How often do you check your blog stats? Once a week? A day? An hour? I’ve been known to obsess over blog traffic, especially if I’ve written something I think is especially profound and want to make sure the whole world shares my opinion. Checking your blog’s traffic stats is actually quite useful, and not […]
When everything on your plate is a priority
As the economy picks up and we writers get more offers of assignments, nobody has the heart to say no to work. So how do you decide what to do first?
WordCount recommended reading for Nov. 6
A roundup of my favorite blog posts on journalism, writing and freelancing from the week of Nov. 2-6, 2009.
That buzz you hear is writers working on new projects
Everywhere I turn these days, I’m running into writers quietly working on new projects – it’s my best indicator the economy’s getting better.
Lisa Stone on BlogHer: The women’s blog network comes into its own
Four-year-old BlogHer has become so successful it now competes with some of the largest women’s magazine publishers for Fortune 500 advertising dollars and will “quite likely” be profitable for the first time in 2010.
Best of WordCount: The Collector’s Edition
WordCount’s Best of WordCount page has 30+ of the award-winning freelance writing blog’s most popular posts, covering writing, the freelance business, and more.