Posts Tagged ‘freelance’


30 Things About Me You May Not Know

I was just reading one of the blogs my friend Becky writes – and she has one post called “30 Random Things About Me.”  Becky lives in New York and we “met” virtually several years back through a crafting site. I know she’s an amazing entrepreneur: crafter, candle maker, and web host extraordinaire – I [...]

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New Writer Tips: Social Media/Networking

I began discussing using social media last night as a means to promote your writing. Among the suggestions for some types of social media are the following: *Blogging – of course – and participating in blog challenges, such as the Ultimate Blog Challenge (next one starts in April!) and the 31 Days Blog Challenge (this [...]

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New Writer Tips: Writer Access

I apologize for missing a day {gasp!} – I had this post started, and then an emergency situation arose at a forum where I help out as a moderator and I never got back here to finish my post last night. Anyway, yes, we have arrived at the end of my personal list of web [...]

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New Writer Tips: WiseGEEK

Maybe you don’t want to be a wise guy, but you might make a good WiseGEEK! Yes, this is the next content writing company on my list. WiseGEEK’s motto is “Clear answers for common questions.” In fact, the site offers answers in 27 categories! Just a few of these are Business and Economy, Technology and [...]

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New Writer Tips: Textbroker

I’m working through my list of content writing companies that can be good places for new writers to acquire experience and add to their portfolios. The first two I have covered so far: *Bright Hub *Demand Media Studios Tonight I’ll cover the very first content company I tried three years ago: Textbroker. This company claims [...]

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New Writer Tips: Demand Media Studios

I am continuing with my series of new writer tips, particularly the idea of working for a content writing company as a good way to get some experience writing and build up your writing portfolio. As I stated in yesterday’s post, I’m trying to provide a semi-objective overview of several of these companies with which [...]

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New Writer Tips: Bright Hub

The weekend is here – such as it is! (Rather gray and dismal in Maine at the moment – got a real “heat wave” going, though, in the 40s! We have had below zero at night and teens during the day for the past week, so yeah – temps in the 40s and rainy really [...]

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New Writer Tips: Apply to Content Writing Sites

I’m working on a writing deadline (actually already missed it, in spite of staying up all night – I made the mistake of lying down to “just rest” for a bit and fell sound asleep!!!) However, I wanted to briefly address the next step on my list of new writer tips from my original post. [...]

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New Writer Tips: 10 Steps to Include While Setting Up a Blog

It’s interesting that the task for today in the 31 Days Blog Challenge is to create a list post. That fits in nicely with the next item of my new writer tips: setting up a blog to promote you and your writing skills, which is one of the quickest and easiest ways to establish an [...]

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New Writer Tips: Writer Resumes

Happy March 1st! On Sunday I provided a summary of new writer tips I have covered so far. The next one on the list is to create or update your resume, particularly highlighting your writing experience or functional skills relevant to writing. I worked briefly for two different resume companies within the past few years. [...]

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