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Deception Revealed: 6 Bullshit Blogging Myths Created by Famous Bloggers

Don’t you sometimes wish someone would just tell you the exact steps to building a successful freelance blogging business? That are guaranteed to work? A fool-proof plan?

Because then YOU could be an A-List blogger.

The one that has it all.

Clients who pay the big bucks. Thousands of Twitter followers and Facebook likes. Hundreds of comments to every post they publish and they don’t even need to comment themselves to bump up the numbers.

When will you ever get there?

You devour their business advice like your life depends on it. If I just do what this guy’s doing, I’ll hit the big time.

What they don’t tell you, in the detail that you’d like, is the time and experimenting it took to get there.

And it’s all about experimenting.

Which is why you shouldn’t listen to all the famous bloggers’ advice.

And instead? Create your own formula for success.

So what are the A-Listers telling you to do that you simply shouldn’t?

A whole bunch o’ stuff, apparently:

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By Sophie Lizard

$3,240.00 of Prizes for Guest Bloggers: Enter Our 6th Pitchfest

Yep, it’s that time again.

Time for you to show off your blog pitching skills in a real-life ~~battle~~ ~~deathmatch~~ pitch session alongside your fellow freelance bloggers, for a chance to win big prizes.

In case you missed the previous Pitchfests, here’s how it works:

You pitch a fantastic blog post idea and we choose our favourite ones to publish here on Be a Freelance Blogger, with a top prize worth $880, including $100 cash, for the best pitch. (OK, not really cash — I’ll send it to you via PayPal or another online payment service.)

The total value of prizes in this Pitchfest is $3,240.00!

But the prizes aren’t the best thing about Pitchfest. The conversation is. Every pitch gets public feedback, so you can see how other bloggers pitch, learn to write better pitches yourself, and win more gigs.

If that sounds like fun, check out the rules (further down this post) and get your pitch on.

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By Jessi Stanley

Be the Boss of Your Ideas: A Pitching System for Freelance Bloggers with Wandering Minds

If you’re like me, you have a GAZILLION ideas.

Having lots of ideas is a good thing. To be a successful freelance writer, however, it helps to have a system for pitching ideas. Otherwise, it’s hard to focus, and you can get stuck in the what-do-I-do-next phase where you spend a lot more time thinking than doing.

When I decided to pursue full-time freelance writing, I was really excited. I had a bunch of ideas written down. I knew about lots of blogs and magazines that paid, and I was confident in my pitching and writing abilities.

But although I knew how to do the main activities necessary for success, I wasn’t sure how to do them consistently in a way that would lead to regular assignments and income.

I was stuck.

I needed a bridge from what I knew to the practicalities of writing assignments and CASH. And I needed a way to focus and avoid switching from idea to idea.

So that’s when I developed this system for pitching, a system that provides concrete tasks and a plan of action for ideas.

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By Aphrodite Knoop

How To Squelch Your Freelance Blogging Anxiety Before It Squashes You

Pssst…. Why haven’t you responded to that interesting job board ad yet?

Still sorting your underwear instead of making money?

Why aren’t you pitching all those great ideas of yours? You’ve got heaps of them!

Yeah, I thought so. You’ve got doubts, despair, cold feet…

Aren’t you tired of watching other freelance bloggers cash in on plum assignments as you struggle to shore up your spine just to send an email?

It’s okay. You don’t have to fess up. I know exactly where you’re coming from because I’ve been there.

This dark and frustrating place is called social anxiety, and it’s one rough neighborhood for freelance bloggers. In fact, it almost did me in.

The good news is that once you recognize where you are, you can pack your bags and move on out.

Are you ready? Let’s talk…

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By Sophie Lizard

How to Cheat and Steal Your Way to Endless Blog Post Ideas

You know, there’s no copyright on a blog post idea.

And although you want to create original blog posts, you don’t want to waste hours wrestling the “what to write about” fairy to the ground.

So when you’re filling up your idea bucket, cheating and stealing both work fine. Because when you do it right, nobody will ever know where you got your ideas from — by the time you write a post or a pitch, it’ll be your own.

To get you started on the path to your own endless reservoir of blog post ideas, I’m going to show you one of my favourite tricks for generating new ideas fast.

I’m doing this “live”, by the way. I’m literally writing this blog post while I come up with a list of blog post suggestions for one of my editors. Let’s see how long it takes me to deliver at least 5 fresh ideas, shall we? Start time: 5:21 pm.

OK, here’s what to do:

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