When I started using LinkedIn as a freelance writer, I thought of it as a resume platform.
Fill in your information, where you worked, and there you go – freelance jobs would come to me.
I soon learned there was more to optimizing your profile than just listing your past work.
For most freelance writers, December means beginning year-end tasks.
It means wrapping up any loose ends in their business and preparing for a new year and plan.
December typically means something other than landing new writing jobs since many companies slow down the hiring process during this time.
Over on my Youtube channel, I posted a couple of videos on different websites that pay you to write.
The websites I showed were paying two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars and upwards of five hundred dollars to guest post.
I’m sorry to tell you but –
If you don’t have access to a computer or laptop you can’t do writing online.
And I’ll go as far as saying you should own a laptop or computer if you want to make a living as a writer.
No matter what type of writing you’re doing, such as writing your next (or first) magazine article, writing blogs for yourself or others, or working on essays for college, a writer needs to have a reliable laptop to work with.
A popular question I get from new freelancers and copywriters is:
“How do you find copywriting clients?”
This is a HUGE question but a very important one.
I’m currently dealing with a difficult client.
And this is a high-paying freelance writing project too.
It’s not fun since I’ve been freelance writing since 2014, and you would think I wouldn’t be dealing with difficult clients!
Picture this:
You finally landed a freelance writing client, and you’re ecstatic.
You go through the onboarding process with your new client, and they give you a content brief in the next few days.
Writing is a form of creativity, and as freelance writers, it’s our job to write compelling blog posts, white papers, case studies, or any content a client wants.
And because we write, this job can take a toll on us whether we like it or not.
I never understood this idea of: even though you have the TIME to do the work, you may not have the ENERGY to do it.
I recently checked out my online writing portfolio, and guess what I found?
A dead link!
Ouch.
Since I’ve been freelance writing for almost a decade, for some reason I wasn’t paying too much attention to my portfolio.
But, not anymore. I’m still actively landing writing jobs, and I need my writing portfolio online to act as a tool to help me land amazing jobs.
