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Freelancing Sick Time
Freelance writers don’t get paid sick leave, or paid vacation time for that matter. Dealing with this fact isn’t as easy as it may sound.
Posts tagged with ‘freelance writing’
Distraction Free Writing Programs
There are a ton of little writing utilities floating around out there that offer "distraction free writing" by offering a full screen word processor with no menu, and minimal functions. The idea is that a big blank screen will eliminate distractions so that you can focus on your writing. As if the problem with Microsoft [...]
Are Freelance Writers Real Writers?
I got asked an interesting question. After answering the common "What do you do," question by saying that I’m a freelance writer, I got an unusual follow up question. "So, is that like a regular writer, writer, or is that like a technical writer." There are two unusual bits to that question. The first is [...]
Writing For Elance – New Getting Paid Option Added
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 [...]
Freelance Writing Tips and Interesting News From Elsewhere
A handful of interesting articles worked their way through my RSS Reader this morning and I thought I would share some of them here for others who might also find them interesting for their freelance writing business. This list is not an endorsement of the content that is linked, which I may or may not [...]
Freelance Writing Value Proposition
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 [...]
Controlling Your Freelancing Brand Name Versus Additional Exposure
Over the past couple of years I have flirted with writing for various online publishing systems. I never really go the hang of Squidoo (or I did and just didn’t like it), but I have writer accounts on several other online publishing websites. Some of those accounts have gotten a lot of attention at one [...]
Netbooks Suck – For Who?
Somewhere along the line I started reading the website Coding Horror, which is kind of ironic considering that I am a basic level programmer at best. Sure, I understand the structure of a For-Next Loop and I can work through an If-Then-Else statement, but I’m typically much better at sorting through someone else’s code than [...]
How Much Do Freelance Writers Make?
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, [...]
Working From Home Issues Interruptions and Time Management
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 [...]
