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By Sophie Lizard 4 Comments

Freelance Writing Jobs: Your Ultimate “Get the Gigs” Guide

Freelance Writing Jobs: Your Ultimate “Get the Gigs” Guide

Wondering where all the GOOD freelance writing jobs hide out?

You’re not the only one.

Lots of freelance writers, especially beginners, go to Google and type in freelance writing jobs when they want to find work. 

I’m guessing you’ve tried that yourself at least once.

So you already know there’s a ton of websites that put up freelance writing job ads, or run bidding wars in which writers compete to win gigs. But there’s too much to look at — you could spend hours scanning these opportunities and still be no closer to getting hired. 

And when you check out blogs and podcasts for help, you quickly realise that they all recycle the same few tips… some of which are likely to work for the majority of people who use them properly, and some of which are MAJOR long shots that rarely work for anybody.

Problem is, you can’t tell which is which.

What you need is a way to narrow down your freelance writing job search and *only* do the things that are worth your time.

This guide shows you where to find good freelance writing jobs, how to get hired, and how to make yourself even more hireable (so you can win more work with more fantastic clients for more money).

You’ll probably find tips in here that are familiar to you, but you’ll also find ideas beyond the usual boilerplate advice — and sane expectations to balance the overoptimistic bullshit you might read elsewhere.

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By Sophie Lizard 94 Comments

What Your Freelance Blogging Portfolio Says About You: How Clients Decide Who to Hire

What Your Freelance Blogging Portfolio Says About You: How Clients Decide Who to Hire

Does the thought of a potential client checking out your freelance blogging portfolio make you so nervous, you get the hiccups?

When you’re freelancing, your portfolio is one of your biggest assets. It can get you hired on the spot, or dumped on the pile of instantly forgotten applicants who failed to impress.

So let’s ask the obvious question: what does your portfolio say about you?

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By Carol Tice 9 Comments

5 Simple Ways Freelance Bloggers Can Move Up to Well-Paid Article Writing

5 Simple Ways Freelance Bloggers Can Move Up to Well-Paid Article Writing

Tired of earning small money for paid blogging? If you’re looking to move up, article writing can be a great next step in your freelance career.

After all, you already know how important headlines are online. And you know how to focus an idea into an article-sized slice, organizing it into subheads or a bulleted/numbered list.

All great fundamentals for article writing.

How can you cross over from the world of $50 blog posts to earning $1 a word and more for articles?

Here are five proven paths for moving up to writing articles:

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By Jodi Ralston 5 Comments

Getting Shit Done in the Midst of a Doubt Apocalypse

Getting Shit Done in the Midst of a Doubt Apocalypse

“They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”  So runs the famous line from my favorite zombie movie. But the threat you need to watch out for is far more dangerous and prolific than pixelized undead, and it offers no thrills, but a ton of regret and destruction.

Though we all know it when we see it, before I name it, let’s take a moment to focus on its victims. You have dreams, ambitions, a passion for the written word—in particular blogging. You want to make a career of helping other businesses express their dreams through your words. In this way, you’re free to use your talent and make a difference, while also making good money.

I share that dream. And to the readers of this article, like me, you are just starting the exciting journey of freelance blogging.

But there is a monster in our midst, a threat, an enemy that, if left unopposed, will never stop coming until those dreams are dead. Its appetite is voracious. Its attacks are relentless. Running offers no escape. Its only goal is decimation.

That monster is none other than doubt.

Like a zombie virus, doubt starts with a single bite, infects anyone, and can spread until nothing healthy is left. For the new freelance blogger, it makes you shamble through your career before you’ve reached your potential. Before the doubts outnumber your creative output, understand how this threat works and how to stop it truly dead in its tracks.

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Gardening Magazines and Blogs That Pay Freelance Writers

Gardening Magazines and Blogs That Pay Freelance Writers

Ready to use your gardening experience and skills to get hired as a freelance writer?

Even if you’d happily write about gardening for free, gardening magazines and blogs are ready and willing to pay you for a variety of different types of freelance gardening writer jobs like:

  • Practical how-tos
  • Personal essays and real-life stories
  • Profiles and interviews
  • Light and fun lifestyle gardening articles
  • Farming articles

Want more blogging gigs on other topics? Check out our Ultimate List of Better-Paid Blogging Gigs here.

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By Williesha Morris 1 Comment

From Journalism to Freelance Blogging: Here’s How to Make the Switch

From Journalism to Freelance Blogging: Here’s How to Make the Switch

Are you one of the thousands of journalists holding your breath and watching as the industry declines?

28,000 people in the United States lost their newsroom jobs between 2008 and 2018, according to the Pew Research Center. (That’s a quarter of all the news jobs in the US.)

If you work for a print publication, you’re probably taking the brunt of the downturn. But digital media isn’t off the hook. Nowadays, layoffs of digital media employees happen with frightening frequency, too.

Being laid off is nerve-wracking in any industry.

Most of us knew the downturn meant taking positions that offered lower pay. But with 25% of the jobs vanishing, that motivation is gone, and you may be wondering how to keep a roof over your head.

It’s time to channel that fear and anxiety and shape it into entrepreneurship: you’re going to make the switch from journalism to freelance blogging.

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