Men With Pens

JULY 15, 2012

I, in return, was calm, clear, and polite, carefully getting the information I needed to complete her project, and ignoring her insulting manner. At the job’s conclusion, she told me there was more cash on the table and offered me a second project. Many small businesses get stuck here, especially freelance creative types like myself.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

You can start finding work on a freelance job board, get hired by an agency or publisher, or start an independent business. But if you’re working freelance, you might make around $15,000 for a shorter book. The difference between ghostwriting and copywriting is style and project scope. How much do ghostwriters get paid?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2012

There comes a point in every freelance writer’s career where he simply can’t take it any more. All freelancers, at some point or another, deal with cabin fever. In my years of freelancing I’ve tried many of them and have found the ups and downs with each. It’s enough to make anyone go a little nuts.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 7, 2011

So when she sent me this guest post that outlines some of her learning curve lessons as a new freelancer, I was thrilled – here was someone who’d gone from zero to being a confident writer who could stand up for herself, and for her business. “If I give you more projects, can I get a discounted hourly rate?&# from Lisa – enjoy!

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The benefits of SEO are clear, and because it doesn’t have to cost money, it has become a particularly important tool for freelancers and small businesses with limited marketing budgets. Her latest project is the development of free online writing courses for Creative-Writing-Now.com, a website for new fiction writers and poets.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 21, 2011

Currently working as a freelance creative director and continuously starting up online projects when he's not out trying to take over the world. How to Measure Your Success first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Want to keep up with him? Go ahead and visit his website.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Most freelancers complain about needing 40 hours just to get everything done. I didn’t have enough time to work on projects I wanted to start. I had even less time to work on projects I needed to finish. Or work on that project to bring in some passive income. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I do this about once a month, and every time I generate at least 20 new contacts, around two of whom will get in touch about a new project. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. If you’re with Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL, just enter your email information and LinkedIn does the work for you. Join groups.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 18, 2011

You pick your hours, your clients, and your projects. First you need time to develop your projects, work for your clients, create new ideas and grow your business. You also need money to invest in your projects and business. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. Fun times, eh? The solution?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2012

If you’re a freelance writer, you might not have total control over what you write about – but you can choose to specialise in something that’s important to you. If you’re working on a big project like an ebook, try taking a whole week away from it. first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2011

You find yourself procrastinating – chatting on Twitter, watching re-runs of The Simpsons, playing Flash games… “Write mega-huge client project&# keeps slipping down your to-do list. Just focus on the project at hand. Check out her newest ebook, The Blogger’s Guide to Freelancing. So – over to you.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Many people believe that businesses and freelancers should be as accessible as possible and in every medium that any client could ever want. That’s how hiring a freelancer works. I’m taking her call as a friend and as a favor, not as a colleague or a boss or a freelancer. I’m too busy or I don’t have the necessary skills.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 19, 2012

During the holidays, most freelancers let their business fall off the priority list. Freelancers have a common problem that contributes to slow, struggling sales year round, and I see happening every day. Most freelancers have a terrible website. Too many other projects on the go. You probably backburner yours as well.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2012

Freelancers tend to struggle with selling, to some extent. If you’re not capable or interested in providing those services, you can still be the hero by recommending a great fellow freelancer who specializes in whatever your client needs. Now’s your chance to carefully yet confidently let him know! ” Success ensues.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

Customize the digital project on the site with live links, ads, meta tags, branding, etc. Since you’re free to produce a digital flipbook at any frequency you desire (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, special projects or reports only, etc.), EditionDuo. The procedure: Design your PDF(s). Upload the final PDF file to the site.

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Make a Living Writing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

10 – Fish Publishing – Poetry Prize Established in 2006, Fish Poetry Prize is running their annual contest with Billy Collins as its judge. It also helps you gain confidence and recognition to continue the amazing literary projects you do. Deadline: March 31st 2023 Cash Prize: $1,000 plus a publication by Four Way Books.

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ProBlogger

JULY 30, 2014

Google launched its full news service, Google News , in January 2006. Google states in its Google News guidelines that its main aim for the project is “to organise all the world’s news and make it accessible to its users, while providing the best possible experience for those seeking useful and timely news information.”

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Ben Settle

JANUARY 1, 2024

And it’s all pure, unadulterated self-projection and, I would add, self-delusion. Real life story about that: I learned this lesson the hard way in 2006. It was for a course for freelance copywriters. But these guys always think “they’re” business is different. That they need to be seen as nice guys who don’t just want to sell.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 30, 2012

This post is by Ash Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project. I also happen to run a six-figure blog and business called The Middle Finger Project. I also happen to run a six-figure blog and business called The Middle Finger Project. The Middle Finger Project started as just that—a platform for attention. The vulgar one.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

Brin is working on other, more personal projects that reach beyond Google.Brin and Page are trying to help solve the world’s energy and climate problems at Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, which invests in the alternative energy industry to find wider sources of renewable energy. 5 Sergey Brin: Founder of Google is worth $136.6

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

When I started Digital Photography School back in 2006, I was writing three posts a week, and it was very beginner-oriented content, which I had no problems writing because I was an intermediate kind of photographer. I started Digital Photography School in 2006 and ten years later it’s very different to how it started.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer? I’ve done both and have come to the conclusion that freelancing is what I like best. Just because freelancing is best for me doesn’t mean it’s best for everyone. Good question.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

And as a freelancer myself, I approve! Businesses hire freelance talent to absorb ebbs and flows in activity or to fill talent gaps that are essential but not required every day. Businesses are all about returns on investments, though, so the big question becomes, how can you get the most from your investment in freelance talent?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 14, 2010

Freelancers avoid consultants. And it’s time more freelancers got on board. It’s to get you new clients, new projects, new referrals and better success – quickly. Freelancers do have one theory right, though: Good consultants aren’t cheap. You’re all set and teamed up with professionals, right? Even better?

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

These are all extremely lengthy projects. In an online world, such projects are not exactly commonplace. I thought I’d share my personal method for organizing much longer projects just in case one of you gets hit up tomorrow for a ghostwriting project. Up to now, how have you been organizing your big projects?

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Look what happens: Step 2 – Prepare a freelance portfolio with a simple and tweakable cover letter. This helps you decide if you enjoy the work and whether quitting your full-time job to become a freelancer is right for you. And making this daily search for work a ritual teaches you good freelancer habits.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

If you missed the first few posts, you can read them here: The intro to SMART freelancing The first key: Specific The second key: Measurable The third key: Agreed Upon The fourth key: Realistic Today is the last in the series of freelancing SMARTer, truly a bittersweet moment for me. And project management is what I do best.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 28, 2010

Freelancing can be much the same. That’s a good rule of thumb for freelancers to keep in mind, too. Instead of devaluing your work and that of other freelancers, have some respect and charge what you’re worth! Have some standards and hold out for projects that fit them. Rule #2: It takes two to tango.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Written by James - 33 Comments Take a Number After a small pause to let you all settle into your SMART freelancing techniques, Elizabeth Fayle is here to give you the next key to rockin’ out your freelance biz. I have to keep accepting these projects!” 33 Responses to “SMART Freelancing: Are You Being Realistic?&#

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You want to get it out of the way so you can start your writing project. Tweet about your writing project. 5 Ways to Trim the Fat from Your Next Project Reply --Deb ( @__Deb ) April 25, 2010 at 12:43 pm Oh, this is just hilarious. I find this easier then setting myself a deadline for the individual project. Just relax.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly. FreeMind helps you to keep track of your projects using notes with links in what is called the knowledge base.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Each day this week, I’m going to write about how you can get more money, better clients and the work you really love to do – all it takes is the magic words, and you’ll be enjoying a freelance business that really rocks. You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

You’ll be on your way to enjoying a freelance business that brings you more of what you want in no time. Many new freelancers fall into the common trap into of believing that taking on more work for less money is just as good as earning more money for less work. You’re a human being, and you need a break.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 21, 2010

So I was glad when he sent me a post about success and confidence, because I know many, many freelancers struggle with both. A freelance lifestyle. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. Here it is; enjoy. So you’re building something. A business. An enterprise. Whoop-de-doo. I hope it works out for you.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

You’ll be taking your freelance career to the next level in no time. The freelancer who thinks you’re awesome because you sent him some work? Building relationships with other freelancers – even the competition – is very handy to helping you improve your business. Remember Joe? So why aren’t you?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2010

You’ll be relaxing your way to a freelance business that lets you breathe and still pay the bills. There are a lot of freelancers who have trouble saying no (which you haven’t, you’ll note), and they tend to be people-pleasers that want others to like them and think they’re helpful. Ah, the rush job.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JULY 7, 2023

Click To Tweet Get freelance writing jobs As always, when entering writing contests, follow the instructions precisely. hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months, and has done so since 2006. You may find something valuable in what they have to say about your writing. Spring 2023 Flash Fiction Contest WOW!

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