlier post, you’ll find tips to help you craft better copy. This post covers things that it doesn’t, so take basics like “don’t write lengthy sentences” and “make it easy to…
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Top 10 Tips For Content Writers
Shout-out to all those content writers out there! If you’re relatively new to the business, or are hoping to craft good content for your own business’s website, what should you be looking out for? How can you engage and inform your readers? Here’s what you need to know! 1. Grab Them From the Get-Go Introductions…
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How to Get the Best Results When Working with Freelance Writers
Are you considering employing a freelance writer to help you with your website, blog, press releases, or social media content? Get insider tips on how to get the results you’re hoping for right here! Where Can You Find Remote Content Writers? SEO agencies are usually willing to offer you content writing services. It will tend…
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Top Marketing Cliches That (Nearly) Every Business Should Avoid
Perhaps my own business’s slogan should be: “I write, you pay me.” or perhaps “Keeping you happy to make a profit.” At least it would be refreshingly honest! Of course, I could go mainstream with something like “Written just for you,” or “The best: because you matter.” Sounds good? Awesome! I’ll put that on my…
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Tricky Singulars and Plurals and a Changing Language
Have you noticed that the choice between singular and plural forms of words can get a little tricky? If you haven’t, then you might learn something from this short article! Top tip: don’t rely on grammar checkers unless you already know what you’re doing. They can be confusing, and sometimes, they’re just plain wrong! The…
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IAPWE: Scam?
It starts off with what looks to be a genuine work opportunity. There’s quite a lengthy skills test to complete. After a couple of weeks, you get an email saying that you’re hired – except that you aren’t. It turns out you’re now an approved member of IAPWE – the Professional Association of Writers and…
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Creating Copy: Everybody’s Looking for Something
Starting a portfolio website as a writer is easy enough. Knowing what to post there is another matter! The problem we’re faced with is that everybody’s looking for something, and we don’t know what that “something” is, even though we may be adaptable as commercial writers. Here are some of the options, each written in…
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How I Find Work as a Freelance Writer
A lot of people envy my life as a freelance writer. I think most of them don’t realize just how hard I work, but I’m definitely not complaining. After all, I can sit on my porch with my cat all day, tickling my keyboard and turning words into money. See that featured image? It’s the…
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