June 29, 2010
As we mentioned earlier, Yahoo has taken on the task of producing a “style guide” for the Internet. Those of you who are already in the professional writing business know about the different writing styles out there. There is AP Style, which is based upon a book by AP called The Associated Press Stylebook. Then [...]
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June 17, 2010
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 [...]
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June 14, 2010
Although it was not my intention when I started writing a blog for freelance writers and businesses who hire freelance writers, a lot of the new readers here at the ArcticLlama freelance writing business blog come from people searching for advice on where to write online for money. In particular, people search to find out [...]
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May 27, 2010
Finding useful webhosting information is next to impossible. Most of the big, brand-name webhost companies out there offer very sizable pay to affiliates who refer people to their service. That means that almost every single comment on the entire Internet about which web hosting services are good and which web hosts are bad is tainted [...]
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May 5, 2010
Post by Brian E Nelson – In an email notice to freelance members of Guru.com (also here), the company announced that it was ending it Freelancer Rank system. The notice says that “upon closer examination,” that Rank is flawed and out of date. Further, it states that there is no legitimate way to rank the [...]
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April 14, 2010
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 [...]
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April 9, 2010
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 [...]
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March 31, 2010
To get more search engine traffic there are a lot of things you can do. You can read all about search engine optimization until you go blind. You could even hire an SEO consultant if you have money to burn. You could comment on a thousand blogs a day with a link back to your [...]
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September 7, 2009
Experienced freelancers know that they can’t just book their calendar solid. But, how do you fill in the gaps when you could be writing more?
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March 16, 2009
If you want to make good money writing online for Demand Studios, you’ll have to crank them out fast. Here’s how.
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March 15, 2009
Want to make money writing for Demand Studios. This is how they work.
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