Sometimes, if you want higher paying work, you need to figure out where to go to get it. Contently might be one of those places. Not too long ago, I found out about Contently, a web site aimed at connecting freelancers with clients looking for high quality work. The idea is is to help freelancers…
Category Archives: Freelancing
5 Biggest Lies Freelance Clients Could Be Telling You
Before you agree to a freelance job, you should know what you’re getting into. Be aware of the ways that clients try to get more out of you. All of my current clients are awesome. I have no complaints about the people I work with right now. However, the current situation hasn’t always the norm…
Learning to Say No as a Freelancer
After years of scraping by on anything, it’s hard to learn to say “no” as a freelancer. Occasionally, when I am feeling overwhelmed, and stressed about my work, or my life, my husband reminds me that sometimes I need to say no. I think that there are a lot of reasons that we say yes…
Freelance Ghostwriting: Who Wrote That?
You might not realize that you are reading something I wrote. Because my name’s not on it. It’s true that, in a certain web circle, my writing is prolific. “Oh, you’re Miranda!” was one of the top four things I heard at the Financial Blogger Conference last year. Because I write for a lot of different web…
Watch My Interview with Murray Newlands of Performance Marketing Insider
I recently participated in an interview with my friend Murray Newlands at Performance Marketing Insider. Check out the following interview and let me know what you think. What are your tips for writing better content?
Freelancing: Placing Guest Posts for Clients
Placing guest posts for clients can be a way to earn money — but it can also be more trouble than it’s worth. A couple of years ago, I had a client who asked me to place guest posts on various sites in an effort to build rankings. The idea was that I would approach…
Freelancing: All You Need is a Laptop and Wi-Fi
One of the best things about freelancing is that you can do it from anywhere. Right now, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Arizona. I’m hundreds of miles away from home, but I’m still getting some work done. I am working on a restricted schedule, but working nonetheless. And that’s one of the great…
Being Social Online Can Help You Find Freelance Gigs
Even though I’m not thrilled with social media, it’s not all bad. It’s helped me land a few freelance gigs. Anyone who knows me is well aware that I’m not overly fond of social media. However, at the same time, I’m not a complete idiot, so I know it’s necessary. I know that, as a…
Freelance Writing: Write What You Know
One of the ways to improve your writing, and to establish yourself as an expert, is to write what you know. Among the most common pieces of advice that you are likely to receive as an aspiring freelancer writer is to write what you know. There are good reasons that “write what you know” is…
Do PageRank and Alexa Rank Matter?
We humans love to keep score. PageRank and Alexa Rank are ways of keeping score when it comes to your web site. As a freelance writer, I occasionally get questions from potential about how well my articles can expect to rank in terms of PageRank. I tell them that I’m really a writer, and that…
