Last year in an effort to learn more about Web 2.0 and drive up traffic to this blog, I challenged myself to write a post every day during the month of May. Because misery loves company, I invited writers I hang out with on the FreelanceSuccess.com writers’ newsletter and message board to join me. In […]
Archives for April 2009
Why freelancers should 'Shut up and innovate'
Frustrated because the magazine you were counting on for a big chunk of income this year folded? Sick of nick picky editors tearing your work apart? Find yourself complaining to anyone who’ll listen about how miserable freelancing has become? Shut up and innovate. That wake up call is brought to you courtesy of Tac Anderson, […]
Journalists, freelancers, bloggers invited to BarCampPortland III
Whatever you think will happen to the news business, its fate is becoming irrevocably entwined with the tech industry. So it makes sense that a discussion on the future of news should include representatives from both camps, the journalists, freelance writers and bloggers who report and write it, and the techies with the wherewithal to […]
My CBS MoneyWatch.com Q&A with Suzy Welch
Today Suzy Welch is a sought-after management consultant, speaker and coauthor with her husband, retired GE CEO Jack Welch, of a business bestseller and weekly business column. But 13 years ago, the journalist turned MBA turned Harvard Business Review editor was juggling a demanding job, four kids and a first marriage headed for divorce. She […]
WordCount online news recap for week of April 24
This week’s highlights from the world of freelance writing and online media: Online news wins big – Much was made of the fact that although this was the first year Pulitzer Prizes were open to online-only publications none received any of the newspaper industry’s highest honors and only one, Politico, was a finalist, and in […]
WordCount Q&A – Suddenly Frugal's Leah Ingram
Leah Ingram takes a no nonsense approach to her freelance writing business. So it comes as no surprise that when the Pennsylvania writer got the contract for her latest book, “Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier & Healthier for Less,” she went straight to work. Eight weeks later, Ingram had the book written and delivered […]