Regular visitors, you know how I feel about job boards. In general, they’re a waste of time. Yes, you can find lucrative work there. No, you don’t find it there regularly. More often, you find vaguely worded ads that hint at either “ground floor opportunities” or “free exposure.” Once you’ve been burned by a few…
Writer’s Worth Tip #1 – Beware the Bargain Shopper
We’re counting down to the homestretch – the Second Annual Writers Worth Day is May 15th, and I’m asking all of you to spread the word today, tomorrow, May 15th, May 16th, August 2nd…. you get the idea. Find some way – your way – to make this your day to educate our masses. In…
Do You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?
Question: When is it ever acceptable to be nasty to another person?Answer: Never. Another question: When do you have to accept nastiness from a client or a writer?Answer: Never. We’ve all run into one or two people in our lives who just can’t be nice when facing some sort of roadblock or disagreement. When it’s…
Your Writing Peeves
We all have them – those things we hate to do, hear, or deal with. One of my writing friends loathes hearing a PR person ask for a copy of the published article, mostly because it requires her to get in touch with the editor, trace it back to the issue it appeared in, and…
Monthly Assessment – April
Yes, once again it’s time to bare our souls – or rather, our careers – to see how we’re doing on our way to freelance success. Like always, I’ll throw myself under the bus first in hopes you’ll follow. 😉 April – what can I say? Taxes had me crippled the first week and a…
Adding Value You Didn’t Know Existed
If spending just a few hours researching could net you more value to your clients, and perhaps a little more money, would you do it? Sure you would, especially if there was a little more money involved. You’re a business person. Business people don’t walk away from cash, especially when it could be easier to…
Fighting Words
From now on I’m taking Eileen’s approach to job listings – I’m not going there. For here’s what happened last week when I did. The ad was for a business article writer. The poster did write back. Let’s just say for once, price wasn’t the major issue. Here’s the response: “In most cases, you’d need…
A Dose of Reality, Please
With the Second Annual Writers Worth Day coming up on May 15th, I’m looking for ways to introduce a little reality into the heads of writers who think $1 an article is a great wage. I saw the other side of the spectrum over the weekend when I saw State of Play with Russell Crowe…
Where Have You Been?
Writing chum Anne Wayman had a fun post up last week on her blog about the jobs we writers have had over the years before this one. Since I’m trying to get a ton of work done before noon so I can enjoy maybe an hour of this fantastic weather, I’m going to shamelessly lift…
And Yes, We Should All Be Outraged
It seems the world is conspiring to make this Writers Worth Day more necessary than ever. Devon brought up on her blog a segment she’d seen on CBS’s The Morning Show in which Daniel Sieberg interviewed a woman who writes by her pool all day (the segment is called Selling Online Expertise). I won’t call…