Write for Magazines
Many people think they'd love to write for major magazines. The trouble is, most of these people never spend the time, energy, and even money learning HOW to break in with these markets. Here are a few tips to help you write for magazines: 1. Learn how to write a winning query. You may think you know how to write a great query, but if your queries are not landing you at least a few writing assignments, then you're definitely missing the mark somewhere. A winning query does more than let the editor know your idea for an article. You need ...
A Dozen Ways to Stay Focused on Your Writing!
Every week I offer teleclasses for members of the Children's Writers' Coaching Club and my Writers on Call Coaching & Marketing Club. Last night I presented a combined teleclass for both clubs to help members learn to stay focused on their writing. It's always more fun to attend a live teleclass than read an article, but I thought I'd offer some of the tips I talked about last night here, too. To stay focused on your writing: 1. Schedule your writing for YOUR most productive time of the day. For example, don't leave your writing for the very last thing at night ...
Make the Most of Your Weekly Marketing Plan
As a writing coach, I encourage my coaching clients to create a weekly marketing plan every Sunday for the coming week. I create my own marketing plan every Sunday night, too. Here's a tip that helps me make the most of these weekly plans. Maybe it will help you make the most of your weekly marketing plan, too. Be as specific as possible. I have four categories on my weekly plan: 1. Contacts to make during the Week 2. Job boards, ezines, and websites where I'll search for jobs during the week 3. Promotional Activities for the week 4. Networking Activities for the week If I ...
Why You Need a Coach
If you look around at the top performers today in any field - sports, sales, or even coaching - you'll find that almost all of these top performers have at least one thing in common. They all had a coach at one time or another in their professional careers.Whether your field is golf, tennis, running, sales, business management, or writing, a coach can help you perform at a much higher level. Here's how :1. A good coach will keep you motivated. Since you'll have to report regularly to your coach, you'll get constant feedback and encouragement, which will keep you ...
When Your Pen Won’t Budge, Read The Morning Nudge!
As The Working Writer's Coach, my job is to help struggling (or beginning) freelance writers learn to make a living from their writing. I do this in a variety of ways. Personal, one-on-one coaching sessions with clients, plus providing these clients with a variety of resources and networking opportunities are some effective methods I use.But I love to help every writer succeed - not just my coaching clients.And people often tell me I'm doing that through The Morning Nudge.The Morning Nudge is an email with a few words of inspiration and motivation I send to my subscribers every weekday morning, ...
Affiliate Marketing: Get Paid to Learn How to Write
Okay. Here's a cold hard fact about freelance writing: If you want to succeed in this business you need to write - A LOT! The more you write, the more your writing skills will improve and the more acceptances you will get (instead of so many rejections). So why not start earning money right now (today) AS you improve your writing skills? The perfect way to do that is through affiliate marketing. With affiliate marketing, you write short articles and reviews about the products and services of OTHER companies. You post these reviews and articles to online article directories, to your own websites and blogs, and ...
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Affiliate Marketing: Get Paid to Learn How to Write
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When Your Pen Won’t Budge, Read The Morning Nudge!
As The Working Writer’s Coach, my job is to help struggling (or beginning)...
Write for Magazines
Many people think they’d love to write for major magazines. The trouble is,...
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Writing Tip - Verbs
The PRESENT PARTICIPLE - always ONE word and always ends in -ING going, eating The PAST PARTICIPLE - always ONE word; can easily be found by pretending that ‘I have’ comes before it (I have) gone; (I have) eaten The INFINITIVE - can be found by pretending that ‘to’ comes before it: (to) go; (to) eat. The following examples... [Read more of this article]
Yes, You CAN Write a Novel!
Have you always wanted to write a book but haven’t even tried because you don’t know where to start? Maybe you tried to start a novel but found the writing to be far more difficult that you’d imagined. Perhaps you attempted to write a novel draft but got bogged down in the middle of it. Not sure how to get from your novel idea to a completed,... [Read more of this article]
Boost Your Freelance Writing Income through Affiliate Marketing
Most freelance writers who make a substantial income these days rely on affiliate marketing for a significant portion of that income. Yet, there are many writers who just never get the hang of affiliate marketing. Most of these writers tend to sign up for one or two affiliate programs and post a text link or graphic link to the product or products for... [Read more of this article]
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