The short answer? Yes. You should write a business plan as a freelancer. If you’re serious about making a career as a freelance writer, it’s worth treating your freelance business like a business from day one. And that doesn’t mean you need a 50-page document, a PowerPoint presentation or a meeting with the bank manager. […]
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A huge part of staying active in this industry for so long comes down to being able to trust your instincts. At the start of my career, if anyone wanted to hire me as a copywriter, I would say yes immediately. I would say yes to everything with the dogged determination of someone who has
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Thinking about hiring a legal copywriter to help achieve your content marketing goals? Smart move. A good legal copywriter can help to make the law more accessible to those seeking legal help.
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Picture this – you’ve got a nibble from a new client. They’re happy with your rates, and you have availability to meet their demands. Just one last hurdle to clear – they want to see your writing samples. Preparing writing samples shouldn’t be terrifying, but for some reason, it’s the thing that often sends freelance
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As a business owner, self-publishing is a path to recognition, passive income and a boosted profile. But writing a book is no joke. From the first spark of inspiration to the first draft, you’re going to go around the bend and back again getting your book in order. If you want to write a book,
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I only remember one writing exercise in high school. We had to pick a passage from a book (I chose To The Wedding by John Berger) and then extend it. We had to step into the shoes of the original author, adapt their vocabulary and mannerisms and try to imagine how they might finish the
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Common advice across the freelancing field is that focussing on freelance writing niches can help you to get ahead. The theory is this. When you take a jack of all trades approach to your freelance copywriting, you never really “specialise”. This means that you can’t build a reputation as “the one to watch” because you’re spreading your
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This isn’t my first rodeo. And by that, I mean it isn’t my first stint as a freelancer. This is approximately the third chunk of time in my life where I’ve had a roster of clients instead of a full-time job. So I’ve had three terrifying periods in my life where I had to hustle
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I haven’t been shy in the past about accepting low paid work from Copify. When I’m in a pinch and I have no other pressing work projects to keep me occupied, I’ll usually accept a couple of the professional rate articles just for something to do. But now I’m looking for an alternative to Copify. Let
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I hear this a lot from friends. Is it worth it? Is it stressful? Wouldn’t it just be easier if you got a full-time job? It really depends what you mean by “worth it”. There’s no denying that being a freelance writer is a lot of hard work. From finding clients to managing processes to
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