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…
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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…
Need Ideas for Your Content Marketing?
Content Marketing Idea Generator My book, 62 Blog Posts to Overcome Blogger’s Block Companion Guide, provides prompts to help you generate ideas for all of your content marketing projects – blogs, social media and print. Don’t let the title of the book fool you. It’s for any content creator who needs help coming up with…
7 Services Freelance Writers Should Be Charging For But Probably Aren’t
I used to be a highly underpaid freelance writer. Like many writers, I thought like an artist and employee, not a business owner. That changed when I read The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Writer in Six Months or Less by Peter Bowerman. He noted at least nine services writers perform in a single…
6 Payment Processing Options for Freelancers [Guest Post]
Freelancers need reliable payment processing options to accept cash, checks, credit cards and electronic payments from clients. While several options are available, there are main considerations when choosing a payment system: the cost of transactions and features. To ensure that freelances get paid quickly and efficiently, following are six payment processing options to consider. Payment…
Photos from Professional Bio Workshop
I had a small crowd at my professional bio workshop on Saturday but it was a great time. My two guests, Yolanda and Jan, received personal attention and great information on how to add power to their bios. Here’s something else. Yolanda is a meeting planner; Jan is paid speaker; and they both love wine….