0717 – It’s day two and I got up at 7am this morning to get a good start on the day. Armed with tea and toast, I am going to start by writing three short articles to complete the work due on one of our own sites before I do any client work. I know that if I get our work done first, I can relax and get on with… Continue reading
Tags: blog, blogging, client work, freelance writing career, lifestyle, wrist exercises, writing blog, writing life
Glad you could join me at the very beginning of my new 29 Days of Online Writing blog series! Here we are on the first day of a brand new month and I’ve kicked off a VERY cold day at 8am by clearing out some emails. I responded to one or two clients, and now it’s time to start writing.
I have a tiny edit and a press release to do… Continue reading
Tags: clients, google reader account, lifestyle, online writing blog, short blog posts, Working from home, writing blog, writing career, writing life
It’s hard to believe it, but tomorrow is February 1st. And that means it is the first day of my month long insight into the life of an online writer. As of tomorrow I will be posting to my blog every day (except on days off, like Sundays for example) and sharing with you what I get up to during the day. I’ll show you how I find jobs, what… Continue reading
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I can hardly believe it is the 28th already! It has been a testing month (leaky roof, repairs and a fall down the stairs and a bruised coccyx for my partner) but despite all that I have still managed to achieve my writing goals for the month.
I started the year with the intention of finding some new clients, and I have added 4 to my books since returning to work… Continue reading
Tags: career, freelance writing career, good things, lifestyle, new clients, Working from home, writing goals, writing life
Just a short post today, because I wanted to share with you what happens when you set a goal to achieve something with your writing. I set myself a goal at the beginning of January to find ONE new client via my professional website, www.allisonwhitehead.co.uk. While some clients have found me through this blog, I did create a separate site targeted purely to… Continue reading
Tags: career, clients, goal setting, job, jobs, new client, new clients, new year, professional website
I thought I would stray away from blogging about writing directly today in favour of blogging about my office. I’m lucky enough to have a dedicated room for writing in, although I have still been known to write in bed and even in the bath from time to time. Yep it has happened.
But I think I must have that New Year clear out bug – you know, the one that… Continue reading
Tags: an office clear out, new clients, new year, new year's day, office, organisation, Working from home, writing blog, writing life
I have had an interesting start to the New Year. I made it a goal that I would find at least one new client during January, and I’ve landed one today. But it came about in an interesting way.
Judging by the emails I get asking about how to get into online writing, it seems that most people want writing jobs to fall into their lap. Now this CAN happen, but… Continue reading
Tags: different search terms, do you look for freelance writing gigs or do you ask for them, freelance writers, freelance writing gigs, goal setting, job, jobs, marketing, new clients, writers
Unless you are already a writer, you might wonder what an online writer actually gets up to all day. Do we really sit and read tweets and status updates, or even visit our favourite websites when we should be working?
Working from home can definitely have its perks, and I for one wouldn’t want to work in any other way. But it doesn’t suit everyone. This is why it makes sense… Continue reading
Tags: freelance writing career, full time, goal setting, lifestyle, online writer, online writing, time writers, what does an online writer do all day, Working from home, writing life
As you’ll know if you read my previous blog post, I was fortunate enough to receive a Kindle for Christmas. This has really opened my eyes to the possibilities of writing for this particular channel. It has also made me think seriously about re-issuing a couple of my previous eBooks for the Kindle platform.
Interestingly enough I have also been hired to write a report for the Kindle market by a… Continue reading
Tags: first thoughts, kindle market, moral of the story, new jobs, new roof, new year, old client, previous blog post, previous ebooks, writing for the kindle first thoughts
It’s hard to believe it’s 2012 already! I’ve had a nice rest over Christmas and the New Year, and got started back at my desk yesterday, so I thought it was high time I wrote a fresh blog post. I’ve been over on my professional site already, at AllisonWhitehead.co.uk, writing the first of a series of ten articles there, and now it’s time… Continue reading
Tags: clients, fresh blog post, goal setting, jobs, new clients, new year, new year's resolution, turning over a new leaf, writing life
How often do you really search for freelance writing opportunities?
I’ve been a bit more active on LinkedIn lately and I’ve noticed some people tend to take part in a lot of conversations on there, many of them about freelance writing opportunities. That’s great because there are a lot of really nice people (writers from all walks of life and in all specialities) who use LinkedIn.
But that’s beside the… Continue reading
Tags: freelance, freelance work, freelance writing opportunities, income, jobs, long conversations online, opportunities, searching for freelance writing opportunities, the point, writing
You know how sometimes you get a mental picture of something, only to find afterwards that you had your facts wrong? I’ve had just that kind of thing happen to me this week.
I live in the UK so it’s around that time when you need to think about getting your accounts in order in time to send to your accountant (assuming you have one). We have to send in our… Continue reading
Tags: career, income, income earning tools, income history, plenty of time, why its well worth checking your writing income history, writing, writing business, writing career, writing income
Let’s get one thing straight before I write anything else. I’m not against NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in any way, shape or form. In fact it’s quite the opposite – I think it’s a great idea. But although I did give it some consideration this year, I’ve decided to forego the challenge once again. There are some good reasons for this too.
Firstly I have written a… Continue reading
Tags: 2011, deadlines, different target, goal setting, nanowrimo, nanowrimo 2011, nanowrimo 2011 and why i wont be taking part, national novel, national novel writing month, writing
Can you make fast money from writing online?
Well it all depends what you mean by ‘fast money’. I was browsing on Yahoo Answers recently and it was amazing how many people wanted to know about making money from writing, how easy it was and whether they could do it quickly. All these questions started around two years ago, when the economy was really going to the dogs. You… Continue reading
Tags: fast money, fast money from writing, ghost writing, how to earn fast money from writing, hubpages, income, squidoo, streams of income, triond, writing
