Month: May 2022

1 Move That Can Increase Freelance Income (and it’s not what you think)

Posted on May 23, 2022 by lwidmer

On a former teacher’s Facebook post recently, I was bemoaning how I’d been writing in my specialty area for 22 years and how I still get sources — typically men — overexplaining the industry to me. You know, the industry about which I’ve written articles that they’ve read. In one hilarious case, an over-explainer actually […]

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The Truth About Job Board Freelancing

Posted on May 11, 2022 by lwidmer

You’ve done it. Admit it. I’ve done it, too. You’re not alone. I’m talking about applying to ads listed on job boards or (gasp!) on paid job listing sites. The ads are enticing. The posters are asking for exactly the skills you have. So what the hell, right? Apply. Take a few minutes — maybe […]

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1 Top Freelance Switch for Better Clients

Posted on May 6, 2022 by lwidmer

I saw an article promoted last week on Twitter that was labeled “excellent” by the poster. It was writing-related, so of course I clicked. Should have saved my digits the energy. It turned out the article was the basic beginner freelancer stuff. Not that there’s a single thing wrong with helping freelancers get started. I […]

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4 Better Freelance Client Moves

Posted on May 4, 2022 by lwidmer

“Find freelance work on Google.” “Write for greeting card companies.” “Easy way to find magazine gigs.” Know what all of these have in common? Well, besides being tweets I’ve seen recently. Every single one of these statements is a quick way to get work. But each is also a quick way to go down the […]

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