They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about an avatar? If you’re using a blog or Website to advertise your freelance writing business, including an avatar, illustration or cartoon version of yourself can say a whole lot more than a photograph about you, your business and your attitude about what you do. […]
Dennis Cass on book launch 2.0
Dennis Cass is a writer, journalist, teacher, book doctor and also really funny. His first book, HEAD CASE: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying to Understand My Brain, is out in paperback and he’s started a Website to promote it. He also created this short video on YouTube that skewers all the Internet promotional […]
New WordPress feature, Possibly Related Posts
If you have a blog on WordPress.com, you may have noticed a new feature called Possibly Related that links posts from other blogs in the Comments section of posts on your blog. The crew at Automattic introduced the feature in late April to add an element of social networking to blogging. At least that’s what […]
How to write great freelance blog posts
I’ve written about how great starting a blog can be for your freelance writing business. You can use a blog to promote yourself, develop a beat, make connections, improve your skills and if you’re lucky, pick up some paid gigs. But sooner or later you’ll find yourself staring at the screen thinking, “What can I […]
Tips for improving traffic to your freelance blog
A common question for freelancers with blogs is how to increase traffic. It’s a great question – and I’m the first to admit I don’t have a lot of answers. I’m slowly building traffic to this site by: ¤ Posting a message on the online bulletin board of the freelance writer group I belong to […]
WordCount blogathon update
May 7 UPDATE: I’ve added 1 last freelance writer blog to the blogathon list, bringing the total to 23, or 24 counting me. MVR The WordCount May blogathon is six days old and I’m excited to say that 22 freelance writers have taken up the challenge of blogging every day this month. A few signed […]