Month: January 2019

Writers Worth: Turning Fear into Opportunity

Posted on January 24, 2019 by lwidmer

Join Paula Hendrickson and me today at NOON ET for another Twitter chat! Use the #WWMChat hashtag and be part of the conversation!   It’s been a while since we’ve had a guest post, particularly one that carries forward the theme of Writers Worth. This month, Sharon Hurley Hall returns to the blog to share another story of […]

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The Writer’s Guide to Handling Scope Creep

Posted on January 15, 2019 by lwidmer

So John hires you to write his website content. The next conversation goes something like this: Oh by the way, could you check all the links to make sure they’re working? Then maybe he adds this: Oh, that survey on there is old. Could you write three more for me? Sorry, forgot to mention this […]

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4 Marketing Mistakes Freelancers Make

Posted on January 11, 2019 by lwidmer

I was reading through a few blog post articles yesterday when I came across great marketing advice. It was sensible, and it was advice I’d given here a number of times. Yet I wasn’t buying it from this particular blogger. That’s because I’d been the target of one of this blogger’s marketing campaigns. And I […]

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Freelance Writer’s Guide to Achieving Goals

Posted on January 4, 2019 by lwidmer

A number of years back, I decided to set a reading goal on Goodreads. I was going to read thirty books in a year. I figured I’d reinvent my reading habit and get to some of these thousands of books I have (not exaggerating). I did it. I read 30 books. And you know what? […]

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How Frank Honesty Can Win Freelance Clients

Posted on January 3, 2019 by lwidmer

I love the beginning of a new year, but not for the new-beginnings-and-resolutions-aplenty stuff. I love it for another reason — Potential clients reach out. The Christmas presents are barely opened before I start getting notes. It makes sense; people want to line up their projects and contractors now so that at the stroke of […]

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