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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 position to make something of the situation.

How?  By doing what we do as freelancers: Get creative.

My projects right now include some writing for other folks - blogs, articles - but also writing a lot of web content for my own web sites and publications.  In other words, I don’t just think of myself as a writer, but as the owner of publishing business.  Blogs, websites, ebooks, and also providing writing “services” for clients; these and many other products are my company’s business. (If you haven’t seen the interviews and resoruces on my Freebies page, check out the Tiffany Dow interview to see how someone can take action to build a business as a writer.)

Writers who think of themselves only as “writers”, who look for freelance “jobs” and “clients” all day, and work primarily on stuff other people will own, could be missing out big opportunities.  As a publisher, I write all I want, on anything I want, whenever I want - but I also hire other writers and designers, to build my own assets including Web “real estate” and other intellectual property.  Writers who work as publishers controlling their own content stand to weather the storm over the next few years, by opening up their options to sell not just to clients, but also directly to readers and consumers.

To light your creative fire, here are posts with ideas you can use to leverage your biggest asset - your creativity - in a financially-tightening marketplace.  One of my favorites is Pamela Slim’s post in June about what to do if the economy’s got your down.

Here’s another post from Seth Godin’s blog, about how to maintain your competitive advantage.  If you don’t read his blog on a regular basis, start now, if you want to not only keep your head above water, but thrive, no matter the economy.

What are you doing now to grow and build your business?

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Just released! The”Mega List” has 46 top ‘Net resources for finding jobs -job boards, market sites, and places to sell your own work direct to the public. Download your copy now!

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Mega List Of Online Freelance Jobs

This is a free PDF download. I’d be interested to hear from readers about additional sites, other resources they find useful that are not included here. I didn’t include any subscription services for example, these are all free resources for finding work.

Happy hunting!

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written by SueC \\ tags: freelance writing jobs, make money writing, where to sell your writing, writing business, writing income, writing online

Tomorrow I’ll be releasing the list of all the places online you can go to find new freelance writing jobs, as well as places to sell your own work.  (If you want to get access first, you’ll have to join the list by signing up to the right - I’ll be sending out an announcement soon!)  While it lists many, many places to sell your work and writing services,  It’s not a traditional list, meaning just another list of websites that post freelance gigs and jobs.  I’m adding a whole section about places you can go to sell your own products, either direct to your audience/clients, or through affiliates.  I’m also posting links to sites like Elance where you can bid on specific jobs.

The best way to use this list is to not only look for places where you can send a submission or bid on a job posting.  Instead, when you read these postings, consider what the buyer is doing with the writing you produce:  Are they running a topical website in a niche you are passionate about? Are they hiring a bunch of writers to handle bulk tasks (like writing dozens of articles)? Are the looking for someone to ghostwrite an eBook - what do you imagine they would do with that?  Buyers aren’t hiring writers unless there is a market to resell the work at a nice profit, you can assume they are paying you a fraction of what they will make selling your work to their customers!  How can you cut out the middleman, and reachthose customers directly with your own product?

The sites I list are good places to find jobs, but also good places to research.  which bring me to my next offering - The Hidden Web - Exposed!  I’m also going to be posting a new eBook listing dozens of deep-web research sources, places you can find ideas, products, public domain materials, web partners, newsletters and email lists farbeyond what is accessible just through Google (think “500 TIMES” more material!)  If you are serious about creating content - and to reach six figures, you should be - you’ll want to get your hands on this ebook.

Look for more tomorrow and Thursday about these great offerings, plus some goodies too…

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written by SueC \\ tags: freelance writing, freelance writing jobs, research, search engines, Writing Jobs

I’m working real hard on building a HUGE list of where to find freelance jobs, salaried writing positions, contests, agents, publishers and more on the Web.  The list is not going to include “how to” writing sites, i.e., how to get published, how to find an agent, or anything else, just sites where you can find markets for selling your work.

It’s tough - there are plenty of sites listing more sites, but often half the links are broken, the site owner doesn’t bother to update them.  I’d like my readers to be able to just go down the list, and follow the links to submit to as many appropriate sources as possible.  I’m tracking down dozens of these as we speak, and they’ll all be available with some other great bonuses a “kick off” for this site (since I just went live on April 10th, I’m planning something for the end of the month).

If you have a place you’ve found with consistently good listings (that you’d be willing to share!), or if you have a good resource for finding agents or contests, or anything else related to sites that pay money for writing, post them here.  Don’t list specific market listings (for example I’m not listing magazines or topical sites that accept submissions - other pubs do that way better than I do!).  Add a comment with your best suggestion for finding leads, and if we use it you’ll get attribution with a link to your site! Be sure you get advance notice when the list is available, subscribe to my newsletter if you aren’t already on our list (use the link to the right).

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