How to Sell Blog Posts Before You Write Them

Did you know this was possible? It is. I've been doing it for a few months now (you don't think I tell you every secret in my marketing arsenal right away, do you!)

My blog post over at BloggingTips.com today explains how I go about it -- and how you can too. Imagine, preselling blog posts -- talking about grabbing money out of thin air :-) Enjoy the post.

Have a Burning Freelance Writing Question? I'm devoting the next issue of the newsletter (6/25) to questions from readers. So, if you have a question you want to ask me, send it in. I'll answer as many as I can (in truth, I'll try to get to all of them). If I don't have the answer, I'll tap some of my sources (time permitting).

If you've been wondering about a particular niche on freelance writing, have a marketing question, a how to deal with a client question, a pricing question -- anything on freelance writing (or blogging), just send it in. You can remain anonymous if you want.

Article Marketing Contest Update: Yesterday, no article posting. Today I posted the article, How to Get a Job in a Slow Economy to Amazines.com. Want to know more about article marketing? Click here.

Note: Although this article may seem a little off track for freelance writers, it really isn't because so many start part-time, hence are still active job seekers. Another reason I chose this article is that it is forever green content. Every site should have a stockpile of content like this on their site to drive traffic. I wrote this article originally in 2005, I think. Yet, it remains extremely relevant whenever the economy is in the tank (like it is now, no matter what Washington is saying!).

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How One Freelancer Landed a Client 6 Days After Starting to Market

This post is an update on “SEO Mary.” Mary recently landed her first SEO writing client, less than a week after she started to market.

FYI, Mary is a freelance writer who has been allowing us an inside peek into how she’s starting her SEO writing career. To read this series from the beginning, follow these links: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. This is Part V, the final version.

NOTE: Mary has agreed to give me periodic updates. Hence, at some point in the future, I’ll give an update on her story. Now, on to the latest.

When we left off last, Mary had landed her first client. Upon officially landing the client she wrote:

EMAIL FROM MARY ABOUT OFFICIALLY LANDING HER FIRST SEO WRITING CLIENT

I DO have my first client (got the assignment/keywords Monday) just SIX days after sending out my first query. This is from the company that wanted the category pages [the one discussed in Part IV]. I asked about deadline and he told me he wanted them to "trickle" in. . . . [he] will be sending me work, starting tomorrow ! :-)

And the other, who asked about my writing full websites and asking about my SEO experience - I e-mailed him back today with the explanation -- similar to yours -- that I'm a long-time writer getting into the SEO niche -- and hope he'll use me. We'll see. . .
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BUT, all was not going smoothly with her first assignment. Mary recounts:

Read the rest here.

Considering it's President's Day and we are in the middle of some great politics (I'm finding this Presidential race to be beyond exciting), I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday.

Best,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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Current Issue. Interview with author and freelance writer Misti Sandefur. Also, info on 4 quick, simple things I do on a daily basis to increase traffic to my website and blog (and you can too!); how I made $4,000 in 30-days from one client -- and a whole lot more!
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Get SEO Writing Work With No Experience: How One Freelancer Did It

Today’s post is an update on “Mary’s story.” Who is Mary? Mary is a freelance writer who recently started to do SEO writing. She bought my ebook on the subject and started to get queries from clients before she even started to market. Read about that here.

Along the way, Mary has generously allowed me to chronicle her story, from her panic of answering that first email query from a client, to advice I gave her on how to grow her business to make $5,000/month, or more, by outsourcing work to other freelancers. Here’s the latest on Mary’s foray into the SEO writing sector.

Email Received from Mary

“Yuwanda . . . I just finished an e-mail "blast" to 15 SEO companies. I'm making some progress. I just checked my site's stats . . . after sending out queries the last couple of days. And this time they [site visitors] stayed longer . . . and looked at almost all of my site's pages, something that hasn't happened yet. So I'm rather pleased.

Email I Sent to Mary

Mary that's great! Keep up the good work, and let me know about that first PAYING project.

Email Received from Mary Later that Same Day

Mary: So I come home from work and what do I see, this e-mail from one of my queries:

Read the rest of the story here.

Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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Previous Issue: Spotlight on SEO Content Writing. How to make money at it, effective marketing tips and more. Long-time freelancer Sharon Hurley Hall shares her success tips on this and so much more. Sharon can be found online at http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/ and http://sharonhurleyhall.com/. Subscribe to read this and all previous issues.

Current Issue. Interview with author and freelance writer Misti Sandefur. Also, info on 4 quick, simple things I do on a daily basis to increase traffic to my website and blog (and you can too!); how I made $4,000 in 30-days from one client -- and a whole lot more!
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A Day in the Life of an SEO Writer

Almost a year ago (2/15/07), I wrote a post entitled A Day in the Life of a Busy Commercial Freelance Writer. Oh how times have changed!

My post today, entitled A Day in the Life of an SEO Writer, highlights how much things have changed in my freelance writing business since I wrote that entry last year. Today's post, by the way, is over at BloggingTips.com. I realize that I'm much happier with my work now than I was then.

I have a more diverse clientele, enjoy the type of work I do more, have gotten super organized and am making much more money than I was this time last year (I've had an incredible few months since I started writing SEO content, stretching back to right before the holidays).

Yep, I've definitely found my niche.

FYI, BloggingTips.com is an industry-leading blog I now write for (today was my first post). Check it out. BloggingTips.com is a multi-author blog which is dedicated to helping bloggers create, maintain and improve their blogs. [Source: BloggingTips.com]

There's lots of stuff there on how to make money online, how to make money as a freealance writer, how to make money blogging, etc. It's all written by industry leading authors like Deborah [Ng] from FreelanceWritingGigs.com and Angela [Booth] from Blogging For Dollars. And now, little ole me. Yep, they let me join the club!

Every Wednesday, my posts can be found over at BloggingTips.com. Don't worry, I'll post a link here directing you to it.

Here's to some wing spreading!

Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
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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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Previous 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 , and all previous, issues.

Current Issue. Spotlight on SEO Content Writing: How to make money at it, effective marketing tips and more. Long-time freelancer Sharon Hurley Hall shares her success tips on this and so much more. Sharon can be found online at http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/ and http://sharonhurleyhall.com/. Subscribe to read this , and all previous, issues.
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4 Things Freelance Writers Can Do To Make More Money in 2008

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