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Recommended reading for April 30, 2010

By Michelle V. Rafter on April 30, 2010 | 3 Responses

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In honor of the 2010 WordCount Blogathon, which starts tomorrow, this edition of my weekly roundup of good reading and writing is devoted to blogs on blogging.

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Posted in Blogs, Language, Writing | Tagged Blogging Basics 101, blogging tips, blogs about blogging, Copyblogger, Daily News Tips, Lisa Barone, ProBlogger, Seth Godin, The Urban Muse | 3 Responses

Digital media industry week in review, for May 8

By Michelle V. Rafter on May 8, 2009 | 2 Responses

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The week’s highlights from the digital media business: Imprisioned U.S. freelancer ends hunger strike – Roxana Saberi, the freelance broadcast convicted of spying in Iran ended a two-week hunger strike after Iranian authorities agreed to hold an appeal hearing for her next week. The Iranian-American freelance broadcast reporter was arrested in January and convicted of [...]

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Posted in Media Business, Newspapers, Online news | Tagged 2009 EPpy awards, blog statistics, Congressional hearing on newspaper business, David Simon, Editor & Publisher, freelance writers, future of newspapers, Huffington Post, Neighborlogs, ProBlogger, Roxana Saberi, Tweetmeme, Twitter, WordPress | 2 Responses

5 ways to blog every day without freaking out

5 ways to blog every day without freaking out

By Michelle V. Rafter on May 4, 2009 | 12 Responses

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You signed up for a blogathon and realize you now have to blog about something every day for a month. Ack! There’s no getting around the fact daily blogging is work. But there are ways to minimize the extra effort. Writing short, planning ahead, mixing up the types of blog posts you write, creating standing features [...]

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Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Workplace Issues, Writing | Tagged blogathon, Blogging, freelancers who blog, how to blog, how to write blog posts, ProBlogger | 12 Responses

My TwiTip guest post – when 1 Twitter account isn't enough

My TwiTip guest post – when 1 Twitter account isn't enough

By Michelle V. Rafter on April 5, 2009 | 6 Responses

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A while back, I conducted a poll to find out how many Twitter accounts freelance writers and other people who visit this blog use. As luck would have it, around the time I was getting ready to publish the results, I got the opportunity to write a guest post for TwiTip, a guide to all [...]

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Posted in Blogs, Social Networks, Technology, Web 2.0, Workplace Issues | Tagged Darren Rowse, how writers use Twitter, ProBlogger, TwiTip, Twitter, Twitter accounts, Twitter productivity, writers on Twitter | 6 Responses

WordCount weekly digital media biz recap

By Michelle V. Rafter on December 19, 2008 | 2 Responses

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Over at the The New York Observer, John Koblin explains in At magazines, it’s 2.0 steps forward, 1.0 step back that while the Web may be the future for magazine publishing, right now print’s winning out and Website writers – and I might add Website freelancers – are getting axed left and right. ProBlogger guest [...]

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Posted in Blogs, Careers, Freelancing, Magazines, Social Networks, Web 2.0 | Tagged Bill Dyszel, David Risley, Jennie Cromie, John Koblin, magazines dropping Websites, ProBlogger, six-figure blogger, The Golden Pencil, The Morbid Major Magazine Song, TwiTips, Twitter | 2 Responses

10 Reasons Every Freelance Writer Should Have a Blog

By Michelle V. Rafter on February 18, 2008 | 7 Responses

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I took to blogging fairly quickly and I finally figured out why. I wrote a weekly newspaper column for more than five years. After that, I wrote a weekly column for Reuters, the financial wire service, for seven years. After a dozen years, writing something once a week – or more – was so second [...]

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Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Web 2.0, Writing | Tagged Amazon Associates, Blogger, BloggerJobs, Blogging, Blogs, blogs for writers, freelance writers, freelance writers who have blogs, Google Adsense, ProBlogger, TypePad, WordPress | 7 Responses

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Welcome to WordCount, a blog about the freelance writing business. You'll see fresh material throughout the week on writing basics, blogging, tech tools for writers and more. A good place to start is my Greatest Hits page, with links to 101 of my best posts. Don't miss the Friday reading list for writers, a week's worth of writing inspiration. Tune into my #wclw Twitter chat for writers on the last Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. Pacific time. I also host the WordCount Blogathon, a blogging challenge to post every day in May. Use this form to register for this year's event. Subscribe to WordCount on your blog reader or get it delivered via email. Send email to wordcountfreelance@gmail.com.

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