Comments on: How to Fail at Freelance Writing https://wordsonpageblog.com/2023/10/how-to-fail-at-freelance-writing.html a freelance writing resource. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2023/10/how-to-fail-at-freelance-writing.html#comment-27926 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:45:38 +0000 https://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8667#comment-27926 In reply to Devon Ellington.

Isn’t it maddening? Like you, I’m too old/tired to give a damn about engaging with people who are phoning it in.

Great idea with helping out a friend. I think that’s where we all succeed!

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2023/10/how-to-fail-at-freelance-writing.html#comment-27912 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:05:48 +0000 https://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8667#comment-27912 Oh, this happens daily. People who email the websites for the various series and want me to hire them to write articles for my site. Um, the sites are about promoting the novels and the backstories/research tidbits behind them. They’re not sites for articles.

Or telling me they can take my business to “the next level” but they’re not contacting me through the, you know, BUSINESS website, but the one that’s got the information about the stage plays and radio plays.

When I pitch to a company, one of my favorite things to put in the pitch is the thing that got me excited about their business in the first place, and why I think my style/skills would be of use.

Because I’m too damn old and tired to partner with businesses whose work doesn’t excite me. And if something about what they do engages me, and I think I can communicate it effectively to a wider audience, I do.

Then there are small business owners I just hang out with — as I said to one colleague with whom I spend time at the networking events — your site is already great. You don’t need to hire me (or anyone like me) to do anything. But I’m always here as a sounding board to bounce off new ideas.

And she does the same for me.

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