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The Oh Crap Moment

I thought when I started freelancing that the hardest part would be dealing rejection of my work as well as handling criticism of my work. But oddly enough that hasn't...
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How 5 Potential New Clients Found Me in the Past 2 Weeks

Note from Jennifer: Thank you so much to everyone who participate in the Find a New Niche Challenge, both posting their own niches and giving others ideas. John Morell is...
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Follow the Money – Except When Choosing a Niche

Note from Jennifer: If you missed the post about the Find a Niche Challenge on Monday, check it out to get in the drawing to win a $25 gift card....
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[Contest Ended] Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card: Find a New Niche Challenge

This contest has ended and is no longer accepting entries. It’s hard to keep focused on work this time of year. Especially sitting at home working, with the internet a...
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Q&A with the Aviation Queen: Finding a Lucrative Niche in the Air

Note from Jennifer: Since a few readers were concerned about limiting themselves with super specific niches, I wanted to find examples of writers who have more more work not less...
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Marketing While You Sleep: Are You Doing it Right?

Many mornings when I reach over to check my iPhone before climbing out of bed, I have an email from a potential customer that found me while I was sleeping,...
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What Title Should Content Marketing Writers Use?

It was easy back in the primarily print and even early online days to know what to call ourselves. It was pretty cut and dried. Some people called themselves freelance...
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Paying Your Mortgage vs Making a Difference

The first thing I remember writing was a poem about the sunset while sitting on the vinyl seat of my parents’ ’68 gray Oldsmobile Cutlass. I was five. And going...
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5 Answers to Your Questions about Niches

I decided to do a bonus post this week since I’m on a deadline and am procrastinating. I’m using the excuse that several readers had some great questions about my...
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Increase Your Content Marketing Writing Income By Outsourcing

It’s easy to think that the best way to make the highest income is to do all of your tasks yourself and spend as little money as possible. But I...
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Why You Should Not Be a Health, Technology, Finance, Food or Travel Content Marketing Writer

I’m exhausted and energized at the same time. I spent the past few days at the ASJA Dream Bold Regional Conference in Atlanta. I got to hang out with writer...
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Favorite Blog Posts You Might Have Missed

I realized this week that I have written a lot of blog posts in the past three and a half years. When I started in 2013, I was basically writing...
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