SOLD OUT: Sorry, but the FREE Marketing Q&A webinar hosted by Jake Poinier and featuring yours truly has no room. However, you can get on the list for the next one! Get on the list here Remember that relaxing I wanted to do yesterday? Didn’t happen. Just as I exhaled, a favorite editor sent over an…
Month: August 2015
6 Ways to Prove Your Writing Chops to Prospects
SOLD OUT: Sorry, but the FREE Marketing Q&A webinar hosted by Jake Poinier and featuring yours truly has no room. However, you can get on the list for the next one! Get on the list here Can I breathe yet? By the end of yesterday, I’d finally dug myself out from under a rather massive…
The Writer’s Guide to Negotiating Like a Pro
FREE Marketing Q&A: Join Jake Poinier and me September 14th at 1 pm ET for a FREE one-hour Marketing Q&A. Reserve your spot today It’s only Tuesday? Why do I feel like last week just blended into this week? I had a weekend — a good one — but I came to the desk yesterday with a list…
Free Advice Friday: Excuses That Will Sink Your Writing Business
Doing anything September 14th at 1 pm ET? Join Jake Poinier (a.k.a. Dr. Freelance) and me for a FREE one-hour Marketing Q&A. Reserve your spot today This week, I tried doing the impossible — make more time show up between Monday and Friday. With several deadlines this week and early next week, I was looking at a…
Freelance Technique: Capturing Your Writing Client’s Voice
Have marketing questions? Want to find out what works best for successful writers? Join Jake Poinier (a.k.a. Dr. Freelance) and me for a FREE one-hour Marketing Q&A. Reserve your spot today What a week so far. I spent five days away, two of them on the weekend, yet I’m working like I’ve been away a…
14 Go-to Sources for Clients
What’s on the iPod: Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright Well, back to work today. After a nice week off with family and other relatives, I’m playing catch-up this week. One of the questions I hear a lot from new and struggling writers is “Where can I find clients?” If you know me, you know I’m not…
Free Advice Friday: Streamlining Article Writing
What’s on the iPod: Timeless by The Airborne Toxic Event I’m still on vacation, though I’m now south of the Canadian border. Because of my unusually heavy summer workload, I needed to step away for a full week. It’s a combination of detox and much-needed cleaning. We talked a few weeks back about how to…
5 Ways to Navigate the Writing Client’s First Draft
I’m out of the office this week — at least I hope I am. As I write this post Thursday afternoon, I’m certain I didn’t go anywhere on Friday. My car decided it wasn’t done bleeding money out of me. A day after I paid $850 for new struts and an alignment, the brake hydraulics…
Writer’s Worth: Marketing Strategies to Use Right Now
I’ll be here starting tomorrow. Ontario never looked so good as it does right now after a long week of many projects. You can tell I’m about to go on my twice-postponed vacation — the work is flooding in. This week alone I picked up six projects. Luckily, not all of them have the same…
6 Signs Your Freelance Writing Business May Fail
What’s on the iPod: Fade Into You by Mazzy Star Another wildly busy weekend. My son was visiting, so we were happily busy for much of the weekend. Because we’re still painting the upstairs, he had to stay at his sister’s house, which worked out well. Since we seem to be a revolving door when…