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Tips For Your Career: How To Get A Better Freelance Writing Job


Freelance writers often feel like they can get better jobs and higher compensation rates. If you have some working experience, want to develop your potential, and have a proactive position, you should start looking for your options. Though it seems hard to improve your career perspectives, there are some simple tips that are designed to help you improve your performance and get a well-paid job:

  1. Show yourself to potential employers.
  2. You should make yourself visible. Amateur writers often work invisibly. They do basic rewriting, copywriting, and write simple texts. This helps you get some money, but their names are invisible for potential clients, so they cannot reach them if they want to. Therefore, it makes sense to find a project where you can put your byline on each piece of writing.

  3. Apply for new jobs.
  4. It is not hard to apply for writing jobs that allow you to become more visible. To get something new, you should try doing something new. Therefore, start looking at online magazines, blogs, and other websites. You may write a free publication for a great online resource if it is popular, so your work will be noticed, read, and commented by many people.

  5. Improve your writing speed.
  6. When you are looking for new opportunities, write promotional articles, and so on, you will have less time for your everyday routine. Therefore, you should work hard in order to improve your writing speed. There are many useful techniques, some of which you may employ. For instance, you can revise you text once before submitting instead of reading it two or three times. You can also stop taking breaks between pieces of writing.

  7. Develop your network.
  8. It is important to build your network. Many freelance writers find out about better writing jobs because they have friends or follow people who share information about such options. It is a good idea to meet editors and other writers in person, attend industry conferences, and join professional groups and communities on the Web.

  9. Ask for a higher compensation.
  10. Sometimes, all you need to do is to ask for more money. Do not hesitate to tell your manager or editor that you want to raise your rates. If you are working for a client for a while and everything seems fine, then it is completely fair to ask for a higher compensation. You may be surprised, but the majority of clients prefer paying more to keep reliable writers on board.

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  • If you intend to become a good writer, this blog will surely help you out!

    August 28, 2014 | (10 ) Comments

  • Very helpful for starters in a freelancing, but also good for advanced writers!

    September 5, 2014 | (10 ) Comments

  • Great tips from professionals! Good to see so many updates!

    November 19, 2014 | (10 ) Comments

  • Great ideas using which you'll never get down! Very useful for writers to get their skills prepared to freelance career.

    December 15, 2014 | (10 ) Comments

Expand Your Job Search and Add More Sources to Your List of Freelance Writing Resources

Keep your source list updated and continue expanding your search options. Sometimes writers are not able to land good writing jobs because they don’t expand where they look. In many cases good jobs are not advertised. You need know where to look and who to get in touch with when it comes to reputable sources with writing job leads. Great writers will know where to go to get work. This means your resource list should be diverse with leads in different niches. You should have an idea of which niches and writing jobs are in demand and those that offer lucrative earnings on a regular basis.