If you’re familiar with Associated Content, you’re probably familiar with Sabah Karimi, who was featured on The Early Show in 2008 for her work with Associated Content.
But what’s more remarkable is how fast she gained success working as a freelance writer: she had only written professionally for two years prior to winning Associated Content’s Content Producer of the Year award. She also released The AC Source Book in 2008, a blueprint for maximizing earnings with Associated Content. 2009 proved to be an equally fruitful year: Demand Studios honored her with their Top Content Creator award, an award only given to a handful of writers.
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Many writers agree: if you want to have a successful business, you need a website. Not only does this increase brand awareness with potential clients, a website–if designed and promoted the right way–can propel you as an expert in your given niche, leading to more writing and money-making opportunities.
But behind every successful “writer’s website” is an equally as successful domain name. Unfortunately, most writers make this their last priority, when it really should be their first.
Writing Job Resource reviews Freelance Writing Online: A Guide for Beginners, an e-book recently released by Suzanne Alicie, a freelance writer and founder of Freelance Writer Online.
Having trouble eliminating passive phrases or words from your Demand Studios article? This free online analyzer helps writers identify and eliminate passive phrases and other signs of weak writing from their articles.
Recently done a Google search on a health or science topic? Then you’ve probably come across wiseGEEK, a Wikipedia-esque website that provides easy-to-understand, practical information on numerous topics, including health conditions and common biology topics. Like Wikipedia, all of wiseGEEK’s content is user-generated–the exception here being you get paid to do it.
If you don’t have the time–or don’t want to make the effort–to create your own ads to attract new clientele, there is another option: taking advantage of the site’s features to find clients already advertising writing work.
For writers, here comes a legitimate concern: how do you differentiate scammers from trusthworthy, real-paying clients?
