How to Use Facebook to Start Getting More Freelance Writing Gigs

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According to Facebook, they have about 1,650,000,000 monthly active users as of March 31, 2016. That’s way too many zeros to ignore, don’t you think? The fact is, if you know how to market your writing services on Facebook, you’ll never starve as a writer - ever! Let's go through some ideas to find freelance writing gigs using facebook. I know. You’ve probably tried selling your services on Facebook, haven’t you? And I’d bet that you haven’t gotten a single lead (let alone client) out of ...

6 Tips to Learn How to Get Referrals Easily

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You’ve heard others say how powerful of a tool client referrals can be when growing your client base. If for one would attest to that. I’ve been using referrals for quite some time now and it has helped me get more clients, even without me having to do my usual client acquisition strategies/methods. If you’re looking to learn more about how to get referrals easily, then this guide is what you need. The tips and ideas that I’ll share with you will help drastically increase your chances of get...

Limiting Beliefs that will Ruin Your Career as Online Freelancers

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If you’ve read your fair share of articles about how to succeed as an online freelancer, you’d have learned by now that while there are bajillions of successful online freelancers, there are just as many who failed miserably -- maybe even more. Of course, none of us wants to end up becoming the latter. I know I wouldn’t. I hope you feel the same way too. After having helped several online freelancers take their career to the next level, I now have a better idea of what made some of them fail...

How to Write an Effective Cover Letter that Will Get Your Hired. – Part 3

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Note - We’re in our 3rd and final installation of our “How to Write an Effective Cover Letter” series. If you missed reading the previous posts, you can read the first post here, and the second one here. If you’re reading this, then you must’ve enjoyed reading the first 2 posts that I shared about how to write an effective cover letter. Great! I’m glad that you enjoyed reading them. Table of Content Keep 'em short and crisp. Mention someone famous in their industry. Inser...

How to Write an Effective Cover Letter that Will Get You Hired. – Part 1

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Note - this is a 3-part series on How to Write an Effective Cover Letter. I’ll try to keep the tips as clear and as detailed as it can be, so you won’t have a problem implementing the tips. When you are applying for jobs on freelancing sites like Upwork.com or Freelancer.com, you need to have a carefully crafted and an effective cover letter to increase your chances of getting hired. Sure. What I said may sound like it’s common sense, however, you’ll be amazed at how most freelance...

Tried And Tested Tips to Get Rid of the Writer’s Block – Part 3

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Note - We are now on the third and last installment of our “Tried And Tested Tips to Get Rid of the Writer’s Block” series. If you haven’t read the previous guides yet, you can read them using these links: Part 1, Part 2. Type of content 8.Use a template 9.Word vomit. 10.The 5 minutes approach. 11.Nag What’s next? Are you still struggling with the writer's block? 8. Use a template I love this technique! This method is so effective since it doesn’t rely on you feeling ...

Tried And Tested Tips to Get Rid of the Writer’s Block – Part 2

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Note - If you missed part one of this 3-part series, then you can click this link to access the previous post. Did you take the time to implement the tips that I shared on the previous post? If you didn’t, then I urge you to give them a try right now, before you even start reading this second installment of our series. However, if you feel like the tips that I shared previously aren’t resonating with you, allow me to continue with these second set of tips. Let’s carry on from where...

How to Succeed at Finding Customers as an Online Freelancer. No, Really!

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Warning: This guide is brutally detailed. If you’re an online freelancer and you’re looking for a proven and tested strategy to find more clients online, then you’d better buckle off… I get it. There are gazillions of articles talking about how to find a client as a freelancer. If you’ve done your fair share of reading, however, you’ll find that a good number of these guides are sharing tips that are so vague and cookie-cutter, they’re pretty much useless. Not. This. One. What ...

How to Ask for a Pay Raise – And Get Approved

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There are those that work their butts off day and night, yet when pay day comes, the amount they receive is barely enough to put food on their tables. That’s tough, isn’t it? And you are not able to ask for a pay raise? I mean, if you’ve been working all day long yet all you’ll get is money that’s barely enough to pay for your bills, then you’d never enjoy your life. You’d just end up becoming drained from all the work, all while ONLY managing to keep yourself afloat. Don’t let this happ...

Why Creating an Online Course Isn’t Rocket Science

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Most publishers tend to get overwhelmed by the thought of creating an online course. And it’s during these occasions when they start to procrastinate, or they tend to disregard the prospect of having to create one - just because of the sheer hassle of it. You can probably relate to that, can you? Look. If you answered my question with a “yes”, but you somehow still have not given up on the thought of creating an online course of your own, then allow me to share with you these 4 ti...