Category: For Writers

I’ll admit it. I used to be a sucker for content mills. As a professional writer, content mills offer a variety of benefits that other avenues of securing clients can’t. That includes a large pool of assignments. After a period of several years, though, I quickly began to realize content mills were holding me back […]

Managing your finances as a freelance writer can be a daunting task — a fact I discovered shortly after launching my career at the start of 2017. Writing, your specialty, brings in income. But how you handle your finances is like laying your freelance foundation. “I hate that we say ‘going freelance’ because what you’re […]

Have you ever copied a page URL to share on social media or via a blog and realized that it’s three lines long and completely unwieldy? If you’ve been there, then you know why shortening a link can be so valuable. But that’s only scratching the surface. That’s where implementing URL shorteners come into play. […]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, which we really can’t blame you for that, you’ve heard all about content marketing by now. In fact, you’ve probably been inundated with content marketing talk over and over again. In the B2C and B2B space, content marketing is one of the most talked about topics around. Marketers […]

Every piece of content has a voice. When we talk about voice and brand identity, we’re talking about the tone and style of your written, spoken, and visual content. For example, this article is informal, friendly, inviting, and helpful. Articles written on Forbes are generally formal, informative, and engaging. Buffalo Wild Wings is irreverent, while […]

It’s easy to think of content writing as purely a writing task. But in actuality, almost 80% of the time it takes to create content involves everything but writing, including ideation, research, formatting, editing, and marketing/promoting. Only 20% is spent writing. Let’s dive into a good blueprint of how the 80/20 rule can help you become […]

Since you’ll be spending most of your week on content creation, we thought we’d save you a few minutes of research by highlighting some freelance-specific articles for content consumption. Enjoy the following reading list for freelance writers! How Often Do Freelancers Get Paid Late? It Depends If You’re a Woman or Man (Priceonomics) How’s that […]

There’s a lot more to freelancing than sitting down with a pen and notepad and letting the ideas flow. Depending on what you write (and how), you might use any number of different resources to help hone your craft. Sure, there are the old standbys (I’ve got a dictionary, thesaurus, and MLA style guide bookmarked […]

If you missed the IntelContent Conference last week, we’ve got you covered. Here is an overview of interesting sessions and takeaways about the latest trends in content creation. Intelligent Content Conference 2018 took place last week in Las Vegas. It’s a content strategy event for marketing professionals, and it provides useful insights for everyone interested […]

We know. It seems like there’s SO MUCH room for error. We’re not trying to be Debbie Downers, and we certainly don’t mean to sound bleak. We just want to help you get it right. This post presents you with some tools you can immediately put to work to help you avoid content marketing mistakes […]