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How to Survive as a Writer in the Real World

When I became a full-time freelance writer in 2008, I dreamed big dreams of lucrative commissions for national magazines, free meals at fancy restaurants, overnight stays at flash hotels and the...

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When publications won’t pay what’s due

In my three years of freelancing, I’m lucky that I’ve had very little experience with publications that don’t pay. However, I was recently owed £250 by a magazine that published my article then didn’t...

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In praise of custom domain names

The road to establishing yourself as a professional writer may seem long and ominous but one quick and easy thing you can do to speed things along is to get your own domain name. Why? Well, compare...

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How to use your writing portfolio to apply to different types of writing jobs

I just had an email from one of our users with a very good question: Do you have any advice or blog posts about using a writing portfolio to apply to multiple types of writing jobs? How should my...

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SEO and your writing website

One of our users recently wrote in with a question about SEO, which basically boiled down to this: How does Google find my website? Moreover, how does Google find my website if the website is created...

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5 Must-Haves For Your Online Writing Portfolio

If you’ve just create an online writing portfolio website to market yourself and your work, then you’re probably eager to get it up to snuff as quickly as possible so you can start using it to land...

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Copywriters: What are your biggest career challenges?

I’ve been talking to our customers a lot lately, trying to learn more about their specific use cases – what type of writer are they? And how do they use their online writing portfolios? Something...

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More than just a writing portfolio

Most of us started our writing portfolios because we wanted to use them as a tool for finding writing gigs. After all, you need a platform for sharing your work if you want to show editors and clients...

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How to use your online writing portfolio with social media

I’m very excited to be sharing with you our first ever guest post! Today, freelance copywriter Bianca Marieta Budau explains how writers can use social media in conjunction with their writing...

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Let Them Know You’re Alive: Keep Your Writer Website Up to Date

I’ve been looking through our users’ writer websites in order to get a feel for how they use their online writing portfolios. It’s always nice to stumble upon a use case that hadn’t occurred to me...

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