Skills You Need As A Freelance Writer (Other Than Writing Ability) I spent a few minutes browsing some freelance websites before writing this, and they gave me the idea for this article. Most people try freelance writing, maybe make $10 and then quit. Or they’ll think that writing is too much work for too little…
How To Sell Your Features to Customers With This One Key Rule Every sales letter has several elements. It has a great headline. It has triggers which appeal to certain audience. It talks about the how, what, why and who of the product. It has a call to action to ensure people take the next…
They All Say “…I’d never fall for sales techniques” But They All Fall Into The Same Trap I was writing about how to sell features yesterday and in my original document I went completely off-tangent. This was because I used an example of how to sell to a “rational” type.* We all know the rational…
Minimising Headaches As A Writer Do you suffer from headaches a lot? I know I have done in the past. If you’re a writer, or anyone with an occupation that involves staring at a screen for hours, then chances are you’re putting yourself under a lot of strain. This ultimately causes you to be less…
Building Niche Sites: Other Tips and Tricks I wrote yesterday about good ideas for niche sites: I didn’t give you just a list, I gave you a framework for creating your own ideas which should mean you never run out of ideas. You’re probably going to have too many ideas once you really get the…
Keyword Research Today I’ve been doing keyword research. I have a new side project which will probably target a lot of different services in a lot of different niches. This means keyword research. I wrote about avoiding Search Engine Optimisation in my first ever article on this site, “Why SEO Doesn’t Matter for Writers.” I…
Long Term Writing Versus Short Term Writing This article is about the different ways you can make money as a writer. It’s a little off-the-top-of-my-head, because I was thinking about the difference between writing as a career in the short term versus writing as a job in the long term. In the short term, your…
If you’re a freelance writer, you’re going to get loads of weird projects that you’ve never even thought about before. You’re going to have a great time with a lot of projects, because you’re going to research things that nobody knows about and learn a lot about businesses that are pretty niche. Hopefully, you’ll be…
Getting Started With Marketing Funnels This article is about marketing funnels. Marketing funnels are something that I’ve had to learn by osmosis and simply copying what other companies seem to do. I’m far from an expert, but I can cover the basics, and seeing as that’s what I’ve been writing today, that’s what the topic…
On the internet, we’re all supposed to be super-success stories, our Bugatti Veyrons lined up in the 5-Star restaurants we’re taking our supermodel girlfriends to so that they can meet our billionaire friends. Also, the internet is the place to blog about how you succeed. Never about how you fail. So I’m breaking the mould…