Businesses outsource a wide range of tasks to qualified professionals who can help them get more done in a shorter amount of time. According to SBA, some of the most commonly outsourced business functions include sales, human resources, accounting, customer service, and marketing, which can include content creation. If you haven’t considered outsourcing your business’s… Read more →
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The 8 Best Content Writing Services for Both Clients and Writers
Content is still king. Seven out of 10 marketers invest in content marketing, and 78% of companies have between one and three content specialists. Each one of those marketers wants to get more attention than their competitors, so it’s no surprise that the content service market is booming. There are so many platforms out there,… Read more →
Freelance Writing 101: What Exactly Do Freelance Writers Do?
Between 2014 and 2019, the number of working freelancers increased by 64.9 percent. In fact, freelancers now represent approximately 35 percent of the world’s workforce, and 75 percent of them say that they wouldn’t do anything else for a living. Those new to the idea might be wondering: what’s a freelance writer, and why has… Read more →
Meet the Freelance Writer: Bree Brouwer
Ever want to know what the life of a full-time freelance writer is really like? Freelance writer Bree Brouwer shares insights, tips, and realities about the job.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Samar Owais
Ever want to know what the life of a full-time freelance writer is really like? Freelance writer Samar Owais shares insights, tips, and realities about the job.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Carrie Smith Nicholson
Welcome to our new series, Meet the Freelance Writer! Here, you’ll meet a diverse range of individuals who have carved out a place in the world of full-time freelance writing. In this interview, you’ll find out all about Carrie Smith Nicholson of Careful Cents.
Meet the Freelance Writer: Elna Cain
Welcome to our new series, Meet the Freelance Writer! Here, you’ll meet a diverse range of individuals who have carved out a place in the world of full-time freelance writing. In this interview, you’ll find out all about Elsa Cain.
Top 10 Tips to Convince Businesses to Outsource Freelance Work to You
Businesses will outsource work to you if you can prove that you can produce exceptional work; you meet deadlines; you can achieve what the client wants; you have existing skills and knowledge matching the project.
You Can Provide Ghostwriting Services Online
A ghostwriter is a person who writes for someone else for money and always stays in the background. When you are hired for a ghostwriting gig, you give up ownership of the work the very minute you are paid – whether it is a blog, an article or an entire book.
3 Common Mistakes to Avoid With Online Writing Jobs
If you want to make money online, writing for the Web can be a rewarding career option. There is little startup cost involved, you often get paid very quickly, and you can see your work published far more quickly than print freelance writers do in many cases.
The Secret To Grant Proposal Writing Success
In my position working in programming for one of the country�s major foundations, I reviewed many many grant proposals.
10 Essential Qualities For Success in PR
The world of public relations is a lot like the world of advertising — the more creative you are, the more successful you will be. Of course, more often than not you will be using fairly standard techniques such as press releases to promote your client. However, if you can inject some of your own personal creativity into these tried-and-tested methods
The Art of Writing a Business Report
Can you imagine life without the printed word? Regardless of your profession, you frequently use documents and reports to base important business decisions
9-Point Checklist: Is a Technical Writing Job For You?
If you are just starting out on your professional career or thinking to make a career change, you might want to use the below check list to see if technical writing would be a correct choice for you.
Top 7 Ways to Attract New Clients For Your Freelancing Business
Although there are many perks working on the Internet, getting the word out and generating a steady supply of target traffic and potential new clients to your Internet door is not the easiest process unless you have the budget to outsource some of the actual marketing to an agency.
Magnetic Marketing Copy: Writing From a Position of Partnership
Do you ever feel sleazy or inauthentic when you write marketing or sales copy? Like you’re pushing people, rather than pulling them in? I know I have.
How To Write Follow-Up Articles For News Outlets – 3-Step Guide
If you have a good story that is relevant to the issue, provides fresh perspective and is different from what the news outlet or any of their rivals are likely to have, then you have an excellent chance of seeing your byline the next day.
7 Important Tips in Business Writing
Letter writing is a form of communication. Thoughts, feelings, opinions and intentions are written clearly so that the reader will fully understand what exactly you wish to say
How I Became a Syndicated Columnist, And You Can Too!
When people ask me how I became a syndicated columnist, I usually say, it just snowballed. And basically that’s what happened. Here’s how you can do it too.
Grant Writing Jobs – A High Demand Writing Career
If you love to write, are highly organized, and enjoy working for a good cause, grant writing may be the perfect career for you. With more than 1.5 million nonprofits and thousands more organizations depending on grants in the United States alone, grant writers are in high demand. Read the following article for tips on how to break into this industry.
Freelance Writing Opportunities in Writing for the Trade Press
Trade publications attract writers from two primary sources. Trade editors actively seek out tradesmen and women and turn them into writers; and/or editors invite freelance writers to pitch query letters and articles make them familiar with the trade. Since the former option is the easiest and simplest, most trade editors prefer to work with freelance writers.
Writing for Local News Outlets
A very easy way for writers living in rural areas to increase their monthly income is to act as a local correspondent for different social media content websites. Social media content sites, like Patch.com, Examiner.com, and Gather.com
Freelance Writing Advice: Writing Descriptive Articles for Editors
The effectiveness of descriptive writing depends largely on the right choice of words. It is not enough to depict the memorable points of the subject tersely and vigorously: you must do this attractively, picturesquely.
How to Get Clients in Less than an Hour for Your Writing Business
Are you looking forward to taking your freelance writing business to the next level by landing big time corporate clients? One of the most disturbing truths that block such aspiration is that prospects do not realize they need people who do not just write�but those who write effectively.
In this Business of Writing, One Opportunity Leads to Another
In my first eighteen years as a writer I feel like I made almost every mistake an author can make. I’ve been ripped off by vanity publishers, have paid more than I should for sub-par editing, and spent many years working hard without making any real progress. This all changed for me
How to Kill a Writing Career
Learning to be a successful writer is kind of like being a gold miner back then. Most writers won’t make a ton of money with their writing. The people who do make the money are the ones who sell the endless ebooks and online courses that tell people how to – wait for it – make money with their writing.
How I Broke into Freelance Writing Based on One Idea
Everyone has a story about how they began their freelance writing career. Learn how to do the same from the experiences of one successful writer.
A Specialty in Freelance Real Estate Writing
National real estate writing and editing has been my specialty for nearly 10 years, but I have years of experience as a real estate agent and property manager that made a complete package for editors and content managers. I have written an ebook and hundreds of blogs
Freelance Copywriting: Writing the Advertorial
Whether you are a copywriter, an article writer, or a journalist, you can easily grasp the mechanics of writing advertorials for clients. Without realizing it, you might have written advertorials, in some form or to some degree, for clients. Here are some practical tips to understand the components of an advertorial and how to write one.
Write to Excite, Delight and Entice
When you do your business writing, consider incorporating the principle of Excite, Delight and Entice. What this means is that you emotionalize your writing
Business Writing – Discover 6 Challenging Steps to Excel at Business Writing
In this type of writing, there are so many factors that you need to take into consideration just to get your message across
Getting it write: The ten most common business writing mistakes and how to avoid them
How many business documents do UK companies produce each week? Think about the countless emails; the proposals for clients; the reports for management
7 Tips to Become a Better Business Writer
Every sentence you put down on paper (or on a computer screen) identifies who you are and/or what your business offers. Here are 7 tips to improve your writing.
Improve Document Searches with Great Technical Writing
People use the words that they know when they speak, write, or search. It’s folly to try to force the Reader to use the writer’s terminology.
The Anatomy of a Proposal – Presenting the Solution
When writing a business proposal Executive Summary we suggest the following flow to the structure of this part of your sales document.
Top Reasons To Avoid Business Jargon
The heavy use of jargon leaves those who don’t understand the terms feeling confused, while the ones who do understand might feel smug and in-the-know.