SEO Copywriter? 5 Things SEO Copywriters Need To Know Have you considered making money by writing SEO copy? Maybe you’ve read glitzy, glamorous accounts of sitting on a beach and making lots of “freelance income” from SEO copywriting on Upwork for a couple of hours a week. Or just maybe you’re an SEO copywriter who…
Building A Freelance Business Empire Part One A lot of people think about freelancing and wonder how you turn the odd £50 here and there into something permanent. A lot of people jump in and then are stuck at a certain freelancing rate never to raise their prices or change their services; those people get…
Why Become An Entrepreneur? Once again, we’re drawing from the Reddit well. Sorry for that, but it’s easy pickings. Yesterday, I stumbled across this: Now, just like yesterday’s article, it’s very easy to point, laugh and say “what are you talking about?” That said, after addressing the topic I’ll move on to the title of…
In this article, I’m going to show you how to get some premium products for free and then I’m going to tell you how to turn those products into cold, hard cash. If that doesn’t entice you to read to the end, then nothing will, so I’m just going to get on with it. Stuck…
Yesterday I wrote about freelance work and non-disclosure agreements and other nonsense. I thought I should clarify something I neglected to mention. Jamie… If You Don’t Want To Use Other People’s Material, Why Do You Sell Usage Rights? Prospective clients often ask me about rights to the work. Namely, I’m a proponent of selling…
I had a question a while back about emailing clients. He asked about mailing a client. Then he returned, “Yeah but if you didn’t know this or have that, then the cold email wouldn’t work.” (I’m paraphrasing the above – it was all a little longer in the tooth than that.) It goes without saying…
Why Freelancers Shouldn’t Charge By The Hour In this article, I’ll tell you why freelancers shouldn’t charge by the hour, and why you should all say “No” to freelancer hourly rates. Charging by the hour is not a good idea for a freelancer. However, you should be able to determine your hourly rate for internal…
SEO Is Optimisation. Build First, Then Optimise People say, “when you start a site, make sure to get your SEO in order.” I disagree, and in this article I’ll tell you why. Let’s just get to it. Why? SEO best practices change over time Your skill changes over time The goals of your site change…
Non-Disclosure and Non-Compete Agreements For Freelance Articles? This article is going to be vaguely rant-driven, but there’re lessons contained within for freelancers and potential hiring people alike. Basically, a few weeks back, I had a potential client come to me and ask me to do some freelance work. That’s all great… except he wouldn’t tell…
How To Develop A Thicker Skin For Freelancing I saw someone the other day ask a question about developing a thicker skin. They were working as a copywriter at some agency. Now, I don’t work at an agency, so the advice isn’t directly applicable. Here’s how I’d approach getting a thicker skin to deal with…