Back to school means back to work
With Labor Day behind us and kids in class, it’s time to refocus on work. Here are 12 things writers can do to be recharged and ready for the rest of the year.
5 strategies for reviving your freelance marketing plan
Frustrated with what you’re trying to drum up new business? Guest blogger Lori Widmer share tips for getting more from your promotional efforts.
A writer’s guide to career reinvention
Are you ready for a change? If you’ve been thinking of jumping out of your current occupation and into a new one – like freelancing – here’s a little inspiration. From December to February, I helped produce Reinvent Yourself, a series on career reinvention for BlogHer, the women’s blog network (Editor’s Note: I’m also a [...]
Guest post: 5 steps to freelance awesomeness
The biggest obstacle to getting your writing business to the next level could be – you. Here’s how to get over yourself.
Freelance writers are the original career ‘slashers’
More people are cobbling together careers from a mashup of work, something self-employed writers know a lot about.
The best of WordCount August 2011 posts
Highlights from this blog during the past month: Helium Content Source, writing whitepapers, writers’ conferences and working as a content strategist.
Lice happens, or how to go with the flow
My return to work after vacation wasn’t the smooth re-entry I’d planned for. But that’s how it is sometimes, in life and business – you do what you have to do.
July 27 #wclw chat: building your freelance business
The next WordCount writers’ chat takes place 7/27 at 10 a.m. PDT, where we’ll discuss the basics of running a freelance writing business. Bring your questions!
You’re only as good as your collaborators
I heard a string quartet play the other night. The four young musicians in it met at Yale and now live and work in New York City. On the evening I heard them, they were joined by a harpist and a flutist who played a few pieces as a duo and then joined the quartet [...]
A day in the life…blogathon edition
Come with me for a minute-by-minute look at how what it takes to run the WordCount Blogathon, a freelance writing business and a family.
