How to Start a Successful Freelance Writing Career: December 2007

Monday, December 31, 2007

4 Things Freelance Writers Can Do To Make More Money in 2008

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

How to Make Freelance Writing a Full-time Career in 2008

I love the New Year because it is the perfect time to take an objective look back at the past and at the same time make a concrete plan for the future.

If starting a career as a freelance writer is something that you’ve been wanting to do, but have been held back – for whatever reason – following is a concrete plan to make freelance writing a full-time career in 2008.

It's time to get cracking!

Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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Friday, December 21, 2007

From $0 to $250/Day Writing SEO Content: Shameless Plug!

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It's one of the fastest selling ones to date. I think I know why. It details how I went from having no experience in this field to making $250/day writing SEO content -- in just over three weeks time (from thinking about it to putting together a marketing plan to contacting clients and completing my first project).

I tell it all -- even showing the actual back and forth emails between me and one of my first clients.

It's some of the easiest and quickest money I've ever made as a freelance writer (you can too!) and has completely invigorated my joy for this profession.

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Next Post: 12/27. How to Make Freelance Writing a Full-time Career in 2008. This article will lay out a step-by-step plan for making 2008 the year you finally start a freelance writing career. Think of it as The Freelance Writer's 2008 Blueprint for Success.

Speaking of success, how did you stack up in 2007; what progress did you make toward your freelance dreams? Read The Freelance Writer's 2007 Blueprint to Success to assess how you did, and what you can improve upon.

Have a great weekend and a very happy holiday!
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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Previous Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

How to Quickly, Cheaply & Easily Find Freelance Writing Work

One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is how to find freelance writing work.

This depends on many factors, but primarily, your niche and your marketing budget will determine how you find freelance writing work to a large degree.

I can only tell you how I do it. So, here goes …

Click here to read the entire post.

Good luck!

Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Work for Google as a Content Writer?

Earlier this month, Google announced a new web service similar to Wikipedia, the Knol Project. FYI, Knol stands for a unit of knowledge.

The article, Google's Knol project: A Wikipedia killer?, describes it this way: “With huge amounts of content across the web, it's often hard to find the quality stuff. …[Knol] is a knowledge base – where experts write up articles and users have a chance to benefit from the wisdom.”

Google’s says its key idea is to highlight authors, as explained on its blog, ie:

The key idea behind the knol project is to highlight authors. Books have authors' names right on the cover, news articles have bylines, scientific articles always have authors -- but somehow the web evolved without a strong standard to keep authors names highlighted. We believe that knowing who wrote what will significantly help users make better use of web content. [Source: Encouraging people to contribute knowledge]

How does Knol differ from Wikipedia? Revenue sharing and expertise.

Google’s plan is to recruit expert Knols (authors) for each topic. They will receive a share of the profits from advertising generated by their articles.

In contrast, Wikipedia authors are not paid – its contributors are a community of volunteer writers.

Right now, the project is in beta stage, and it is run on an invitation-only basis. So, not just anyone can be a Knol.

Will this mean web searchers won’t have to wade through so much junk on the web? If anyone can make it happen, Google can.

To read full details on the project, click here.

Keeping you editorially "in the know,"
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
http://inkwelleditorial.com/
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http://seo-articles-for-sale.com/
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P.S.: Read about my $250/day as a freelance writer -- with less than two weeks of marketing!
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Monday, December 17, 2007

How I Went from No Clients to $250/day in Less Than 2 Weeks

As a very experienced freelance writer (almost 15 years), I’m amazed at the month I’ve had. One new client I’ve already completed fourteen projects for, and three more serious inquiries for work starting in January.

Remember, December is supposed to be a slow month for freelance writers.

Read on for how I went from no clients to $250/day -- in just over a week -- by breaking into a new freelance writing sector. I'll show you how you can do it too -- this field is wide open for new writers with no experience.

Enjoy!

P.S.: Read about my $250/day as a freelance writer -- with less than two weeks of marketing! Visit FreelanceWritingWebsite.com.
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Previous Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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Friday, December 14, 2007

When You SHOULDN'T Read Other Blogs

To promote your website and/or blog, you need to share. Think social media -- eg, StumbledUpon, Digg, Delicious, etc. Almost every expert touts that one of the best ways to build your website/blog traffic is to read and comment on the sites/blogs of others.

And I agree with this, except in the following instance.

When You SHOULDN'T Read Other Blogs

When you sit down to write for your blog/website: Many would advise that this is the exact time to read what others are writing about and/or what's "hot" on the web. I disagree. Why?

In some cases, it can backfire.

Case in point: You sit down to write a blog post but before you do, you visit some other blogs to get some ideas, do some background reading, etc. Then, you run across a similar post to the one you were going to write. It's written with much more detail and much better than you ever could have written it.

The wind is taken right out of your sails.

Blog Marketing: Why Reading Other People's Blog Can Kill Your Marketing Spirit

While you may still write your post, it's not nearly with the same enthusiasm, depth and passion you would have had you not read the other blog first.

This has happened to me on many occasions, and you know what I realized? There will always be others who are more knowledgeable, with more experience and write more eloquently than I do. While their posts may be "better," a gem hidden in how you said something may resonate with a reader.

It all comes down to believing in what you write, writing from personal experience and having a genuine need to want to share that information to help someone else.

For this, you don't need to read someone else's blog.

I do a lot of online reading -- especially as it relates to how to make money online -- passively. But, I rarely, if ever, visit another blog when I sit down to write for my blogs. I don't want to be encouraged, discouraged and/or overshadowed by someone else's ideas. I want my experience, my passion and my ideas to shine through to the reader.
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That means getting my thoughts down first.

If you're serious about making money online, you're going to have to find something you're passionate about because there are a lot of "unpaid" hours you're going to have to put in before the money starts to flow.

Rarely will you be sustained long term by the ideas and thoughts of others. Most of the content you produce to drive traffic to your blog/website is going to have to come from your insight, your experiences, your suceesses and failures.

So, while reading other blogs is definitely good to keep pace with the industry, don't get in the habit of "relying" on them for your ideas, your insight.

Again, that can only come from you.

Happy writing!
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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http://seo-articles-for-sale.com
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P.S.: Want to start making $50-$200/day as a freelance writer? Visit FreelanceWritingWebsite.com.
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Current Issue: How Much do Freelance Web Writers Really Make? This issue features a roundup of freelance writer income from around the web. Features salaries from a few hundred a month, to a website that earns over $30,000/month -- and the site owner doesn't even sell anything! Subscribe to read this inspiring issue.

Previous Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

An Easy Way to Start Making Money as a Freelance Writer

I’m a huge believer in establishing a freelance writing niche. Not only because of my own personal success, but because many who make money online cite this is a key to their success as well.

And you know what? It is one of the easiest ways to sell yourself as a freelance writer – and start making money almost immediately. Read on for how and why.

P.S.: Want to start making $50-$200/day as a freelance writer? Visit FreelanceWritingWebsite.com.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

3 Freelance Writing Money-making Tips

I've done three things in the past week that have made me more money -- two directly, and one indirectly. What are they?

3 Ways to Create Passive Income as a Freelance Writer

1. Amazon Store: I added an Amazon store to InkwellEditorial.com. To visit the store, click here. To see how it looks on the site, click here.

It was easy to set up as I blogged about here. The best part of it -- it's passive income. Now that it's set up, I don't have to do anything else.

2. New Blog: I set up a new blog, http://money-making-videos.blogspot.com. This came about because I do a lot of surfing on how to make passive income online. Many of the articles I read tend to have the same rehashed info. So, I started to view videos (on a fluke one day, I viewed one and was amazed at the detail it provided).

So, I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be nice to have a "channel," if you will, of just good videos showcasing how to make money online?" As blogs are easy and free to set up, it only took about 20 minutes (I played around with layout, font, etc. -- it could have taken a 1/3 of that time).

Did you know that you can post YouTube videos to your blog right from their site? Similar to sending an email, you just type in the info and wham, it's posted to your blog (no extra interfaces to go through, links to add, etc.).

Tres cool feature! Technology never ceases to amaze me. So, check out this money-making video channel; I hope you'll enjoy it.

3. Get Listed in Search Engines Faster: This is an indirect money-making tip I got from Paula Mooney's blog. I now submit each new page I create on my blogs and websites by hand to Google -- the instant I create them. Why?

They get indexed faster -- which drives traffic to my site faster (which ostensibly creates a sale faster).

Example: I created my money-making video blog site last Friday night (12/7/07). It was already showing up in results the next day (12/8/07).

Either Google is lacking info on this topic (it was light on results in this category which is one of the reasons I created the site), or the bots indexed my site Friday night or Saturday morning. Either way, I didn't have to wait days, weeks or, pray not -- months -- for it to start popping up.

The add your URL to Google link can be found here. Once you create your page, copy/paste it into the URL box on this page. In the "Comments" box, list keyword/label tags. In my opinion, ths helps to get your site indexed that much faster.

Practically every day I get up, I ask myself, what can I do to add passive income to my bottom line (I don't have many more hours in the day for non-passive income)?

Have some passive ways to generate income online? Send them along to info [at] inkwelleditorial[dot]com.
P.S.: Anxious to start making $50-$200/day as a freelance writer? Visit FreelanceWritingWebsite.com.
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Current Issue: How Much do Freelance Writers Really Make? This issue features a roundup of freelance writer income from around the web. Features salaries from a few hundred a month, to a website that earns over $30,000/month -- and the site owner doesn't even sell anything! Subscribe to read this inspiring issue.

Previous Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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Monday, December 10, 2007

How to Convert 30% More of Your Site's Visitors into Buyers

Did you know that long-tail keywords can convert up to 30% more of your site's visitors into buyers, as opposed to just readers/surfers?

If you’ve never heard of the phrase long-tail keywords, you may be missing out on tons of ready-to-buy web surfers. Why? How?
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Read today's article, Long Tail Keywords: How they can help you convert 30% more of your site's surfers into buyers.

Enjoy!
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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P.S.: Anxious to start making $50-$200/day as a freelance writer? Get Parts I and II of Inkwell Editorial's writing e-course FREE. How?

Simply send an email to info@InkwellEditorial.com with “Send me Parts I and II of the Ecourse” Again, it’s free. Full course details here: http://www.inkwelleditorial.com/SmallBizCntr/black-freelance-writing-ecourse.htm
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Friday, December 07, 2007

How often should you update your website to rank high in search engines?

Are you trying to make money from your website and/or blog -- with little to no results?

As a writer, you probably have limited time and practically no budget. One of the things you can do for free to generate traffic is update your website blog. But, how often?

Should you add new content every day, every other day, once a week, etc.? I’ve run across a few opinions on this – and the short answer is, it depends – on quite a few things.

To help you determine how often you should update your site to get high rankings, read today's post, an enlightening look at how often should you update your website to rank high in search engines.

Enjoy!
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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P.S.: Anxious to start making $50-$200/day as a freelance writer? Get Parts I and II of Inkwell Editorial's writing e-course FREE. How?

Simply send an email to info@InkwellEditorial.com with “Send me Parts I and II of the Ecourse” Again, it’s free. Full course details here: http://www.inkwelleditorial.com/SmallBizCntr/black-freelance-writing-ecourse.htm
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Read Freelance Success Stories! There are freelancers who make very good livings at what they love. Inkwell Editorial's newsletter features these successful professionals who put to rest the phrase, "starving freelancer." Subscribe to read all previous issues.

Current Issue: How Much do Freelance Web Writers Really Make? This issue features a roundup of freelance writer income from around the web. Features salaries from a few hundred a month, to a website that earns over $30,000/month -- and the site owner doesn't even sell anything! Subscribe to read this inspiring issue.

Previous Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

$3,821.65 in Blogging Income in 6 weeks…Learn who and how

Yesterday, I published the latest edition of Inkwell Editorial's newsletter, How to Start a Successful Freelance Writing Career.

Curious about what other freelance writes are making? The issue featured a roundup of freelance writer's salaries from around the web. It featured bloggers, seo writers, article writers, affiliate marketers, etc.

To read the issue, subscribe.

Here's one that was left off the list. This blogger breakds down in minute detail how she made almost $4,000 in six weeks from blogging. Enjoy.

Yuwanda Black, Publisher
http://inkwelleditorial.com/
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How to Start a Successful Freelance Career Newsletter
P.S.: Anxious to start making $50-$200/day as a freelance writer? Get Parts I and II of Inkwell Editorial's writing e-course FREE. How?

Simply send an email to info@InkwellEditorial.com with “Send me Parts I and II of the Ecourse” Again, it’s free. Full course details here: http://www.inkwelleditorial.com/SmallBizCntr/black-freelance-writing-ecourse.htm
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Current Issue: How Much do Freelance Web Writers Really Make? This issue features a roundup of freelance writer income from around the web. Features salaries from a few hundred a month, to a website that earns over $30,000/month -- and the site owner doesn't even sell anything! Subscribe to read this inspiring issue.

Previous Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

What is Latent Semantic Indexing & Why You Better Care

I know we just finished Freelance Writer’s Technology Month, but there is so much that was not discussed in the series, that I’ll be writing more often along these lines. Specifically as it relates to internet marketing.

Hence, today's post discussing a relatively new search engine phenomenon that can affect search engine ranking, ie, Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI).

The post discusses why all SEO writers and web entrepreneurs should know -- and care about -- this; why it's the future of internet marketing; why it will make some sites all but disappear from the web. And, most importantly, what you can do to stay on the good side of this technology.

This post was inspired by one of this blog's readers who commented on the launch of my two new websites, SEO-Article-Writer.com (now live) and SEO-Articles-For-Sale (coming in the next few weeks). Thanks for the input Kim!

Enjoy,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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Previous Issue: Sue Fagalde Lick, author of Freelancing for Newspapers. Whether you are an experienced or inexperienced freelance writer, this is one market that eagerly accepts freelancers, as Sue outlines in her book.

Current Issue. Ghostwriting: Want to know what type of work is out there in this genre? How much it pays? Where to find it? How to go about getting it? Ghostwriter Amanda Evans gives us the skinny on this freelance writing niche.
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