One of the toughest things for any professional writer, whether an experienced freelance writer or someone just starting a new freelance writing business, is to find new writing jobs. Even freelancers with a full project pipeline need to keep an eye on the future in order to ensure a steady stream of income from writing [...]
I am a registered user at Elance, although I’ve never really done too much with the website. A while back I looked into whether or not Elance was a legitimate way to find freelance writing gigs and came to the conclusion that while it might be fine for some people, that it just didn’t really [...]
Increase The Value of Your Freelance Writing Freelance writers are, for the most part, not necessarily big fans of "sales." As professional writers we would prefer to crank out powerful new articles and content for our clients rather than "pound the pavement" or make cold calls to would-be clients. Unfortunately, sales is a big part [...]
One of the things about being a freelancer that many people don’t really appreciate, is that it can be very hard to take time off. While everyone understands that a freelance writer, or any other contractor, only makes money when the work (and bill hours for projects), most people have a little bit of difficulty [...]
We started the freelance writing blog here at ArcticLlama with the goal of making it easier for freelancers to understand how to succeed as freelance writers and for businesses and clients to have better success working with freelance writers. While we always strive to improve, I think we have done a pretty good job. However, [...]
Congratulations on starting a work from home business. You’ve avoided the common work at home scams, you’ve set up a professional business structure, and you’ve even gone out an got some good paying clients. Whether its a professional freelance writing business, or something else, take a moment to bask in the glory of your accomplishments [...]
Every year, thousands of people start down the path of becoming freelance writers. Some of them "make it" and become full-time freelance writers, some of them keep their old job and become part-time freelance writers, and some people take on a project or two and then drop out completely. Regardless of what type of freelance [...]
