Freelance Writing Tips

When you research freelance writing for beginners all sorts of tips and tricks pop up. It’s a bit overwhelming, I know. You wonder how people get started, how it works and if it’s possible to make a living writing. Hopefully these freelance writing tips are a huge help to you!
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How to Get More Email Subscribers - Robyn Roste
Once you get over the hump of actually starting a list now it’s time to figure out how to get more email subscribers. Because what’s the point in doing all the work of running an email list if you aren’t talking to anyone?
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Make Stronger Connections with Your Ideal Clients - Robyn Roste
Wondering how to make stronger connections online with your clients or prospects? It all comes down to understanding your ideal readers/clients/customers, answering their questions and delighting them with your generosity.
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How to Write for Magazines | 7 Tips to Get Started - Robyn Roste
Learning how to write for magazines is one of those things I didn’t understand until someone else taught me. So I thought I’d do the same for you today. A lot of magazines accept freelance pitches and pay for articles but figuring that out can seem a bit overwhelming until you understand how it works. Ready to get started? Here are a few quick tips.
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Content Marketing Ideas to Keep Your Prospect Funnel Full
If you're a business owner or freelancer on any level you know the importance of keeping the content marketing ideas flowing. Without solid systems in place keeping up with marketing it's easy to let things slide. Because being creative and keeping your name top of your prospect's mind can become a full-time job if you let it.
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Writing Contests and Why You Should Consider Entering - Robyn Roste
Entering writing contests is good practice for writers. And the cash prizes and publication are nice too. Here are a few of my favourite stops when looking for new writing contests to enter.
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How to Choose a Writers Group - Freelance Writing - Robyn Roste
Before you can choose a writers group you have to have some idea of what you’re looking for and what you need. Once you know those things, here are a few ways to tell if the group is a good writers group.
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15 Best Apps for Freelance Writers
With so many choices, how do you know which apps are time savers and which are time wasters? Here's my roundup of 15 best apps for freelance writers.
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How to Create a Writing Schedule | 3 Steps - Robyn Roste
By taking time to create a writing schedule you change your internal dialogue from "Someday I'll write a book," to "By THIS DATE I'll write a book."
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How to Be Productive Even When You’re Unmotivated
Setting goals and dreaming big is well and good but figuring out how to be productive even when you don’t feel like it is key to a thriving freelance business. No one said running your own business would be easy but sometimes it’s harder than you imagined. So what do you do when you have no motivation?
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Five Step Social Media Strategy for Writers
Here’s your five step social media strategy, aka what to focus on when you don’t have time to be social. Stop being overwhelmed and start marketing! Let’s face it. Social media marketing can be overwhelming. The more experts and gurus you listen to, the more steps there seems to be to reach the social media success train. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve put together a quick and easy five step social media strategy for those times you don’t have time for marketing.
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Literary citizenship is a fancy term for forming professional networking relationships. Maybe it's a jargony-industry term but it's a great tip for writers!
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Copywriter: Writer, Marketer and Persuader All in One - Robyn Roste
If you're new to writing you may not have considered copywriter as a way to break into the industry. Copywriting is as challenging as it is interesting and most writers overlook it.
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What is a Flat Lay and How to Style One
What is a flat lay? I hear this all the time and up until a few months ago it was me asking the Internet. Here’s the quick answer: it’s a photograph shot from above, flat.
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Do Better Business with Social Media Marketing - Robyn Roste
While it’s important to choose tactics that work for you and your personality in your freelance writing business, social media marketing can do a lot for discoverability and shouldn’t be overlooked.
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Platform Building: Smart and Strategic Tips for Writers - Robyn Roste
What are the most important things a writer can do to be smart and strategic about platform building (instead of being overwhelmed)? Here are my top four suggestions for platform building (for growing and maintaining your following) without letting it take over your life.