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Archives for 2009

May 4, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

5 ways to blog every day without freaking out

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 […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing, Workplace Issues, Writing Tagged With: blogathon, Blogging, freelancers who blog, how to blog, how to write blog posts, ProBlogger

May 3, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

May Blogathon attracts 34 writers and counting

Since announcing the 2nd annual WordCount May blogathon last week, no fewer than 34 writers have signed on to take the challenge of posting once a day during the month. I’ve added a few stragglers since the original list went up, so if you’re participating and are running a list of fellow blogathoners on your […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing, Media Business, Online news Tagged With: BarCampPortland III, blogathon, John Hill, The Columbian, writers who blog

May 2, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

WordCount online media recap for week of May 2

Conde Nast closes Portfolio – The publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker shut down its glossy business monthly just two years after launch.  According to news reports, Conde Naste had planned to spend $100 million over 5 years on the title, which was ultimately done in by declining ad sales. The mag’s Portfolio.com […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Online news Tagged With: Craig Silverman, Freelance Writing Jobs, John McIntyre, KnowledgeWebb, online media, Portfolio.com, Regret the Error, The Daily Beast, The Quake at Conde Nast, Tina Brown, Twitter, UC Berkeley journalism school, Webbmedia Group, You Don't Say

May 1, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

Welcome to the 2nd annual WordCount writers' blogathon

UPDATED ON MONDAY, MAY 4: I’ve added more participants and fixed a couple links, blog names and tag lines. – MVR UPDATED ON SUNDAY, MAY 3: I added a number of additional participants and put my own name on the list, for those of you who’re copying this to your own blogs. – MVR And […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing Tagged With: blogathons, Blogging, freelancers with blogs, WordCount, writers with blogs

April 30, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

2nd annual May writers' blogathon begins tomorrow

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 […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing Tagged With: blogathon, Blogs

April 29, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

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, […]

Filed Under: Careers, Economy, Media Business, Writing Tagged With: innovating at work, Tac Anderson, the future of freelancing, Waggener Edstrom

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