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No-Marketing Guide to Freelancing

Posted on February 3, 2022 by lwidmer

Everyone has a sweet spot. It’s that place where the struggle is over, the work and clients come easily, and that working-hard mode you’ve been in for ages has shifted to the hardly working mode. And you’re actually better off. Man, what a sweet spot that is. But what a ton of work you put […]

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How To Increase Freelance Article Rates

Posted on January 19, 2022 by lwidmer

I love it when someone shines a light on a truth and your own lightbulb comes on. That’s how it was for me in 2013 when Walt Kania (whose blog is pretty fabulous, by the way) wrote this guest post for Writers Worth that still resonates. What you charge is determined by one person — […]

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My Freelance Pros (and Cons) in 2021

Posted on December 8, 2021 by lwidmer

I’m out of the office all month. Did your throat just tighten up? The idea of taking time off at all usually gives me hives or agita or stresses me to the point it takes days to relax on vacation. But this time, I walked away easily. Very easily. Since April 2020, I’ve been working like […]

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Stupid Math Tricks Freelancers Perform

Posted on January 23, 2020 by lwidmer

Sometimes, freelance writer, it isn’t your idea that’s the problem. Sometimes it’s not an idea at all. No seriously, that’s not an idea you have. It’s a pipe dream. Case in point: in a forum recently, a friend of mine said she’d seen where an aspiring writer announced she’d chosen a niche. Great! Only …. […]

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How Freelance Writers Get Sucked into Low-paying Work (and how to stop it)

Posted on August 9, 2019 by lwidmer

Imagine getting this email: Hi (your name): Just wanted to let you know I’ve moved to a new company, and we’re looking for writers. I recommended you since we’d worked together when I was at the last company. Do you have time to chat on the phone? So you call. The conversation goes something like […]

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Your Freelance Rate Killers

Posted on August 6, 2018 by lwidmer

I was writing a magazine article a while ago that, given the per-word rate — $1.25 per word, 1,500 words — was going to be a killer payday for me. Until I was 12 interviews and a complete rewrite in. That’s the trouble with some projects. The unforeseen can really hit your bottom line. Even magazine […]

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Easy Freelance Money-making Shift

Posted on November 9, 2017 by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: You Can’t Save ‘Em All by Big Harp Funny how your career tells you what you should be doing. At a recent Meetup function, I was asked what kind of writing I do. “Risk management and insurance writing” I replied. It wasn’t until a few days later that I realized only […]

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The Freelance Money Flow

Posted on June 12, 2017 by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: Show Me The Way by Peter Frampton I was reading a conversation recently among newer writers talking about waiting for that next check to show up. Boy, do I remember those days. And on rare occasion, I still have that same feeling. It’s uncommon though, amen. It’s also one of the […]

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