3 Much-Lauded Benefits of Being Self-Employed That Don’t Always Work Out

by Greg

Ah, the self-employed life. What a way to live! The freedom, the enjoyment, the unlimited earning potential. Who could fault it? One of the reasons why being self-employed is so often seen as the solution for anyone who is unhappy in their mundane 9-to-5 is because many self-employed people have a habit of regularly promulgating [...]

The Only Thing You Ever Need to Worry About When Writing Web Content

by Greg

“Compelling content.” “Written with the search engines in mind.” “Unique.” “Google loves quality content.” These phrases are bandied around by all and sundry when it comes to the qualities of content writing until they bear no more weight than a cliché as well-worn as Bono’s sunglasses. Not only that, but all of these well-meaning but [...]

Do a Dickens and Use Other Writers as Your Inspiration

January 20, 2012

All the best writers across the centuries have one thing in common: They have all used other writers as their inspiration. Charles Dickens was inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, his good friend Wilkie Collins, and surely a number of other writers of his day. And they, alongside the countless people he encountered in [...]

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Why Some People will Never Stand a Chicken’s Chance of Becoming a Freelance Writer

November 29, 2011

Let’s be honest: Not everyone is cut out to be a writer. That one phrase alone may ruffle a few feathers. If I said that not everyone is cut out to be a professional football player or astronaut, I doubt anyone would batter an eyelid. But writing is different. Writing is something that the vast [...]

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Black Hat Writing: Why Some Writers Flirt with the Dark Side

November 22, 2011

I love those earnest proclamations on SEO company websites of, ‘We don’t use any black hat techniques’. Is it really necessary to use the fact that you are not going to use unethical techniques as a selling point? But to be honest, I’ve done it myself in the past when I used to try and [...]

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Freelance Writing Complainers: Should They Just Get Over It?

November 15, 2011

This is the second version of this article. In the first version I realised that my entire article about complaining had become nothing more than a complaint in itself, which was kind of missing the point. And that point is … that too many writers seem to be complaining about their job rather than enjoying [...]

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Why ‘Quitting’ Is Not a Dirty Word for Freelance Writers

November 9, 2011

The word ‘quitter’ has such negative connotations. No one likes to be a quitter. It’s an insult to be called one. Quitting is weak, foolhardy, never in your best interests, something to avoid at all costs, blah, blah, blah… And yet, for freelance writers, quitting can be a very liberating experience. I’d recommend trying it [...]

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Change to Email List

November 3, 2011

This is just a quick note for anyone who has signed up to receive email updates via Feedburner. I’ve recently changed from Feedburner to Aweber to send out all emails from Pro Web Writing, so if you’d like to continue receiving emails then you’ll need to resubmit your details into the form on the website. [...]

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How to Become a Freelance Writing Psychic

November 1, 2011

There are a lot of dodgy ‘clients’ out there when you start working as a freelance content writer, and sometimes it can feel like you really do need to be a psychic to spot which ones you should avoid. I often talk about a certain ‘sixth sense’ I’ve developed since I started writing for a [...]

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Content Writers: How to Make Clients Fall in Love with Your Writing Before You’ve Even Met

October 25, 2011

How many times have you been contacted by a prospective client and been asked, in one way or another: “Why should I hire you?” It’s the question we all dread. We get all flustered and start babbling about how we provide quality content that will really help them out, and then begin to reel off [...]

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