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8 Downtime Strategies for Freelance Writers

Posted on April 7, 2020 by lwidmer

You know that thing you’ve been putting off? That personal freelance writing project? That marketing? That ___ ? Now is the time. Seriously, when is it going to be a better time? A few caveats first. If you don’t capitalize on this time that’s been gifted to you by one of the most life-altering, ongoing, […]

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3 Ideas for Successful Freelance Marketing (Yes, even now)

Posted on April 3, 2020 by lwidmer

There’s an entire country of people who are about to do — or are already doing — what we do every day: Work from home. You already know the impact that’s having on businesses, particularly small businesses and those that were struggling before the pandemic. Some companies are scaling back drastically (Macy’s, Lush, Sephora, and […]

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The Freelance Writing Sniff Test

Posted on March 24, 2020 by lwidmer

Not long ago, I had an email from a potential client. Well, let me back up a little. It was an email from someone I’d just connected with on social media. I mean, I’d connected with them in that same minute. The email was a thank you, but it was also a request. The person […]

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The Freelance Guide to Pandemic Marketing

Posted on March 17, 2020 by lwidmer

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! And happy Blog-iversary to Words on the Page — for 14 years, we’ve been together. I thank all of you for helping make this a great place to share ideas and friendship. As much as I love a good St. Patrick’s Day celebration, that’s not happening. There’s this pandemic thing… So […]

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How to Schedule Like a Freelance Writing Boss

Posted on March 10, 2020 by lwidmer

It happened again. I spent Tuesday through Friday of last week in the hospital. It was one of those health issues that just can’t be ignored, but once treated, it’s just a waiting game. And since it had happened once before, I knew it when it happened, so I calmly gathered what I’d need — […]

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The #1 Way to Earn More at Freelance Writing

Posted on March 4, 2020 by lwidmer

I’m in the middle of a long run of constant work. I’ve met my March earnings goal with the projects I have on hand already, and it’s only the 4th of the month. You want that too, right? Look, there are precious few “secrets” to making a living freelance writing. Most of what you’ll do […]

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What My Fitness Tracker Has Taught Me About Running a Freelance Writing Business

Posted on February 25, 2020 by lwidmer

I did something seriously wrong last week. Something that had me overthinking, overdoing, and generally stretching myself beyond my capacity and abilities. That’s right: I accepted and participated in a FitBit Workweek Challenge. I thought it would be a nice way to see how friends and their friends were progressing. I thought it would motivate […]

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Your Blogging Platform

Posted on November 11, 2008 by lwidmer

Didn’t know you had one, did you? You may not, actually. It would depend on your purpose each time you sit down to type something into your little corner of cyberspace. Does your stuff have a theme? Should it? Do you feel yourself twisting in the wind a bit, or are your posts a bit […]

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Random Stuff for a Tuesday

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lwidmer

This post is dedicated to stuff that’s been on my mind. No theme. Just stuff. Hey, give me a break here. At least I remembered it was Tuesday! (double-checking to make sure she’s right…) I mentioned Entrecard last week. I have one. It’s right there to the left of this post. It’s a “calling card” […]

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Are You Legit?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by lwidmer

There’s a bit of a back-and-forth discussion over on About.com’s Freelance site about the legitimacy of weblogs as “real” writing. Some say yes, some say no, while others are just there to play Grammar Cops and rip the hostess Allena’s post to shreds (lighten up, people!). One poster went so far as to say the […]

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