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Nobody is born with the ability to manage time well — that’s true whether you are a butcher, baker, candlestick maker, or writer. In many ways, motivation is harder to keep when you do write for a living. You are surrounded by a virtual world, which is able to draw you away. They say there […]

Many agencies routinely turn to freelancers when they need some additional help on a project. They may need someone to write website copy, design an eye-catching logo, do voice-over work for an animation, or something else. But before freelancers can even get started on projects, many agencies require them to sign non-disclosure agreements. Can’t have […]

One thing new writers tend to realize very quickly is that there’s far more to the profession than unfolding a laptop and letting the words flow. There’s the hustle for new clients, accounts, and admin tasks and the constant need to maintain focus and motivation. The most difficult thing of all for many writers is […]

How much time do you spend plowing through job boards, applying to writing gigs, and pitching new businesses? What if you could spend less time chasing after new clients and more time on paid assignments? Wouldn’t it feel great if you didn’t have to worry about where your next gig will come from when managing […]

As writers, we focus the majority of our time, attention, and efforts on our craft. However, being great at what you do still won’t help you communicate and work with clients. Winning over and maintaining a relationship with your customers will require much more than excellent freelance writing. What was that you said? Do you […]

As of May 2018, there were 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day. The amount of content being created each day has gone up since then. During any given minute, we, as a planet, send out 16 million text messages and 156 million emails. And we publish 4 million blog posts every single day. […]

“This blog doesn’t work for me.”  Six words that a writer dreads hearing (seven if you include the contraction). Why? Because oftentimes, feedback comes too late in the content creation process. Sometimes, feedback arrives multiple blogs later once a client is too tired of correcting the same mistake again and again internally – a mistake […]

Writing is tough! We’ve all experienced those days where we’re just staring at a blank page, wondering when inspiration will hit or pondering why we’re unable to string a group of words together. However, just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean that we can make the same blogging mistakes over and over again. Here is a […]

Drafting the content is only one small part of keeping a happy client. It also boils down the relationship you’re maintaining with them both before and after the content is complete.  This way, you can heighten your chances of keeping this client as a consistent customer and maintaining a strong working relationship. In this blog […]

“Finding freelance writers is easy. Finding the one that’s perfect for your brand is a huge challenge.” Over the last five years, I’ve given this advice (in one form or another) to thousands of new companies on nDash, who come to us to help with their freelance writer search. Although no two brands are the […]