Here’s an extremely interesting take on how to be successful in a music career, which I think has a ton of great advice for writers as well. Derek Sivers is a musician who built the business CD Baby. Last month he published a free ebook titled “How To Call Attention To Your Music” giving musicians [...]

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I sent a post to the SixFigureWriting mailing list a couple weeks ago, offering to give a web site review for selected readers who might be interested.  My review consists of offering ideas for (1) making the site more traffic-friendly, and (2) features to add to attract long-term visitors and add-on business. Out of several [...]

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Freelance writers are, by definition, flexible, and that is going to be a very important trait indeed as we head into a rocky economic downturn. I just read a truly wonderful post at Escape From Cubicle Nation, about how to be creative in your business during a downturn.  How can writers survive and even capitalize [...]

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We’ve just added a new page to the blog of free items we’re offering to our readers, plus useful tools for writers that we find on the web that are either free or low cost. Just click on the Freebies tab above. (Hint: If you want to get first crack at these, sign up for [...]

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The “hidden web”, or “deep web” is estimated to be 500 times larger than the “surface web”, or those pages that are indexed by Google, Yahoo! and etc. Are you using the resources of the Hidden Web?  Let me know how you’re using it – the possibilities seem endless to me, for product ideas, publication [...]

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Yesterday’s interview with C. Hope Clark of Funds For Writers was really great – she definitely has her finger on the pulse of inside information about finding freelance and full time writing jobs, grants, contests and more. I’ll be posting a free link to the full transcript later this week, if you want to make [...]

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If you aren’t using email to reach out to your clients, you are missing out on a great way to bring added value to your clients. And, if you’re trying to build a client base, giving prospects great information for free through a newsletter can be an excellent marketing tool. I use Aweber to reach [...]

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