November 30, 2008 – 2:17 pm
1. Test Your Idea: To lead to a sale, your query must convince the editor that you have a clear idea of what you plan to cover in the article, and what approach you’re going to take. So before writing the letter, think your article idea through carefully, and picture yourself describing the article to [...]
September 1, 2008 – 4:35 pm
Is Freelancing Really The Way To Go? If you are planning to quit your current job and enter the world of the freelancer, then you had better be pretty darn well sure that this is something you want to do. Even if you are totally sure that you want to become a freelancer in your [...]
August 24, 2008 – 1:15 pm
Where To Look For Customers In Masses So you have finally decided to take that first big step in your career change towards the world of freelancing, but there is just one hitch – you have no idea where to find your first clients and customers. A few years ago you would have to act [...]
August 23, 2008 – 9:01 am
How to Get Into The Freelancing Business We have all read an article, seen a photograph, tinkered around with some software, or visited a website that was designed by some type of freelancer. Chances are that at some point or another we have all wanted to go out on our own – away from our [...]
August 22, 2008 – 4:06 am
Benefits & Drawbacks After a long day at the office, you decide to stop by your local Barnes & Noble bookstore to pick up a copy of your favorite magazine. When you open it up to a story that you find fascinating, you look at the author’s name and see that in his biography it [...]
August 21, 2008 – 4:01 am
Freelancing – 21st Century Way of Making a Living When you think of freelancing, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? You probably think of a writer, novelist or journalist right off hand. That is primarily because for centuries, the only real job you could have as a freelancer had to do [...]