Month: July 2019

Free Advice Friday: This Job, Not That Job

Posted on July 26, 2019 by lwidmer

What astounds me these days isn’t that the job offers are so pathetic; it’s that they are rampant across all genres. If you’ve not noticed, far too many of my posts lately have been This Job, Not That Job posts. Why? Because there are far too many lousy job postings lately. This one comes from […]

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How to Look Like a Dweeb to Potential Freelance Writing Clients

Posted on July 23, 2019 by lwidmer

There’s plenty of freelance writing advice out there to help you get clients. But not a lot of it is telling you what not to do. I cruise around social media a lot. That’s where many of the worst offenses occur because, for some reason, people do not realize that everyone and his Uncle Fester […]

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Wednesday Wisdom: This Job, Not That Job

Posted on July 17, 2019 by lwidmer

Just when you think it couldn’t get weirder, it does. I’m talking about job postings. Let’s not call them “freelance opportunities” because honey, they’re not. They’re employer/employee listings. Someone is looking for a writer, but is dictating the salary. That’s not a freelance writer at all. But I digress. This listing, which is probably the […]

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