Writing really is an art. Being able to communicate while enchanting and enticing readers isn’t something that everyone who puts pen to paper can achieve. As a writer you are constantly growing because each piece you write allows you to improve and expand in skills and knowledge. Whether you’re a blogger, author, poet or specialize…
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New Flyer for Branding & Book Marketing for Authors Workshop
Just wanted to share the new flyer for the Branding & Book Marketing for Authors workshop that will be held on from 9:30 am to 12:30 on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Columbia College. It was a designed by fellow Chicago Writers Association board member, Christina Rodriguez. Let me know if you need her info…
30 Content Promotion Strategies
If you offer a product or service, you need to promote it. I’ll be honest, this is not my strength and I’m working on getting better. To help you successfully spread the word about your offerings, I have provided a list of 30 content marketing strategies to market and promote your products, services, blogs, content,…
5 Ways to Take Your Writing Career to New Heights
A lot of scribes end up getting stuck in their writing careers, unable to get to the next level they imagined when they first decided to earn money writing. To avoid this happening to you, here are five ways to take your writing career to new heights. Take Your Writing Career to New Heights 1….
Register for Branding & Book Marketing for Authors – May 13th
I’m the Education Program Coordinator for Chicago Writers Association and we are holding our second educational workshop, Branding & Book Marketing for Authors, on Saturday, May 13, 2017. This is a partnership with the Creative Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago. Two CWA members, Sara Connell and Don Gingold, will teach authors how to sell…
Learn How to Download Your Social Media Lists
In this month’s newsletter, I share tips on how to download your LinkedIn connections, Twitter followers and Facebook friends. Why would you want to do this? Because every person you’re connected to is a potential source of direct and indirect income. Read this month’s newsletter to learn how the money is in the list and…
Publishing A Book On A Budget
Your book is written. But now you have a new challenge ahead of you – getting it published. Some writers can pay up to $20,000 publishing and marketing their books. Not everyone has this kind of money, which is where you need to get creative (something that we writers are good at). Here are a…
6 Must-Have Branding Tools for Freelancers
In the past, people equated branding with large companies that had stamped their DNA in the minds and hearts of consumers through words (names, slogans, taglines and jingles); images (logos, colors and mascots); and perceptions (feelings and experiences). Today everyone – executives, employees, business owners, freelancers, and even job seekers – are advised to brand…
How to Calculate Rates for Your Freelance Writing Services
Calculating rates for freelance writing services is one of the biggest challenges many freelancers face. When we first start our journey, we tend to quote and accept peanuts for our work. Unfortunately, some of us continue to do this for years, which reaps havoc on our psyches and pocketbooks. To become a profitable freelance writer, here…
10 Mistakes Keeping Freelance Writers Underpaid
Are you an underpaid freelance writer? In my book, The 7 Practices of Highly Underpaid Freelance Writers, I featured four practices that keep freelance writers underpaid. Here are 10 mistakes that are keep them underpaid. Mistakes Keeping Freelance Writers Underpaid Quoting a price before gathering all the details Have you ever quoted a rate for…