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Pay Yourself First

write for your own websites

I always get annoyed when I find myself devoting a lot of time writing for other people’s websites. The pay isn’t fantastic,but I research my keywords and make sure that the job is well done. I know that the people paying me will end up making more in [...]

What's your goal?

I just read- once again,a post from another freelancer asking other writers how they balance their time online. It’s too easy,without a plan,to get distracted into twitter or FaceBook,and discover at the end of the day that you haven’t really made any money. Here are a few things I’ve done to [...]

How to Do a Google Image Search

Everyone talks about doing a google search for images,are you getting annoyed,wondering why you’re the only one who can’t figure this out. It’s OK,if you were I wouldn’t have written this.

Step 1- go to www.google.com and enter the thing you want a picture of (horses,kittens,writers,etc)

Step 2 –[...]

Another place to get paid for quickies

Felicia wrote about Niner Niner a few weeks ago.    Go take a peek,I’m not sure how they determine whether a 150 word post is a ten center or a fifty center.  I would definitely never try making a living at that rate,but I’d definitely use it to create links to other work and [...]

Purpose of a Business Plan for Writers

The purpose of a business plan is to keep a company focused on its objectives and to provide a record of goals and show the plan for reaching them. A business plan shows investors and lenders that you’ve got your act together.

For a writer,going through the process of [...]

Someone is blowing smoke.

Or perhaps it’s $5000 worth of helium.com

I think in the past few years I’ve known one or two moms who have made decent income from Helium.com. They both said the same thing,that the bulk of their income came from the Marketplace articles,that Helium sells to other clients.

When you look through the [...]

Saved by the [browser,bell]

Ok- that weird symbol thing in the title can be explained. When a client asks you to “spin”an article,you’re supposed to give them interchangeable words in brackets,so that they can turn your article into an infinite number of identical-ish articles just by spinning it.

Here’s an example:

I went to the mall [...]

I'm writing for Examiner now

I just wanted to announce that I was recently made the Seattle Homeschooling Examiner. All the other writer-moms are doing it,right? I’ll admit,my first two articles aren’t brilliant,but why waste brilliance at the beginning,right? So now when all the other writer-moms are talking about their experiences and advice for The Examiner,[...]