Taking Down a Black Hat SEO Extortion Scammer

The next post on the blog will cover a variety of negative SEO and black hat SEO issues you should be aware of as a freelance writer. But as a preview, I’ll share a story about how a colleague and I recently had two fake law firm sites taken down, and how they were used to target a freelancer and her client. The Background Fellow … Read more.

The Easiest Ancillary Service for Freelance Writers

NEWSLETTER 20 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: Ancillary Products and Services for Freelance Writers This week we continue to explore ways you can earn more as an experienced freelance writer. With all your project-type experience or subject matter expertise, why not offer products like books and premium content to the target market you’re already working with? … Read more.

Earning More in the New Year

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.

Sharon Hurley Hall on Anti-Racism Writing

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.

The ABC Test and the PRO Act – What You Can Do

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.

Search ATS Sites for More Freelance Writing Leads

NEWSLETTER 16 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: How to Use Job Boards to Find Unadvertised Freelance Writing Jobs Another Way to Find Unadvertised Gigs This week’s post on the blog covers three ways you can use traditional job boards to find unadvertised freelance writing opportunities or new leads for your prospect list. But job boards aren’t … Read more.

SEMRush

NEWSLETTER 15 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: SEMrush for Freelance Writers: A Tool for Competitive Research (& More) The Most Well-Rounded Tool for Freelance Writers Last week on the blog we talked about conducting a simple competitive analysis, and in that week’s newsletter I shared 5 tools to help you do that. One of those tools … Read more.

Competitive Research Tools

NEWSLETTER 14 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: Conduct a Freelance Writing Competitive Analysis in 5 Simple Steps Competitive Analysis Tools for Freelancers In today’s blog post I walked through a simple manual competitive analysis plan. The idea is to help you get a better idea of your position within your specialty market. One step of that competitive analysis involves … Read more.

Here’s How I Earn Passive Revenue to Supplement My Freelance Writing

NEWSLETTER 12 New on the Blog: Here are some posts you might have missed on the Freelance Writing Pros blog: Is it Time to Overhaul Your Freelance Writing Business Plan? How to Find Unadvertised Freelance Writing Jobs How to Use Gantt Charts as a Freelance Writer Can Writers Really Earn Passive Revenue? When you hear terms like “passive income” your mind might go to things like multi-level … Read more.

These Website Usability Mistakes Could Cost You Clients

NEWSLETTER 13 New on the Blog: Here’s the latest post on the Freelance Writing Pros Blog: 5 Website Usability Mistakes That Cost You Clients Website Usability & Google’s 2021 Updates In this week’s blog post, I shared a handful of common website usability mistakes that might drive clients and prospects from your professional site. Usability issues like those are going to be a bigger issue … Read more.