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“You Can’t Handle the Truth!” – 5 Freelance Blogging Lessons from a Former Trial Attorney

“You Can’t Handle the Truth!” – 5 Freelance Blogging Lessons from a Former Trial Attorney

Look, I know… attorneys are the worst.

But you have to admit, trial attorneys are the best of the worst. Who hasn’t fantasized about emulating the protagonists of A Few Good Men or My Cousin Vinny?

I was a criminal trial lawyer for four years and loved every second of it, but competing priorities led me to a freelance writing career. Still, sometimes when my only audience is my computer screen instead of a jury hanging on my every word, I do miss the courtroom.

I may never have had a transcendent moment like Tom Cruise did when he got Jack Nicholson to admit to homicide, but I did learn a few lessons in court that you can apply to freelance blogging. 

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7 Practical Ways to Pre-Qualify Your Prospective Clients & Make More Money With Less Effort

7 Practical Ways to Pre-Qualify Your Prospective Clients & Make More Money With Less Effort

When you find a great potential client for your freelance blogging services, what happens next?

You grab their email address and shoot them your best pitch, right?

But how many times have you excitedly fired off a pitch, only to find out later that you were pitching the wrong prospect? Maybe they don’t have the money to hire you. Maybe they don’t need your services.

If that’s ever happened to you, you’re not alone. It happens a lot, not just to freelancers like you but to big corporations, too.

And the simple reason behind this? Failure to pre-qualify prospects before making an offer.

Unfortunately, not many freelance bloggers take the time to assess and pre-qualify prospective clients before pitching. But here’s the deal: if you do, you’ll get far better results. 

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Win $100 for Your Guest Post in Our 5th Pitchfest

Win $100 for Your Guest Post in Our 5th Pitchfest

Welcome, dear reader, to the contest that gives you a chance to win $100 for your brilliant blog post idea.

Pitchfest has become a highlight of our calendar here at Be a Freelance Blogger because it’s a ton of fun and we’re always excited to see what you come up with.

But the real reason this contest is so popular is the way it works: everything happens in public blog comments, which means you get to see how other bloggers pitch their ideas and how real blog editors respond.

It’s easier to understand if you know the rules, so let’s get straight to that part. 

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When 100 Rockets Fell On This Freelance Writer, He Learned 5 Surprising Lessons About Fear

When 100 Rockets Fell On This Freelance Writer, He Learned 5 Surprising Lessons About Fear

Imagine the scene.

You’re sitting quietly in front of your computer. The page is blank and beneath the table your legs shake with increasing tension. In a space of thirty minutes you’ve written and deleted just one measly sentence.

And then everything changes.

You find yourself running with the shriek of sirens sounding in your ears.

The rockets are coming. 

Before you reach the shelter, the first rocket explodes nearby, causing the ground to shudder.

Boom! Boom! … BOOM!  

Are you afraid?

Living under deadly uncertainty

A few years ago, I experienced exactly this scenario.

I lived in a city in southern Israel which, when I was there, was attacked more than 100 times with deadly rocket barrages.

I never knew from one day to the next whether a rocket would come slamming through our roof. When a warning siren went, we had less than a minute to get to a protective shelter.

People died. Children cried. There was nowhere really to hide.

Those days taught me a lot about developing a freelance writing and blogging career in the face of fear and anxiety. 

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How Fiction Writing Experience Helps You Craft Killer Blog Posts

How Fiction Writing Experience Helps You Craft Killer Blog Posts

You might think writing fictional stories is just a hobby, a way for you to get creative.

And freelance blogging is a serious, entirely non-fictional business.

But the truth is, making up stories helps you craft better blog posts. They may be different in form, but fiction and blogging are the same in other ways.

Fiction entertains, educates and inspires. So does blogging.

The principles you use in writing fiction also apply to blogging. So do many of the writing techniques. 

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