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Announcing Upcoming Training Course – How to Make More Money as a Content Marketing Writer

Do you want to make more money in 2021? Or do you want to work less and make the same amount? If your answer is yes – then I have...
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How to ask for a higher rate when negotiating with a new client

Note from Jennifer: For years I had a rule that when a client threw out a number first that I always asked for a more - not a lot, but...
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How to Walk Away From a Low Paying Potential Client

Note from Jennifer: I often say that the clients that you choose to walk away from determines your income level more than the clients you work with. And yes, turning...
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Reducing the Likelihood of a Never ending Loop

During the past five months, my clients have almost constantly been changing their messaging and scope of projects as their customer's needs and sentiment changes. The result has been a...
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What every new freelance content marketing writer needs to know

Note from Jennifer: We’ve welcomed a lot of new members to the Freelance Content Marketing Writer group on Facebook recently, and it reminded me that I wanted to post more content...
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Register for the ASJA Virtual Conference Content Marketing Track Today

It's been a crazy year. And no one honestly knows what is ahead both in terms our freelance businesses and our every day life. It's super easy to get weighed...
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Here’s where freelance content marketing writers find clients and the types of work they do

A few months ago the results of a survey of freelance content marketing writers that revealed the average hourly rates writers are earning in different niches. That data was so...
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How I Swallowed My Pride and Won Back a Client

Last year, I landed a great client with a top brand and did several stories for them. I got great feedback on my writing from the client and sources. The...
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Freelancing in a Pandemic – How to Land More Work & New Clients

Freelancing during the pandemic has been an adventure – one that I would happily have passed on experiencing. It’s been overwhelming, rewarding and frustrating – often in the same 60...
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Freelancing in the Pandemic – Rebuilding a House of Cards

Before the pandemic, my freelance business felt very solid to me. I had worked hard for 13 years to build relationships, clips and expertise. While I went through typical periods...
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How I Turned an Occasional Client into an Anchor Client

Early this year, a writer friend referred me to one of her clients who was looking for writers and I did a few posts for them. I got good feedback...
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Editorial calendars are getting shorter—here’s how to make it work

My work calendar was pretty empty at the beginning of June. I had an assignment or two, but that was it. And when I posted on the Freelance Content Marketing...
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