Imagine waking up to your own schedule and starting the day off on your own terms. Freelance writing can give you the ability to be your own boss and make a living from your passion. But, as luck would have it, you’re stuck at a job that doesn’t inspire you and all you want to do is quit your 9-5 job and work from home.
I see it all the time.
New freelance writers who are struggling to find a new client and can’t figure out why they haven’t landed a gig yet. They feel they are doing everything right.
From checking the job boards daily to sending out their pitch to even making sure to send relevant samples, but no response with a job offer.
Is your freelance writing biz slowing down over the summer? For many freelancers and even bloggers, business takes a hit and everyone feels the effects of the summer slump.
While my business isn’t slowing down that much, I do have less projects than I normally do for the summer.
But, this is a great time to do more for your freelance writing business. It might mean forming a new marketing strategy or perfecting your pitching process.
Okay.
If you don’t already know, I L-O-V-E images. From free stock images to using sites like Pixabay, if they’re free to use on blogs and for my clients, I’ll spend the time finding the perfect one.
True – I might spend too much time designing my blog images, but it’s a nice break from freelance writing. But, something I never thought of in a million years, was that my blog images generated work and sales for me as a freelance writer.
This is the question I ask myself every day.
As a freelance writer and now an entrepreneur (I’m going from mom to mompreneur) I’m suddenly faced with too little time and a growing list of personal projects I want to do on top of my client work.
So, why do I have four blogs, two of which I write every week on? Most of these blogs don’t generate income for me, yet I continually update them and write on them.
Next month will mark my two year anniversary of being a freelance writer!
This year flew past me in a flash and I can’t believe everything that’s happened so far.
I haven’t talked much about my business since I’ve been in my business so much. I just haven’t had time to reflect and think about my growth.
No matter what season it is or whether there’s a holiday coming up, as a freelance writer, you want to make sure that when you step away from the computer, you’ll still have a presence online.
What do I mean by this?
Well, for starters, you don’t want people to all of a sudden forget about you.
I tell all new freelance writers that you gotta hustle to land a freelance writing job.
Writing gigs often just don’t come to you out of the blue. You have to put the work in every day so that you can get on the radar of your ideal clients and land a sweet gig.
But this doesn’t mean you have to slave away hours a day on job boards pitching to anything and everything that looks remotely interesting.
There’s another one again.
A prospect wanting content below your minimum rate. It’s the third one this month. What gives? You obviously have a stellar portfolio and are even working with influencers and writing on big platforms.
So, when another prospect contacts you and it looks like a good fit – it’s in your niche – you suddenly become disinterested because the pay is too low – even after negotiating with them.
You don’t mind too much, but you do want at least another gig or two to fill up your content calendar, so not landing another gig does hurt a bit, financially.
It finally happened.
You landed your first freelance writing client and you can’t wait to get started. You set the terms and you know the scope of the project – no more than 1500 words for a blog post.
You’re excited because this client is in your writing niche – adult learning – and you know you can provide a lot of awesome information in your piece.
