Freelancing

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6 Ways to Make Working From Home Work for Your Business

As more and more women go into business for themselves, more and more women are working from home because a home office tends to be the most affordable, convenient option for budding entrepreneurs. Working from home offers other benefits, too,…
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5 Writers Who Have Been Imprisoned

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. ~Aristotle Some of the best writers – literary geniuses, even – have more than their fair share of mischief and periods of madness. While some were able to get off with nary a scratch…
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How To Network Online as a Freelancer

Networking is an essential part of freelance life, both to keep yourself known that you’re looking for work, but also for meeting other freelancers to swap ideas, tips, potential work and even to have the occasional grumble with. Freelancing…
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Freelancing: a Complete Guide to Setting and Negotiating Rates

What's the most common question I receive from aspiring freelancers of all types? "What's the key when setting and negotiating rates?" The question comes packaged in various different guises — whether it is a beginner dipping their toes…
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This experience taught me some important freelance copywriter lessons

A couple of years ago I was contacted by the communications manager of a high profile organisation. It was 3.05pm on a busy Wednesday afternoon. It was the kind of phone call freelance copywriters only dream about. Getting straight down…
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Advice on Being a Freelance Copywriter – 10 Things I’ve Learnt

I’ve been self employed since 1996 and running my marketing, copywriting and training business since 2008. Time, I thought, to reflect on what I’ve learnt. Behind the scenes what have I learnt about keeping sane and solvent? 1. Like your…
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John the copywriter’s recipe for becoming a copywriter.

I’m often asked “What is a copywriter?” It seems like people are extremely curious because one of the most asked questions on Google is “How to be a copywriter?” I think the term copywriter is very confusing for people. They mix…
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How quitting my job saved my sanity

Three years ago today, I walked away from a reasonably-well paid mid-senior management role into the unknown. For years, I had spoken about going freelance, but had never worked up the courage. Working for someone else was my comfort zone,…
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10 first steps to a successful freelance career

More and more busy working mums are saying goodbye to the restrictions of a full time or flexible job, and hello to the freedom of freelancing. But how have they done it? And exactly how can you go from paid employment with one boss, to a contacts…
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12 Lessons I Picked Up from Attending Seminars

So you just dropped a tidy sum to attend a seminar or some other three-day event. Now it’s over and you’re exhausted. Your client work is backed up. You have a fistful of business cards to connect with. And your family would like some face…
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The direct response copywriter’s life

You read a lot of sales pieces about how great it is to be a direct response copywriter. Those sales pieces generally talk about being your own boss, working on your own terms and making a great income. Yes, that is part of it. But the life…
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How to travel and work as a freelance copywriter?

How can I travel and work as a freelance copywriter? It’s many people's dream to get a job they can travel around the world with. Travel writer or photographer, masseuse, English teacher, cruise ship employee, tour guide… they’re all…