Startup Freelance Content Writers: Some Friendly Reminders

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Reckon these friendly reminders could be helpful for those just starting their freelance content writing ventures (feel free to add more tips and advice):

1. Specialize. This is what'll separate you from other freelance content researchers/writers. List down the specialized industries and subject areas where you have extensive knowledge, first hand experience and prolific expertise in. Zone in on the set of industries and subject areas where only a few people have the same levels of knowledge, experience and expertise as yours...

2. Market research. Pinpoint local and international corporations and companies operating in your chosen set of industries and subject areas, particularly those with newly launched products that they could most likely have large annual online and offline marketing budgets for promoting their newly launched products. A big part of their campaigns could most likely be written content for their offline and online marketing campaigns...

3. Inject your unique character and personality into your work. Of course, you should sound friendly, engaging and entertaining, so your target audience can relate to you as an easily approachable expert resource of beneficial info and advice...

4. Portfolio development. Set up a site where those corporations and companies can see your specialized knowledge, experience, skills and expertise in action...

5. Task and time schedule development. Formulate a task and time schedule, factoring in the number of hours per day and number of days per week you can spend on your freelance writing ventures, the daily work output volume and quality your clients can expect from you and the compensation you want from your monthly writing ventures (also factor in things that freelancers don't usually get from clients, such as benefits, insurance, retirement options, bonuses and other incentives) among other relevant things...

6. proposal formulation. Develop a proposal for each of those corporations and companies. Include relevant things like daily work output volume, revision requirements, submission schedules and payment terms. PASSIVE INCOME TIP:

You can ask for a certain percentage of commissions for each product sale generated by your published work starting from the date of publication up to one full year, and lower down your rates. You can tell them that this motivates you more to prduce top quality content that can generate sales for your clients, and that you'll also use your available resources to promote your published content not as their subcontractor, but as an actual user of their products, to generate more sales for them and earn more commissions for yourself...

Take note of their contact numbers, fax, emails and business hours. Call and inform them that you'll be sending a proposal via email or fax, then send the proposals. Patiently wait for their response...

7. Contract selection. Choose the contract or contracts that can provide you with the best benefits, all while nicely fitting into your daily/weekly/monthly task and time schedule...

8. Develop training materials, task and time tables and standard guidelines/requirements. Since most freelance writers wouldn't want to keep on writing until they're at an age where their knuckles are already sore with arthritis, and since these corporate and company clients can provide large, long term contracts and loads of referral corporations and companies your way, then a sound business move is to prepare a brick and mortar business where you'll house writer employees, trainors, marketers, account executives and administrative staff. You can even leverage your office resources by developing and implementing your own online businesses and Internet marketing campaigns. Of course, this should've been included in your long term business growth and expansion plans...
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