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  • Freelance Writers: Don't Waste Your Time with Query Letters
    Virtually everything ever written about freelance writing and getting published says that you need to write query letters. Yet in the Internet Age, the truth of the matter is that query letters are almost always a huge waste of time. So what can you do instead?
  • Attention Struggling Freelance Writers: To Get Published, Do Your Homework
    Before you write anything, put yourself in the publisher's shoes and do a little research. Armed with this information, you can give publishers what they want. And in turn, they'll give you what you want: a byline!
  • Get Them Talking: Become the Freelance Writer Editors Love
    Smart writers develop good relationships with editors. They behave professionally, and never burn bridges. Editors talk to each other and good news travels fast. The end result can be money in your pocket.
  • Freelance Writers: To Make More Money, Keep Your Clients Happy
    As a freelance writer, your job is to create a product that your customers absolutely love. Once you're in business, you probably want to stay in business, so you can continue paying the bills, eating, and so forth. So here's a little secret to freelance writing success: it is easier, less time consuming, and less expensive to sell an existing customer than it is to dredge up a new one.
  • Become a Specialist: Why Writers Must Niche Themselves
    Just because you can do any type of writing doesn't mean you should. Position yourself as an expert and focus on winning those lucrative assignments you can write absolutely brilliantly.
  • How To Create a Freelance Writer Web Site that Gets Read
    To get writing work, you have to let people know you exist. Today, every working writer absolutely must have a Web site. It makes your work visible and accessible to a large audience 24/7, even while you're asleep!
  • Freelance Writers: Don't Waste Your Time with Query Letters
    Virtually everything ever written about freelance writing and getting published says that you need to write query letters. Yet in the Internet Age, the truth of the matter is that query letters are almost always a huge waste of time. So what can you do instead?

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