May 2013

Good health content can strike that sweet spot between evergreen and newsworthy if your writers know how to cull the web for credible, research based sources. When assigning health, nutrition, exercise, and even some beauty ...

If you’re a freelance marketing writer with an academic and/or literary background, you’ll be happy to realize that our love of stories can refine our freelance work, making it more marketable and enhancing the reputation of ...

Freelance writing has become a much more difficult profession during the past decade as newspapers and magazines have slashed the number of writers they use regularly and reduced how much money they pay for a story. Many ...

Writing for a living may sound glamorous, and I suppose sometimes it is. However, the reality of freelance writing can often be more about long hours, chasing unpaid invoices, drumming up clients to replace ones who ran out ...

One marker of expert writing ability is being able to delineate how different realms of writing inform and impact one another. Less experienced folks assume that good writing is good writing, and you know it when you see it. ...

Working as a freelance writer part-time can provide extra income to a household or full-time can provide an income source when no other job may be available or desirable. However, that doesn’t mean a writer’s family will ...

Sharing on social media is a double-edged sword. Sure, you need to get your website out there through promotional posts on all of those social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. But who has got the time? Between ...

As a writer, you may be frustrated by the endless requests for blurbs or articles on mundane topics. They come because someone is looking for unique content or a unique perspective that they don't have. If you consider each ...

Instead of building their own freelance writer websites, many writers keep blogs to build their reputations. Some writers blog to stay in contact with other writers and speak out about the industry. Some bloggers are drawn to ...

If you're a freelance writer for hire, the only way to ensure a regular income is to write a steady stream of pitch letters to potential clients. You may be trying out for website content services or looking for new private ...

The stereotypical image of a creative writer usually involves a single person staring off into the sunset, formulating sparkling gems of brilliance in their unique, brilliant mind. In reality, inspiration often strikes when ...

Al Neuharth said the decision he made on Sept. 14, 1982, was easy, but critics of USA Today excoriated his decision for more than a decade as an example of what was wrong with newspapers. Neuharth, the chief executive of ...