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Freelance Writer Websites for the Tech-Terrified Beginner

Freelance Writer Websites for the Tech-Terrified Beginner

Hands up if dealing with technology is not your strong point.

It’s OK. You don’t have to be a wizard of web development to get your freelance writer website up and running.

Here are three simple ways to get it done without driving yourself to tears:

  1. Hire a web design and development team [expensive]
  2. Learn to use WordPress and build your own website [takes a while]
  3. Use a ready-made solution designed specifically for freelance writers [phew!]

Let’s assume you can’t afford #1 and don’t really want to wrestle with #2. Moving on to #3, then: ready-made website services.

There are places you can set up a website without learning to write programming code or work a WordPress content management system. Some are free to use; others charge a fee for taking your website worries off your hands.

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Why Your Guest Posts Keep Getting Rejected

Why Your Guest Posts Keep Getting Rejected

For those of you who don’t know, my name is Lauren Tharp and I was the Be A Freelance Blogger official Community Helper for quite a while. (And I’m trying my very best to not let my moderate amount of power go to my head…)

Basically, I helped answer comments and questions on the blog and social media, and I was in charge of guest posts/writers for the blog. That’s right: I’m the one who made sure your guest post got uploaded into the BAFB backend, didn’t have any typos or weird grammatical errors, included your author bio and appropriate links, and was otherwise magnificent. 🙂

I was also the person you had to pitch your ideas to.

Yeah…

Anyone who wanted to write for Be A Freelance Blogger had to write to me first with their pitch. From there, I made the decision to reject your query outright or send you along to Sophie (the gal you really have to impress). I was the first gatekeeper.

I loved my job. But sometimes it made me a little sad. Out of all the writers who pitch, only 10-15% of them actually made it to the next step. I had to reject a lot of pitches.

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How to Stay Afloat in a Sea of Information Overload

How to Stay Afloat in a Sea of Information Overload

Albert Einstein once said that “information is not knowledge.”

I’m sure you’ll agree old Albert was an all-round clever guy.

Because while continuous learning is great, consuming bucket-loads of information without proper application doesn’t make you Einstein – nor does it make you a better freelance blogger.

As a freelancer, you need to access only the right information in the right way to remain productive (and sane). As a blogger, it’s imperative that you keep up with a whole host of ever-evolving information about the online world – some of which can change daily.

But if you’re both? A freelancer and a blogger? Well, you’re likely to be in the “extremely high risk zone” when it comes to information overload. Up the proverbial creek without so much as a paddle, as it were.

Worry not – there are strategies you can put in place to avoid drowning spectacularly in a vast sea of information. Just grab on to the following life rafts to stay afloat and ward off that out-of-your-depth feeling.

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When Can You Call Yourself a Professional Blogger?

When Can You Call Yourself a Professional Blogger?

Labelling yourself a professional is an act many bloggers for hire won’t immediately embrace.

Mind-chatter like “I don’t have enough writing samples” or “my posts don’t get a lot of engagement” fuels a bloggers’ belief that you can’t —or worse, mustn’t— call yourself a pro.

But what does being a professional blogger really mean?

Do you need to have written X number of articles before you can call yourself a pro blogger?

To answer these questions, let’s dig into the habits and characteristics of well-known professional bloggers, and compare them to your own distinguishing traits.

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