If you’re online as a writer for any length of time, you’ll quickly hear about the six-figure bloggers that are blogging for money, and how they’ll sell you their courses-books-workshops etc. etc. etc. so you can do it too. I’l be honest, I started out this blog that way. I know how tempting it can [...]

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Freelance writers are uniquely positioned to make money in a down economy. Working for ourselves, being creative types, having the freedom to pick and choose clients – all can make us money, right? There are tools you can add to your toolbox though that go beyond finding more and better-paying clients and competing for more [...]

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Despite the radio silence here on SFW of the past few months, I’ve been busily working on new writing gigs and projects.  The reason I’ve been cranking up the output is that as the economy slows (and according to the “experts” I’m listening to, that’s a given) I believe freelancers are possibly in the best [...]

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A couple weeks ago I asked readers to submit their sites if they’d like a review of their sites for user-friendliness, along with suggestions about how to optimize to attract visitors and start getting the traffic that leads directly to more revenue.  (Heading toward those six figures, right?!) So – here’s the video of the [...]

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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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A couple weeks ago, readers of my mailing list were invited to submit their home page URLs to be chosen as for a little project I am doing here on my blog: Reviewing websites to demonstrate the kinds of modifications, design considerations and other tweaks that can increase traffic to a site, enhance the user [...]

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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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