How to advertise yourself effectively

Your dream magazine, with its worldwide readership, vast inexhaustible coffers, quick acceptance-to-publication turnarounds and generous word counts, is probably just that—a dream. So you decide to compromise: you can live with lower pay rates, slow issue releases, and tight space constraints. But if it ain’t being seen by the right people, what’s the point?

Every freelance writer needs to get noticed. You need to go out and let the world know about your existence so that you can get more assignments and commissions.

What if I told you there is a way that does not require you to stand in long...

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Words from the Wise

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Freelance Writing

The golden opportunity of advertising yourself--for free!--that you're missing

Did you know each time you pitch, you have a golden opportunity to advertise yourself for free? It's your bio—your "verbal selfie"—a few sentences about yourself that accompany your article and give editors and readers a glimpse of the person behind the product.

Bios are powerful marketing tools, but many writers fail to take advantage of them by either not providing them or providing weak unimpressive ones. Here's how to avoid common pitfalls and leverage your bio for maximum mileage:

1. Shy? Clueless? Reluctant? Get over it.

So you suffer from what I call Ego Phobia, acute fear of knowing...

Read the full article in the June 2015 post of Freelance Writing

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It's an ad mad world! Advertising - Does a freelance writer need it? How do you do it?

Let’s face it. In today’s competitive world, if you want to stay ahead in the game, you need every help you can get. On one hand, the Internet has opened up new vistas for writing. Nowadays, a lot of companies and websites advertise for writers to write copy. They may have a blog which they would like to keep updated, or they may need a person familiar with social media networking to keep them “in touch” with their customer base via Facebook or Twitter etc. For example, a magazine’s editor may not actually have the time to write a weekly blog post but may still want to maintain a blog called, say, ‘From...

Read the full article in the February 2015 post of Freelance Writing

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Words from the Wise

"The 'how-to' part itself is excellent"

Moira Allen

Publisher

Writing World

"It's a great article"

Brian Scott

Editor

Freelance Writing