Friday, July 30th, 2010
Excerpt from Everything You Wanted to Know about Freelance Writing and from The Six-Figure Freelancer.
Many businesses fail because the owners do not clearly define their services and identify their target market(s).
What does defining the services I offer, and what does identifying my target markets, have to do with writing?
You ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - Corporate, Freelance Writing - General | No Comments »
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Professional development sessions by Marion Soubliere and Paul Lima available on demand at 'Communicating for Cash', the two-day workshop series presented by PWAC Atlantic and CFU.
PWAC Ottawa member Marion Soubliere wrote the book on cracking the $20 billion federal government market - Getting Work with the Federal
Government: A ...
Posted in Business Training, Freelance Writing - Corporate, Marketing Your Services, Workshops, Seminars & Online Courses | No Comments »
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Labor Day is the real New Year's Day for freelancers. I've thought that for many years. New Year's Day may mark the turn of the calendar from one year to the next, but there is no real seasonal change -- Dec. 31 is a lot like Jan. 1 -- and ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - General | No Comments »
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Order or read more about book on writing by Paul Lima online - www.paullima.com/books.
How To Write A Non-Fiction Book in 60 Days. Ideal for consultants, workshop leaders, speakers, PhD students, professors, freelance writers or anyone with a great idea who wants to write a solid, focused first draft ...
Posted in My Books | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
If you want to write for periodicals (newspapers and magazines), follow the 10-step marketing approach outlined below:
1. Make a list of the ideas you want to write about.
2. Select the publications you want to write for.
3. Develop a series of query letters* based on your ideas and targeted to the ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - General, Freelance Writing - Newspaper/Magazine | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Ask editors what they want from freelance writers and their top-ten list might look something like this:
1. Develop great ideas appropriate to my audience
2. Pitch me using clear, concise, focused query letters
3. Follow up, and then leave me alone
4. Be open to negotiating the article’s slant
5. Conduct great research
6. ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - General, Freelance Writing - Newspaper/Magazine | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
From The Mystery & the Magic blog:
I have received a number of questions from friends and acquaintances about freelance writing for magazines and newspapers, in print or online. So I thought I would post some general thoughts here in response, for those who are interested. If you have zero interest ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - General, Freelance Writing - Newspaper/Magazine | No Comments »
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
A former freelance writing student (took my freelance writing course last semester) has just had an article published and said I could share her news (and article). She developed the query and the article lead while taking my freelance writing course. As she writes, "That article idea I worked up ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - General, Workshops, Seminars & Online Courses | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
I am often asked if freelancer writers can still make a living writing for periodicals -- newspaper and magazines. My answer, as is often the case when it comes to the business of freelance writing, is "it depends". There is no denying it: the online world - all that free ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - General, Freelance Writing - Newspaper/Magazine | No Comments »
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
When it comes to publishing articles, periodicals are voracious beasts. Editors at an incredible number of newspapers, magazines, trade publications, news/lifestyle/information websites (as well as corporate and government publications and websites) hire hundreds (thousands!) of freelance writers to write scores of articles daily. The question is, Do you have what ...
Posted in Freelance Writing - Corporate, Freelance Writing - General, Freelance Writing - Newspaper/Magazine | 1 Comment »
