Jennifer Mattern NEWSLETTER 19 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: Raise Your Freelance Writing Rates With This 3-Step Strategy This month’s theme at Freelance Writing Pros is earning more money in the New Year. And to kick things off, today’s post on the blog explores raising freelance writing rates. If you’ve struggled with raising rates in the past, or … Read more.
While there’s no bad time to raise your freelance writing rates, the start of a new year is a great time to consider it. After all, you have more experience now. You’ve gotten to know your clients’ businesses better. You have more examples to showcase your expertise. Don’t you deserve a raise? Normally, I prefer to raise rates near the end of the year because … Read more.
NEWSLETTER 18 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: Merging the Personal and Professional: Sharon Hurley Hall on Anti-Racism Writing In the last Freelance Writing Pros update for 2021, I interviewed Sharon Hurley hall about her anti-racism newsletter and how a more personal focus on anti-racism writing has impacted her freelance writing business. If you’re considering changing your freelance writing specialty … Read more.
In your freelance writing career, there might come a time when you seek to change or expand your focus. We previously talked about how to change your target market without starting over. But sometimes it’s not just about traditional business opportunities so much as being true to yourself, your voice, and using your professional platform in a more fulfilling way. Sharon Hurley Hall offers a … Read more.
If you’ve ever thought about targeting a new freelance writing market but felt like it would be too much work, this post is for you. Pursuing a new specialty can sometimes mean starting over from a blank slate, but that doesn’t have to be the case. And today we’ll consider an alternative. Let’s look at why you might want to target a new freelance writing … Read more.
If you have a professional freelance writer website, you likely used a content management system — or CMS — to build it. The most popular CMS today is WordPress. But you have another option you might not have heard of yet — the flat-file CMS. I mentioned flat-file content management systems in my recent post on revenue sharing schemes over at All Freelance Writing. More … Read more.
NEWSLETTER 17 New on the Blog: I’m not sure how I missed sending newsletters with the last two posts, but it seems I did. So my apologies. But on the plus side, that means I have three new posts to share with you today: What is a Flat-File CMS (& Should Freelance Writers Use Them)? How to Beat Freelance Writing Niche Saturation Media Kits for Freelance Writers: … Read more.
In an ideal world as a freelance writer, you want more than enough prospects to fill your schedule and pay you well. But sometimes competition increases to the point where it gets tough to find new clients. We reach niche saturation. Today let’s take a look at what freelance niche saturation means, and what you can do to get out of a saturated niche an … Read more.
As you might know, I have a background in public relations. A big part of that job involves media relations and helping my clients pick up earned media coverage. In addition to tools like press releases and feature pitches, this is a place where media kits can come in handy. Let’s explore media kits and why they’re worth considering as a freelance professional. What is a … Read more.
It’s no secret that the best freelance writing gigs are rarely advertised on traditional job boards. Those gigs are often assigned through pitches, referrals, and searches by clients. But did you know you can use job boards to find unadvertised freelance writing jobs? The good news is, you can. Let’s look at some ways you can turn traditional job boards into more advanced prospect-finding tools. … Read more.