Freelance Writing Complainers: Should They Just Get Over It?

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

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

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

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

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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Freelance Writers: 3 Frustrating Client Demands, and How to Respond

Don’t you just hate it when clients make unreasonable demands of you? It happens all the time when you work as a freelance writer, and it is something you may never get used to. Annoying client demands are always a challenge and can make even us seasoned writers nervous, so I’ve decided to write a [...]

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5 Common Fears of New Freelance Writers (And Why You Have Nothing to Worry About)

Fear. It’s what prevents a lot of would-be freelance writers from giving up their day jobs and going after their dreams. It’s easy (and completely natural) to get cold feet when considering going freelance full-time. However, let fear get the better of you and it can really start to get in the way. What’s even [...]

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How to Succeed When Working Online (Warning: You Might Not Like This)

People seem to be divided into two camps when it comes to the subject of working online: those who want to find an easy job where they can become millionaires overnight without any effort and those who consider the whole thing to be one large scam Take a look at this question I recently came [...]

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Content Writers: 6 Ways to Make More Money from Your Existing Clients

The amount of work that you put into your freelance writing career is inextricably linked to the amount of money that you earn. Or at least it is in my experience. Work less, earn less. Work more, earn more. Makes sense, right? However, what if there was a way to somehow work around this seemingly [...]

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Putting the ‘Free’ Back into Freelance: How to Enjoy Your Job More

Many people become freelance writers because they like the idea of having a job which provides them with more freedom than perhaps any other job in the world. There are not many other ways to enjoy greater freedom unless you are fortunate enough to be incredibly wealthy, and seeing as I have no major aspirations [...]

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