Freelancing

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Freelancing: a Complete Guide to Setting and Negotiating Rates

It’s the most common question I receive from aspiring freelancers of all types: How much should I charge? The question comes packaged in various different guises — whether it is a beginner dipping their toes in the freelancing waters…
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Hiring a Freelance Copywriter

If you hire a professional freelance copywriter, you will not just be hiring a good writer. While have sound writing skills is obviously essential for this role, there are more important factors that need to be considered when creating copy…
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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 to…
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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.…
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Is My Home Based Business Turning Me Into a Recluse?

I’ve been working from home as a Freelance Copywriter for the best part of a year now. Recently, something’s started to play on my mind…I don’t really leave the house much now except when I need something urgently. Friday is…
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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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A day in a life of a freelance blogger

A Day in the Life of a Freelance Blogger/University Assignment Marker It’s difficult for me to define my “typical” day, because what a typical day is changes depending on the time of the year. So I’m going to separate this post into…
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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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If you can read your customer’s mind, you’ll make sales

Do sales seldom happen on your site? Do you often scratch your head and think:“Why aren’t visitors buying my wonderful products and services?”Well, scratch your head no more!  Because recently I asked some of my favorite bloggers,…
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Who moved my support staff? The skills you need for a home-based freelance job

Last Thursday, around bed time, I learnt a valuable lesson about what it really means to be a freelance copywriter – to run my own little home-based freelance job. And it has nothing to do with writing.I was playing around in the back…
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The story of how I went from broke wannabe writer to living the freelance life

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. Yet I ended up in a Master’s program in Slavic Linguistics at UC Berkeley. (And yes, I did love it!)Then I had to make a choice: Do I want to continue on with the PhD program or follow my writing…
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The secret to my lucky life as a freelance copywriter

“You’re so lucky!”Three words that seem so harmless. They’re often said with heartfelt goodwill, but those three words make my blood boil!Truth be told, I am lucky. Very lucky. This post shares the secret of my lucky, lucky life…