Six Figure Writing

Hi from SueC here at Six Figure Writing! As a new reader, be sure to subscribe to my email list, and my RSS feed to get the most out of SFW. Thanks for stopping by!

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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written by SueC \\ tags: content writing, freelance, Freelance Jobs, freelance promotion, freelance writing, freelance writing jobs, make money in a down economy, make money writing, Marketing, writing for money

Welcome to SFW

In case it’s not obvious from the title, here’s what Six Figure Writing is all about:

Ideas, resources, networking and community can all make you more money, and SFW brings those together.

There is serious cash being made on the Internet every day, and a critical piece of web success is good, solid writing. Webmasters are hiring writers at (what I believe are ) pretty low wages every day, then turning it right around to make big bucks with the written product. Why can’t the writer make that money? Well, you can!

Six Figure Writing will show EXACTLY how we can do it too – because if “content is king” in the Internet, as it’s so often said, then writers hold the keys to the kingdom – so take steps now to become more productive, increase income, and grow your writing business.

Stay tuned, join the list, subscribe to RSS, and don’t miss a single idea – it could be the one that puts your income over the top!

SueC

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written by SueC \\ tags: content writing, freelance, freelance promotion, freelance writing, freelance writing business, freelance writing jobs, funds for writers, make money in a down economy, marketing for writers, new marketing, online writing, web 2.0, where to sell your writing, writing for money, writing income, Writing Links, writing online