Comments on: How to Get Freelance Writing Clients to Hire You https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/05/how-to-get-freelance-writing-clients-to-hire-you.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 22 May 2019 16:45:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/05/how-to-get-freelance-writing-clients-to-hire-you.html#comment-18128 Wed, 22 May 2019 16:45:42 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7252#comment-18128 In reply to Devon Ellington.

I love your approach, Devon. What a great way to start a client relationship.

Also, you’ve hit on a peeve of mine — using the “you’ve screwed up” approach to getting work. It. Doesn’t. Work. You’re not dazzling them with brilliance; you’re pissing them off.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/05/how-to-get-freelance-writing-clients-to-hire-you.html#comment-18127 Wed, 22 May 2019 15:23:05 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7252#comment-18127 I use a mix of techniques. I definitely engage on social media. and use that in the LOI. But sometimes I come across a company with an exciting vision, and then I approach them with what drew me, and ask them to keep me in mind if they need to expand their marketing team. So often, LOIs that come in to my sites (and onto the fiction sites, where it’s totally inappropriate) are slams on my sites and content (again inappropriate to the reason the sites exist — I don’t need $1 articles on a site that’s about a romantic suspense series — do some research, bud) — and why would I hire someone who’s telling me how bad I am? I think in those terms when I approach others. Yes, there’s stuff I’d do differently, but here are the things I’m good at that might work, and your mission is exciting, and I’d love to be a part of spreading the message.

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