Posts Tagged ‘Freelancing’
How to Write the Perfect Travel Articles for Fun and Profit
Writing travel articles and travel writing is a great way both to travel around the world and make money while doing it. Imagine having fun, staying at the best hotels, spending time on golden beaches and heavenly mountains, and getting paid for it? You can finance such pursuits by specializing in travel writing. Of course,…
Read MoreWeekly Writing and Marketing Schedule for Writers
A weekly writing and marketing schedule is a must for all writers who need to market themselves and produce regularly to make money. Here is a proposed weekly plan to increase productivity and income for all freelance writers: MONDAY Post three tweets to Tweeter. Post to Facebook. Post to LinkedIn. Write one self-serving “article marketing”…
Read MoreTechnical Writing: Corporate Payroll or Freelancing?
Should you choose freelancing or go on a corporate payroll to work as a technical communicator? I get this question from my readers on a more or less regular basis: “Should I quit my company and set up shop as an independent entrepreneur offering technical writing services? Should I just launch a web site and…
Read More"Manual Writer," "Technical Writer" or "Technical Communicator" — What’s in a title?
A reader asked the other day if it’s okay for his customer to address him as a “manual writer.” “Is this really a big deal?” he asked. My short answer is — yes, it is a big deal and of course it matters, for more reasons than one. First off, “manual writer” is not correct…
Read MoreHow to Use Twitter to Promote Your Writing Services
© 2009 Ugur Akinci There is a good way to use the Twitter to promote your writing services, and another way that’s not that good. I’m finding these things out myself by trial and error and I wanted to share some of my findings with you. 1) Always share something useful and relevant, either by…
Read MoreDon't Quote an Hourly Rate or Fixed Fee for Your Writing Services
© Ugur Akinci Here is something I’ve learned the hard way: if you publish or quote a fixed hourly rate or a fixed fee for different types of writing services, you’ll end up attracting the cheapest and hardest clients and you’ll never make money in this freelance writing business. We writers are generally very nice…
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Writing Freelance – Is It For You?
Introduction Writing freelance is probably the dream of all writers out there. As a matter of fact, freelance writing has become a huge industry that has been growing rapidly in the past two decades. It’s a great way to make money and travel the world while doing what you love, while the clients pay the…
Read More4 Advantages of Hiring a Freelance Technical Writer
© Ugur Akinci I’ve been in writing-publishing business for over 20 years and technical writing business for over 10 years at this writing. So with great honesty I can make the following generalization: most of the technical writers on a corporate payroll will end up making more money over their entire careers than most of…
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