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Industries That Will Hire Freelance Writers the Most

March 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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Freelance writers, do you want to know the industries that are hiring the most in 2011? Would you like to know where your freelance writing clients are? Your clients can be found in the following industries: office staffing, tourism, education, restaurants, car dealerships, doctors, home-building,
warehouse clubs and super-centers, nursing homes and elderly services, and supermarket and grocery stores. If you’re savvy at sales and marketing, you can land one or more writing opportunities within these industries.

Industries that freelance writers can market to in 2011

Office recruiting and staffing. You know who they are: Kelly Services, Accountemps, Adecco, Spherion, Aerotek, and others will be recruiting and staffing for their clients. Why not take advantage of this and see how you can improve their web copy and print copy? Perhaps they don’t have a blog or the current posts aren’t that great. You could help them change that.

Tourism. This is good news for travel writers! Travel increases when economic conditions level off or improve. However, baby boomers will never stop traveling; therefore, tourism won’t be going away anytime soon. Hint: The U.S. remains a top travel destination spot for foreigners.

Education. Education remains important. Public schools, colleges, and universities will experience a surge in new jobs.

Restaurants. Are you a secret foodie? You’re in for a treat if you are. When the economy recovers, people will begin to eat out more. You could become a freelance food and wine critic or write for restaurants. If you’re a good writer, you could experience a ‘perk’ here and there such as coupons or a free lunch or meal on your birthday!

Car dealerships. Do you love to go from 0-60 in less than 2-seconds? If you love cars, you could write for dealerships in your area and around the U.S. How cool would it be to ‘test drive’ the latest models and then write a review?

Doctors. Paging Dr. A. Freelance Writer! Baby boomers are getting older and require more medical facilities to care for them. This means more doctors and specialists will be needed now and in the future. If you have an interest in health care, you could become the ‘expert’ medical freelance writer.

Home-building. Who loves real estate? I do! People can talk trash about the real estate industry all they want, but what goes down must go up. Unless the ‘power players’ from major countries such as the North America, Europe, Africa, and others get together and tell people to stop reproducing, the real estate industry will make a comeback.

Warehouse clubs and super-centers. Do you like to shop at Sam’s Club or Costco? You could become their next freelance writer. Consumers like to save time and money and will continue to flock to these stores.

Nursing homes and elderly services. Baby boomers will become senior boomers. This means they’ll be entering traditional nursing-homes and assisted living. New establishments could begin to emerge and these businesses will need help with their writing.

Supermarket and grocery stores. Americans love to eat, and they’ll begin to frequent their choice supermarket and grocery stores more and more. These organizations can use your help with copywriting and email marketing to their consumers.

Rebecca

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7 Deadly Sins of a Freelance Writer

March 2, 2011 by 2 Comments

Are you committing the “7 Deadly Sins of a Freelance Writer?” This is something you should never do if you want to be a prosperous freelance writer. By committing these deadly sins, you condemn yourself to a lifetime of damnation! You can avoid this is you know the deadly sins of a freelance writer. Now, go forth and and be all the freelance writer you can be!

7 Deadly Sins of a Freelance Writer

Not writing every day. If you don’t write every day, how will you strengthen your writing skills? Freelance writers who don’t write every day will have weak writing skills. It’s imperative to exercise your writing muscles if you want to be a top freelance writer. It’s no different than an athlete who wants to stay in shape. They can’t participate in competitions if they’re weak. You can’t be the best freelance writer you can be if you don’t write every day.

Listening to others who say, “You can’t have a freelance writing career.” This isn’t easy if you have family and friends who aren’t supportive. This could be hurtful but that’s life. Find people who’ll support your dream and ignore those who aren’t supportive.

Not reading. If you don’t like to read, you may not enjoy being a freelance writer. How will you hone your skills if you don’t read? There are many books that can help you strengthen your writing and freelance writing business. Purchase some of these books and educate yourself. If you’re interested in ghostwriting, you’ll want to read books by your favorite authors. When someone contacts you to ghostwrite their YA book, you’ll understand how to write and market to the YA market.

Ignoring social media. Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn can be your best friends if you know how to utilize them. You can find freelance writing opportunities through these networks. Also, you can connect with other writers, editors, and clients.

Not participating in networking opportunities. If you live in an area that has a plethora of networking opportunities take advantage of them. Remember, you’re in the business of solving problems and sales and marketing. How can you help? What do you offer that another freelance writer doesn’t? Be professional and make it about your clients not about you.

Being lackadaisical about proofreading. You can’t get away from this one. If you don’t like to proofread, hire a proofreader if you can afford it. Clients expect that you proofread your work. Editors expect that you proofread your work. Proofreading is here to stay!

You don’t have a blog/website. How can clients find you? If you don’t have a blog/website, you’re missing out on opportunities. People expect that you’ll have a blog/website. You don’t have to have anything fancy. All you need is a website that will attract clients/readers and showcases your writing.

Rebecca

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New Blog Series: The Bottom Line with Rebecca

February 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment

I’m starting a ‘new blog series’ called The Bottom Line with Rebecca. I’m a ‘big picture’ person who doesn’t like to get caught up in the details. Not that details aren’t important but if you spend a lot time on them, you could get lost. I like when people get to the point, make it, and move on. For example, many people provide videos that don’t get to the point. They give you a lot of details without providing substance. What’s the point? What are you trying to say? What are you trying to teach? Getting lost within the details slows life down. Again, details have their place, but sometimes it’s better to take a view from 30,000 feet in order adjust the details when necessary.

Lately, I’ve been asking “What’s the point?” more so than usual. I’m also wondering if anyone else is asking that same question. When I receive a video, I often ask myself, “What’s the point?” When I attend a teleseminar or webinar, I ask “What’s the point?” This is why I’m starting my new blog series The Bottom Line with Rebecca. Perhaps it’s my accounting background coming out to play, but I had to be detail oriented in my work. However, my controller didn’t want the details, he wanted the bottom line!

What topics will be included in The Bottom Line with Rebecca series?

Freelance writing
Freelance business
Blogging
Ghostwriting
Screenwriting
Publishing
Freelance artists/designers
Networking
Sales and marketing
PR
SEO/SEM/SMO
and Much more!

Stay tuned for more about The Bottom Line with Rebecca blog series!

Rebecca

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How Writing about Loss Can Help You and Others

February 7, 2011 by 1 Comment

Did you lose your mom or dad at an early age? Did your best friend die suddenly in a car accident? Writing about loss can be therapeutic. You’ll purge and release your feelings from your mind, body, and spirit. Keeping all of that emotion inside isn’t good for your health. Your book could create a healing circle which is what people need when they experience a loss.

Although it may be painful to relive your loss, it will do you a world of good to get it totally out of your system. The person or people you lost wouldn’t want you to wallow in sorrow. They’d want you to live a fulfilling life. You can’t do that if you’re mourning for years and years. If you keep the loss locked inside of you, it can wreak havoc on your health. You may become depressed and feel like you have no reason to live. This isn’t true. Life isn’t ‘fun and games’ all of the time. Sometimes it throws us into situations that aren’t fair. Learn from them and move forward with your life. Telling your story will help you and others heal from your loss.

Steps for writing about loss

Did you keep journals? Perhaps your loved had a terminal illness. If you kept a journal throughout that period, use it as a basis to write your book. Even if you can’t read your writing (you may have been wrought with grief), you can still use the entries if you can get a ‘sense’ of what you were experiencing at that time.

Create an outline. Think about what you’d like to hi-light in your book. Start with an introduction and go from there. Think about the time line of events that lead up to your loss. What happened? How did it happen? Who was involved? Where were you in your life at the time? What were you feeling? How did you react? Conduct a brainstorming session to narrow down the chapters.

Interview family and friends. Tell close family and friends about your book. Only tell people who will understand and support you. Ask them to be apart of your book by interviewing them. It will be a good way for them to release emotion around the loss as well.

Use medical information. If your loss involves someone losing their life to a serious illness like cancer, use the medical information you received to help you write the book. Some people may not be familiar with medical terminology. You may consider adding a ‘Glossary’ at the end of your book.

Write. Start writing your book! Don’t think about grammar, punctuation, and writing. If you do, you’ll never finish your book. Set aside a few hours a day and write. When your book is complete, you’ll go back and ‘clean up’ the writing errors. Ask someone else to read your work, preferably an editor, to ensure it’s ready for publishing.

Once you complete your book, know that it wasn’t written in vain. Suffering loss is apart of life, it doesn’t matter how tragic it was, loss is loss. Put your book aside for a month or two and then revisit it. Ask someone to read it and get feedback. Make any suggested changes (makes sure they resonate with you) and self-publish it or shop it around to publishers. It takes courage to write about loss because it forces you to revisit a painful experience in your life. However, it will be good for you in the end and will be of service to others.

Rebecca

Do you have a painful story that may help others? What’s stopping you from writing your book? Share.

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Savvy-Writer’s Interview with Jeff Herman

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment

As promised, here’s the interview with Jeff Herman, author of Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents 2011, 21E: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over! (Jeff Herman’s Guide … Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents). This comprehensive book is a dream come true for writers that want to become published.

Jeff makes a good point when he says, “don’t be a nag when you’re pursuing literary agents.” This is true. You want to create a ‘positive imagine rather than a negative one. Don’t get discouraged if a literary agent doesn’t answer your query letter. There are plenty of agents in the publishing. Of course, self-publishing is always an option.

Jeff Herman Interview. Enjoy the interview!

Rebecca

Have you purchased Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents 2011, 21E: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over! (Jeff Herman’s Guide … Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents)? How did it work you you? Share.

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