Comments on: To freelance for trade magazines, be a team player

By: WordCount Repeats: It pays to fight for looser exclusivity clauses in freelance contracts « WordCount – Freelancing in the Digital Age

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:01:47 +0000

[...] competitors so I could avoid pitching anything to them. While I’m not bound by a contract, I value my relationship with this publication too much to do anything to mess with it, especially since they’re by [...]

By: It pays freelancers to find wiggle room in exclusivity clauses « WordCount – Freelancing in the Digital Age

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:55 +0000

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The reckoning « WordCount – Freelancing in the Digital Age — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:57:31 +0000

[...] business model has been to write for a handful of publications – wire services, newspapers, trade magazines and websites – on a regular if not monthly basis. As a former newspaper staff writer [...]

By: Do you tell editors what you do when you’re not writing for them? « WordCount - Freelancing in the digital age

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:56:15 +0000

[...] in a freelance writing business. I’ve also espoused in this space about the benefits of being a team player when it comes to the publications and editors you work with, and how worthwhile it is to cultivate [...]

By: 4 ways to bring good karma to your freelance writing business « WordCount - Freelancing in the digital age

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:19:03 +0000

[...] I’d be up to date with what was happening at home. I’ve picked up the habit, only now I email news stories to an editor at a trade magazine where I’m a contributing editor to make sure she’s seen [...]

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:02:05 +0000

Agreed. I often pitch elements from my trade magazine sidebars as stand-alone FOBs for consumer publications. Most trade mags do big trend pieces 1-3 years before mainstream media catches a clue. You have to time it just right, but you can make that lag work for you when you pitch.

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:55:17 +0000

Thanks Sharon! One of the editors I met on my recent trip to New York was for a new-to-me trade that’s in an up-and-coming but very tech-intense field. One of the reasons I’m interested in doing this, despite the steep learning curve, is because they pay very well. But it’s a technology that’s showing up in more consumer products so I hope to sell stories about it to consumer and business magazines as well. Gotta think about those re-slants.

Michelle R.

By: Sharon Waldrop

Sharon Waldrop — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:40:30 +0000

I agree with you 100%. I write for trades in addition to custom publications and national consumer magazines. The trade business is a big chunk of my revenue.

By: todaysfreelancer

todaysfreelancer — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:03:36 +0000

Good advice!