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The Best Freelancing Career Tips for freelancer.
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Since freelance writing is such a
competitive market, the best freelance authors will spend time improving their
freelancing business. Enhancing a freelancer’s business operation, skill set
and writing capabilities are necessary components in the battle to stay on top.
Keep
learning always
It is arrogant for a freelance
professional to assume that they are on the top of their game. No one knows
everything and freelance writers should make it a priority to continue learning
and growing. Not all freelancers have to get a college degree, but staying up
to date on trends, improving grammar and writing skills, and keeping an eye on
how the freelance market is evolving are all important skills any freelance
writer should achieve.
Read
the Market thoughtfully
It is always helpful to be able to
read the market, and assess where demand lies. If, for example, you are a South
African citizen, and you see a demand for Afrikaans books, magazine articles or copy, you
could capitalise from being among the first to provide content that meets the
demand. The same principle applies to any area in which the market supply is
not equal to market demand.
Bounce
Back
Rejection is a commonplace aspect of
being a writer. This statement is just as true for freelance writers as it is
for novelists. Persistence and a bit of thick skin will cause a freelancer to
go further than any other activity. Writers without these traits will find
themselves giving up under the pressure and disappointment. There is a common
idea that a person will receive one yes for every ten no’s. If this is true,
the ability to keep a rejection from being personal is a pivotal part of the freelance
process.
Brand
Freelance writers are mistaken if
the believe they don’t need a brand. A brand helps to differentiate a writer
from the multitudes of competition. Narrowing down the author’s focus and
creating a dynamic website portfolio are important but what the site says about
the writer is just as important.
Marketing
Many freelancers obtain a few
clients and focus solely on completing their work. What these writers fail to
see is that clients are not forever and, at some point, it may become necessary
to recruit new clients to replace ones that have left. It is better to be
marketing all the time than it is to wait until you need new work to get
started.
Query
Letters
Often holding a freelance writer
back, the ability to draft a great query letter can take a freelancer from
making mediocre money to being paid by large publications for their work. Most
freelancing jobs do not require the query letter, but any writer hoping to
break into magazines is going to have to become familiar with it.
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