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Yes! You can have a writing career!

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Freelance writing time-wasters: are you guilty?

The Biggest Time-Wasting Mistakes New Freelance Writers Make

By ashleygainer | June 12, 2020

Are you wasting your time on these major freelance writing mistakes? If you identify with any of these, you’ll be better off stopping and changing focus so you can move forward with your freelance writing business. Spending Months on Your Website You may think that you have to have a website in order to be […]

working from home in the midst of chaos

Working From Home In The Midst Of Chaos

By ashleygainer | June 5, 2020

How do you get anything done when life is chaotic? Whether it’s a dropped nap or a global pandemic, instability can put a real damper on your productivity. In this post, I share 5 tips for keeping yourself in motion when situational difficulties make things hard. 1. Minimize Your Obligations Cut as much out as […]

How to know if that new course is worth it

How to Know If That New Course Is Worth It

By ashleygainer | May 29, 2020

Is the course worth it?   When there’s hype and hysteria, ads and chatter, emails and FB posts flying around about whatever the new big course is that’s enrolling… how do you know if it’s the right move for YOU? In this post, I lay out four situations when it does make sense. Otherwise, you […]

Drop the employee mindset

Freelancer Mindset vs Employee Mindset

By ashleygainer | May 10, 2020

Are you stuck in employee mindset or have you made the jump to freelancer mindset?   Employee mindset can totally sabotage your freelance writing success. Questions about this have been popping up recently in my free Facebook group, things like “work history” and “qualifications” and freelance writing “resumes.” Some writers felt they couldn’t move forward […]

how to follow up with cold emails

How to Follow Up with Cold Emails

By ashleygainer | March 23, 2020

If the fortune is in the follow-up… then how do you follow up? If you’re using any kind of email strategy to find writing clients, there are a few different follow-up approaches you can take. There’s not necessarily one right way to follow up, but there are definitely things not to do! I’ll go over […]

My favorite Facebook groups to finding writing clients

Finding Writing Clients on Facebook

By ashleygainer | March 16, 2020

Did you know that you can find writing clients on Facebook? In this post, I’ll detail how to do this, specifically in Facebook groups and how to behave inside them. Because the last thing you want to be… is annoying. Find Your Facebook Groups First, go find your people. Where do your ideal clients hang […]

Sarah Greeley

Thank you, Ashley! By following your advice I just got my first paying gig.

Without a website or any social media presence! I used the clips I created in Clips Camp and I just decided to go for it. I would not have taken these steps to launch my freelance business without your guidance. You are so real and honest about your journey; you made freelance writing seem possible. And now it is possible for me. I have never felt more confident in myself and my abilities!

Erin Cryder

Your classes, Facebook group, Instagram, and just general approachability have really driven me to want to succeed at this.

It feels like someone is in my corner all the time. Thanks for your mentoring- keep up the great work!!

Amanda Linsky

I finally found a freelance writer/course creator I could personally relate to

I've been looking into freelance writing for over a year now. There's a lot of information out there and a lot of people who claim to be able to teach the "best" way to go about being a writer…. I prefer your down-to-earth style of teaching.

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