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Blog Comments and Social Media: What Your Editors Expect After Publication

Blog Comments and Social Media: What Your Editors Expect After Publication

A freelance blogger is hired to write blog posts, right?

The job title makes it sound that simple, but it’s rare that your client really just expects you to line up some words and stop there.

Formatting text and finding photos is almost always part of the workload. It’s pretty common for a blogger’s work to include some SEO and other tasks to make sure that the finished blog post is a polished product, ready for readers.

But some blog editors expect work after a post has been published. That post-publication work can include responding to comments and promoting your work on social media (including on your own posts).  [Read more…]

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Here’s What Real Blog Editors Look For in Your Pitches

Here’s What Real Blog Editors Look For in Your Pitches

The rise of blogs that accept freelance posts has led to the creation of a particular type of creature: the blog editor.

Much like a magazine or newspaper editor, a blog editor is responsible for choosing the content of the publication she manages, maintaining a style and generally ensuring that what gets published is worth reading. Blog editors are the gatekeepers you need to work with to get your posts published.

Blog editors are the people we freelance bloggers have to impress and win over. They’re the ones who decide what posts should be published and which bloggers get staff positions. That means you need to know what blog editors are looking for in each pitch they open, as well as how to impress them. [Read more…]