Learn to make REAL money blogging for 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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When you decided to become a freelance blogger, did you immediately write up a 5-year business development plan? Calculate a full financial forecast?
If you did, you have everyone’s permission to skip this blog post and order more champagne while you wait for the rest of us to catch up.
But most freelance bloggers start with a talent for writing and then pick up a bit of business sense along the way. If that sounds more like you, don’t worry — you can still grow your blogging into a lucrative business. We just need to fill some of the gaps in your understanding of how your business works.
Here’s the important part, though: you need to fill the knowledge gaps in your business now, because every month they go unfilled is another month you go without the money you deserve.
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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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Think nobody’s looking for freelance politics writers?
Think again. Black Lives Matter, vaccine mandates, climate change, and fair wages are still making headlines. If it affects their readers, blogs and magazines want to publish it.
Social justice, politics, and the people fighting for or facing hardship because of public policies aren’t going away. If you love writing about these emotion-triggering topics, get ready to start pitching.
You may run out of time or energy…but you won’t run out of publications to pitch.
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Looking to cash in on your love of beautiful places?
You really can make some moolah writing about fashion, beauty, interior design, gardens, and even architecture and building design.
Seriously, maybe it’s time to become a freelance design writer.
Anyone who’s tried to redo their kitchen or create a new, original look from scratch has learned it the hard way. Not everyone has a talent for decorating spaces or people.
If you’ve got this gift, stop pretending it’s no big deal.
But wait a minute…what kinds of credentials do you need to write about style, design, or architecture? They’re not just going to pay you because you can color coordinate like the wind, are they?
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