When you pour your heart into crafting a blog post, you want people to READ it. And that means you need to get your blog noticed. Here are 8 steps to help.
The legal side of writing for the web is something every freelancer should at least have a basic knowledge in. This next step in your 12-Step Roadmap covers key legal guidelines and then offers advice on how to handle recession worries, incorporation questions, and tax issues.
Part of becoming a high-earning web writer includes positioning yourself as a professional … whether or not your feel like one. In Module 10 of your 12-Step Roadmap, you get point-by-point instructions on how to do this. Steps include “posturing” your business for success, defining your client process, creating a strategy to build credibility, and setting up a continuous learning system that doesn’t get in the way of your work.
It’s time to make your website an active lead-generation tool. This means your site will not only represent your professional skills, it’ll also attract potential clients and will expand your network of contacts. This is an important step in the journey to being seen as a seasoned web writer.
Many extremely talented web writers never get their careers off the ground for one simple reason: they over-think every step. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you worry you’re not ready, or that your copy just isn’t good enough, or that you picked the wrong niche. This kind of worry creates a huge roadblock.
If there’s anything that makes a new web writer anxious, it’s the subject of fees. On one hand, you don’t want to set them too low and risk undervaluing your work. On the other hand, you don’t want to price yourself out of any really great projects. Find out everything you need to know to set your fees with confidence and ease.
How effectively you market your services can make or break your web writing business. Discover some of the many marketing options available to you, the best place to start, how to get yourself in front of interested business, how to build your online reputation, and how to use the growing relevance of social media to boost your results.
This is where things get exciting. If you’ve been following this roadmap, then you should have the following things already in place: a home support system, an understanding of the fundamentals of writing, an area you plan to specialize in, and an up-and-running professional web writing website. Now it’s time to go land some clients!
Putting together a professional website is another place where a lot of web writers get tripped up, and it’s easy to see why. From the technical jargon to the idea of going “public” to the world, creating your own website can seem wildly intimidating. But, you know what? It’s not hard at all!
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