Managing your time as a professional properly is never easy. There are always temptations to distract your focus from the work you should be doing. Whether it’s the monthly birthday party in the break room, too many trips to the water cooler, or just a talkative coworker, making sure you manage your work time properly [...]
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’m not going to get all emotional or anything, but something a little bit sad happened today that happens to hit home on a personal level for me as a successful freelance writer. When I first started my freelance writing business a few years ago, I did not really know how to go about finding [...]
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.
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 [...]
Years ago Starbucks put publicly accessible wireless Internet access in every store nationwide. It was overpriced, but that effort led to the proliferation of free WiFi in coffee shops around the country. For that, I raise a class of dark triple-shot low-fat grande mocha.
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 [...]
When it comes to freelance writing, few things are as important as coffee. Second on that list is coffee places. Put the two together, and you have a recipe for some power freelancing. So, it is big news when one of the most ubiquitous coffee shops on the planet introduces a new drink. Wait. Scratch [...]
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 [...]
The local newspaper has an interesting story about what they term "gigonomics". Gigonomics is just economics with eco replaced with gig, so Gigonomics means the economics of being gig based as opposed to job based. The Denver Post is seldom cutting edge, so I’m sure the term comes from somewhere else, but it was the [...]
