The biggest problem is inappropriate pitches. I didn’t do consumer finance — I work for a trade publication, not a consumer magazine! The PR folks who send me consumer-oriented press releases, and then call and try to talk to me about them, to use up my time even further, don’t bother to check. That’s really […]
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Many trade publications — as well as academic publications — don’t pay contributors. The reason is that the people who contribute are getting something other than money in return: free advertising. For a lawyer, CPA, engineer, or other professional, the exposure may well be worth quite a bit. However, editors have to spend quite a
If you’re new to freelancing or new to the area, you might not have a lot of story ideas handy, and you need a LOT to be a freelancer. Once you have contacts in an area, of course, you can mine them for story ideas — chambers of commerce, local artists’ guilds, politicians, etc… are
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Looking for outlets to send you abroad is actually the *last* step of a going-overseas process. The first thing is, you need to ask yourself a few questions: What level of risk can you handle? How willing are you to learn foreign languages/how many foreign languages do you already know? Where can you get a
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I’ve been a freelancer for most of the past ten years, and have also edited the work of many freelancers in various editing jobs. Read on about this emotional response marketing copywriting course to get some tips from fellow freelancers who have walked in your shoes and found ways to balance work and personal life
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