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How I’m breaking free from content mills and earning more

by Tiffany Jansen For the first two years of my freelance writing career, I worked for content mills. I took my work seriously and researched, proofread, and even interviewed in order to come up with the best possible content. In return, I got $15 per article. At most. Why did I subject myself to this? [...]

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Getting To the Point

by Linda Stephens This week, my writing life involved creating web copy for a corporate client. As I slogged through the pages of information given to me to “translate” for the web, I was reminded of a few of the golden rules of web copy writing. 1. Be Clear Establishing a messaging hierarchy for the [...]

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Unsolicited Advice

by Linda Stephens When you ask for comments on your work, you need to be open to different perspectives and prepared for divergent opinions. But what about unsolicited advice? I received an email this week from a reader offering comments about my website and blog. Noting my varied thoughts and responses through the week, a [...]

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Mid-Year Check In

by Linda Stephens Living in a seasonal climate, spring is recognized as the time of renewal, of life rousing from the long sleep of winter. Summer is most often characterized by activity, of travel and adventure, gathering and socialization. So why am I feeling so introverted as we approach August, the last hurrah of our [...]

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Freelance broker sites: Big bucks or bottom of the barrel?

By Pat Howard Getting started freelancing is an adventure in itself because sometimes you never know where your next lead is coming from. More and more websites and social networking hubs are cropping up all the time, and each has the potential to pay off or just waste your time.

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