Freelance Writing Blog
January 2022 Roadmap
Yes, I know I’m posting my January Roadmap a week late. But I figured it’s better late than never. This roadmap can help you create a plan and get started...
Happy New Year 2022
2022-picDownload I am saying this very quietly without fan fare or dramatics. We wished in 2021 with great style and joy, but that didn’t work out so well. So I’m...
How to Refer Work to Other Freelance Writers
Note from Jennifer: I'm swamped this week with deadlines so I'm sharing a post from a few years ago that I think is very relevant right now. You should never...
Guest Post: Deborah Abrams Kaplan explains why the PRO Act threatens freelance careers
Note from Jennifer: Today I wanted to take a shift from our usual focus of building our business to an issue that has the potential to threaten our ability to...
How LinkedIn’s “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” Feature Landed Me a Great New Client
Note from Jennifer: While I was creating the lessons for my recent training course, I remembered about this trick and tried. And not surprisingly, I landed my FIFTH client this...
Can You Put Unbylined Clips in Your Portfolio?
Writers often ask me questions via email, at conferences, through Facebook messenger or in The Freelance Content Marketing Writer group on Facebook. And over the years, I’ve been surprised that...
Should You Create a Rate Card?
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5 Unique Ways to Follow Up with Content Marketing Clients
Note from Jennifer: Today is the last day to submit your content marketing work for the ASJA Awards. This year is the first year that content marketing categories are included...
7 Reasons Why I Had My Highest Earning Year in 2020
As the hellacious year of 2020 came to a close, I realized that, like many writers in my Freelance Content Marketing Writer group on Facebook, I had my highest earning...
Why freelance writers shouldn’t dread the “We will keep your information on file” response
Note from Jennifer: Since I know that many of you are focusing on LOIs this month, I wanted to share a post about LOI responses that I continue to find...
Guest Post: How Stephanie Trovato crushed her goals during the pandemic
Note from Jennifer: 2020 was full of challenges but many writers overcame them and had their best year ever. My survey of freelance content marketing writers revealed many of the...
Why the majority of writers in the FCMW Facebook Group made more in 2020 than 2019
There is no other way to say it – at least in my opinion – 2020 was overall a shitshow. However, for many freelance content marketing writers, 2020 was one...
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