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Today is the National Day of Writing™. 📆 One Today is the National Day of Writing™. 📆 One of its purposes is to highlight that WRITING IS A TRULY VALUABLE SKILL. 💲 So if you’re worried that the online writing space is already too crowded with freelance writers, please know that there are 32 million adults in the U.S. who can't write a simple email -- a number that’s stayed the same for the past 10 years.* 📧 😲 That’s right, even in the midst of the Great Resignation, writers are needed. 🖥️ I’ve been in this online freelance writing game for 11 years, and I’m still going strong. 💪 If you: ✍️ love to write, ✍️ want to improve your writing, and ✍️ want to get paid to write, then check out the link in my bio -- I have a podcast, blog, and other resources to help you! ✍️ 🎧 *nationaltoday.com/national-day-on-writing
Only room for 10 people! I’m excited to see who Only room for 10 people! I’m excited to see who commits… 🤩
When you're writing a sales page, you need to make When you're writing a sales page, you need to make sure there's a big promise and also proof you can deliver on that promise. And you want a balance of promises and proof. Here are 4 steps to make sure you do, once you've got a solid draft ready (or even a page that's live and getting traffic): 1. Take your draft and print it out. 2. Use a YELLOW highlighter to mark all your promises. 🟡 3. Use a BLUE highlighter for all the proof you offer. 🔵 4. Review. On the pages before you will be a clear depiction of the ratio between promise and proof on your sales page. Ideally these will be pretty balanced. ⚖️ If you find your copy is heavy on one and light on the other, revise until there’s more of a balance. To learn more real-life freelance writing inside info, check out the link in my bio--I have a podcast, blog, and other resources to help you! ✍️ 🎧
This week’s digital marketing flow outline begin This week’s digital marketing flow outline begins with a blog; last week’s was a podcast. So where does a freelance writer fit into this flow? ✍️ Here are 9 places for a freelance writer in a blog flow, in order: 📌 Pin advertising the blog post (write social copy) 🥇 Blog post (write blog post) 🖥️ Pop-up on site (write pop-up copy) 🌟 Free download (write copy for, or help create, the free download) 💸 Tripwire (write tripwire copy) 🛒 One-time offer (write one-time offer copy) 🎯 Confirmation page (write confirmation page copy) 📧 Ongoing emails (write emails) 💲 Affiliate offer or offers (write blog post or emails about the offer/s) And that’s only 1 digital marketing flow! There are so many others. If you want to learn more, check out the link in my bio--I have a podcast, blog, and other resources to help you! ✍️ 🎧
Question: What do knitting, baking, and walking ar Question: What do knitting, baking, and walking around my woodsy neighborhood have in common? 🧶 🧁 👣 Answer: They keep me from burning out. 🔥 🚫 When you're running a freelance writing business, especially if it's a significant source of your family's income, it can be easy to slip into "I should be working" mode around the clock. But let me tell you from personal experience... this doesn't work long-term. You will burn yourself out until you're basically fried crispy. 🍳 🍗 You can't ALWAYS be working. You need to give yourself some space to decompress, recharge, and do other things that don't have to do with working, business, or writing. ✍️ In fact, it’s imperative that you step away from the writing. Don’t flake on a deadline, but take a break for your sanity. Why? Because creation depletes us. 😶 And it's incredibly difficult to do MORE of the creative work of writing when you're depleted. Here are 3 ways to fill back up: 🌟 Practice self-care. This just means doing something to take care of future-you. (Mine is making snacks for the kids the night before, instead of frantically doing it in the morning. So glamorous, I know, but it improves my life!) 🌟 Read (or listen) for pleasure. Romance, mystery, sci-fi, the classics, whatever. 🌟 Allow time to be quiet. Just breathe. Do one little thing to take care of yourself and to reconnect with the real you every single day. It will help you in your business and your life. What do you do to take a break from work and replenish yourself? 👇👇
CAUTION!! Just like there are some non-stellar cli CAUTION!! Just like there are some non-stellar clients out in the world, there are also some not-great freelancers. I don’t want YOU to be included in this group. Here are some behaviors to nix so that you’re not a turkey to your clients: 🚫 lack of communication or ghosting 🚫 non-delivery of writing or continual late delivery 🚫 rudeness 🚫 writing that is of a noticeably lesser quality than your portfolio 🚫 shoddy work (multiple spelling or grammar errors, major formatting issues) Are there any that you would add? 👇 Have you ever (unintentionally? regrettably?) done any of these? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

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