Writers Worth: 101 Best Blog Posts for Your Freelance Writing Career

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Happy Writers Worth Month 2015!

It’s been a while since I put together a resource guide –the 101 Resources to Rock Your Freelance World was a massive undertaking, enough that I took two years to try it again.

What better way to start this year’s celebration than with a list of resources? This list contains some of the best advice from around the freelancing blogosphere that are sure to hold at least one nugget you can use right now.

Here are some key posts that I think can help you gain a bit more traction in your career:

1.   101 Ways to Make a Living Writing in 2015: Why not start a list with a list? Jennifer Mattern shows us plenty of areas where our writing talents may fit.
2.   Losing Motivation and Finding it Again: Yolander Prinzel shows us how to get our freelance mojo back.
3.  The Wrong Way to Get Freelance Jobs: Dr. Freelance Jake Poinier on why skipping the relationship-building part of marketing makes you look like a putz.
4.   Guru Follower’s A-ha Moment: Cathy Miller shows us why successful gurus don’t always make great teachers.
5.   The Dangers of Bargain-basement Copywriting: Emily Fowler on exactly why you need to stop under-pricing yourself. Now.
6.   7 Resolutions to Revitalize Your Business Writing: This post by Ashley Festa was published a while ago, but the advice is stellar no matter when you hear it.
7.   Is Your Website Bio Creating Trust or Indifference?: Stephanie O’Brien graces Peter Bowerman’s blog with a fantastic reminder that image is essential to our survival.
8.   Put These in Place and You’ll Grow Your Copywriting Business Faster and with Less Stress: Speaking of Peter Bowerman, he shows us how to build a structure of fulfillment and why we absolutely need one.
9.   6 Habits You Should Banish from Your Writing Life: I give you six reasons why your career could be stalling.
10.  How to Attract Great Clients with LinkedIn: Ed Gandia and guest Melonie Dodaro walk us through powering up our LinkedIn presence.
11.  Attracting Your Ideal Customer with Effective Marketing: Thank you, Mike Foster, for explaining the why and how of finding those clients.
12.  6 Tips for Finding Prospects on LinkedIn: Melonie Dodaro makes it so easy to do it right.
13.  Creating a Stronger Freelance Business: I give you seven ways to do it. What can you add to the list?
14.  50 Do-it-yourself Marketing Tips: Well put, Patrick Wood. His is excellent advice.
15.  6 Ways You’re Scaring Off Clients: By yours truly. Any one of these could be sinking you.
16.  How to Get the Writing Pay You Deserve: Sharon Hurley Hall says it starts with knowing your value. Amen, Sharon!
17.  How to Appeal to the Three Types of Buyers: I love this post from Neil Patel. He breaks down each argument beautifully.
18.  5 Stupid Excuses Freelance Writers Make for Not Reaching Their Goals: Why I love Jenn Mattern — she doesn’t sugar-coat it. Fix these and you’re golden.
19. 20 Tips for Freelance Writers: Thank you, Mark Nichol, for a great list of career-boosting advice.
20. Nurture Relationships for the Best Client Referrals: Lauren Tharp nails it on how to remain in front of your clients without being a pest.
21. Networking is Bullsh*t: Zach Freedman builds an excellent case for losing the jargon and remembering the point of it all.
22. How to Make More Money as a Freelancer: Common-sense advice from Marco Massaro.
23. Lead Generation: Content Marketing Strategies that Connect Better with Audiences: Top translator and Twitter chum Catherine Cristaki offers a fantastic guest post by Nick Rojas on how to win more business.
24. Creating a Stronger Writing Business: I walk you through simple ways to improve your outcome.
25 How to Set Professional Boundaries with Freelance Clients: Again, Lauren Tharp delivers. This is a great post on maintaining your business integrity.
26. Writer Marketing: How to Focus on Value: Sharon Hurley Hall does it again with a great post on how to convey value to your clients.
27. The Best Way to Run a Freelance Writing Business: Jake Poinier examines everything from generalizing to pricing.
28. How Freelance Writers Should Charge – by the Hour, Word, or Flat Fee: Veteran writer and good friend Anne Wayman goes over each option and helps you understand when to use each one.
29. When a Freelance Writer’s Marketing Stops Working: Chum Anne Wayman walks us through how to handle when our efforts fall flat.
30. How to Charge More Than $10 Per Article: A brilliant four-part series by Sharon Hurley Hall. Follow the link, which includes links to all four posts.
31. Build Your Audience from Zero to Traction: Excellent post by Brian Casel, and one worth memorizing.
32. Are You Really Worth More Than Content Mills?: Newer writer Katliegh Merrier does a great job of telling us why content mills are the wrong place to start.
33. What is Customer Service? Seth Godin knows, and he gives us a solid primer, plus ways it can apply to every business.
34. 6 Strategies for a Powerful About Page: For anyone who’s ever been tempted to write about their family or cats, Paul Back shows you a much, much better way.
35. Why Even a Big List Won’t Save You from Bad Strategy: Chris Garrett, you had me at “why.” Terrific advice.
36. Content Marketing as a Food Truck: Rethinking Content Marketing in a World of Splintered Attention: Chris Brogan at his best.
37. Does Your Freelance Website Pass the Five Second Test? What a great post! Conrad Feagin helps us get instant improvement in our client engagement via a simple website examination.
38. How to Attract Freelance Writing Clients with Optin Feature Box WordPress Plugin: Who doesn’t need a little help attracting clients? Samar Owais shows us a tool that can help.
39 .Writing Revisions and Doing the Right Thing: In this post, Jake Poinier talks about revisions versus rewrites, and when it’s not okay to say yes.
40. 5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Freelance Writing Niche: Jenn Mattern asks the important questions we should be asking ourselves before we specialize.
41. Speak Up and Grow Your Writing Business: Thank you again, Peter Bowerman, for an excellent post on how we can extend our business into speaking engagements.
42. Surf the 7 Cs of Business Communication: I love Cathy Miller. When you read her posts about how to improve how you talk to your clients, you will, too.
43. Three Secrets for the Successful Marketing of Your Writing: Anne Wayman gives you three simple ways to get the word out.
44. 5 Easy Editing Tips to Instantly Improve Your Writing: Ashley Festa shows you how easy it is to be your own editor.
45. Three Growing Fields in Freelance Writing: Allena Tapia gives us the low-down on what they are and how to approach them.
46. Freelance Referrals Gone Bad: He’s not called Dr. Freelance for nothing – Jake Poinier explains the lessons learned from giving a referral that didn’t work out.
47. The Benefits of Sending e-Newsletters: Emily Fowler does it again with a neat little post that helps you commit to an e-newsletter.
48. The Dreaded B Word in Business Communication: It’s something Cathy Miller never is. Are you?
49. How to Write an ‘About’ Page for Your Website: And no, it doesn’t include your pets. Ashley Festa shows us how to do it right.
50. What Kind of Writing Should I Do?: Allena Tapia answers the ages-old question.
51. How to Think Outside the Box When Developing Multiple Revenue Streams: Steph Auteri’s title says it all.
52. Are You Hitting a Home Run with Your Pitch Letter? Elna Cain thinks you can do better. And she shows us resources that can help.
53. What’s a Freelance Writer Platform? And Do I Need One? When Jenn Mattern speaks, just shut up and listen. She’s showing us how to create more presence and bang for our business.
54. Why the “Welcome to My Website” Introduction Makes Me Want to Gag: Alicia Rades has a great way of putting things. That’s why you’ll never see boring, generic intros on her blog.
55. What to Do When Your Freelance Blogging Career is Going Nowhere: Sophie Lizard is the strongest voice in blogging. Here’s her advice on how to reset your blogging career button.
56. 52 Free Tools and Resources to Superfuel Your Freelance Blogging: Robin Geuens gives us more ways to pump up the career.
57. 5 Ways to Supercharge Business-centric Content with Stories: I love finding new voices. Francesca Nicasio is one of those voices I’m interested in hearing more from.
58. Steal the 3 Systems That Raised My Freelance Blogging Income from Zero to $4,000 a Month: Gina Horkey shows us how easy it is to get that income up to fighting weight.
59. How Do I Make Money as a Freelance Writer?: Once again, Elna Cain has the answer.
60. How to Spend Less Time Marketing and More Time Making Money: Another reason to pay attention to Francesca Nicasio.

66. The Forgotten Gift: Using Intuitive Intelligence for Greater Business Success: Coach Carolynne Melnyk reminds us how to use our brains.