Guest blogging is a great way to be seen by a wider audience. It’s like going to the neighborhood social…in the neighborhood down the street. You get to step out, strut a little and talk to new people. But, ya gotta do it the right way. You can’t just waltz right in, you have to [...]
One of my greatest frustrations as a freelance writer is the prospective client who believes he can get a page of web content for under $10 and expect it will be ‘good’. All I can do is laugh… and sigh. No one gets good content at that price. And, everyone wants good content for their [...]
When I was in college I took a job driving one of the University buses, a big city transit bus. It was 1974 and I believe I was the first female to drive a bus for the University. I loved it and had great fun interacting with the people in their surprise to see a [...]
Social media engagement can be such an overwhelming task(s). What to add, which ones must you use and knowing how, when, where, and why to engage. And, of course this must be done in addition to your day job and your family life. I’ve just spent over 30 minutes bouncing around in tweet-land this morning. [...]
As every freelance writer will tell you, setting financial goals is crucial. If we’re going to make a real living at writing, we’ve got to see the money flow in steadily. I set my goals for the first few months of this year, and will be watching as I ponder the need for a supplemental [...]
I want to be like The Transporter when it comes to client negotiations. Jason Statham is The Transporter, an action guy who transports ‘things’ for people. In the original movie, the first of three, he is transporting a woman…and it gets complicated. I admit to watching the occasional action movie, especially if one of my [...]
Being self-employed requires a certain degree of self-promotion for success. The old “if I build it will they come” only works if everyone knows the address. In reality, many of us have challenges with self-promotion, and I suspect the difficulty for me has much to do with my upbringing and being a woman of a [...]
Have you ever opened up your spam mail or spam comments and been in awe of the range of creative and poorly written stuff you find there? Don’t you wonder who’s sending it and why you’ve been targeted? I do, and I know the answer. I got 2 bits of spam yesterday with the identical [...]
First let me say that I’m not qualified to answer this question as a professional, there are hundreds of blogs out there addressing this very topic. I will talk to my experiences in response to a question on my last post from a reader. When I left my job my previous job the plan was [...]
I’m still not writing the book. Why? Not sure; maybe it’s still in the gestation phase? I feel like I look like I’m pregnant so maybe something will happen soon! Ha, a little procrastination humor. What am I doing? Making a meager living and a great beginning with my writing career. I’ve discovered that I [...]
