08Oct 2012 by Philippa Willitts

The Relentless Marketing of a Freelance Writer

About Writing
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Promotion brainstorm (Photo credit: tamurray5)[/caption] Before I became a full-time, self-employed freelance writer I read a lot on the subject. I wanted to feel prepared and not have any nasty surprises, so I consumed as much information as I could find in advance. One thing that I read again and again was that, as a freelancer, you have to be constantly marketing yourself but for some reason the reality of this didn’t sink in. I was building myself a website – that was marketing, right? And I could email companies to see if they needed a writer, so that was my marketing covered. Or so I thought. What transpired was that what I had read was right and my vague plans were severely lacking. I had…
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02Oct 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Podcast Episode 7: Freelance Writing – To Specialise or Not to Specialise

Podcast
This is the first of my solo podcast episodes - Lorrie and I are going to do some individual ones as well as continuing with the ones we do together, so I really hope you like it! Tune in for information about whether or not specialising is a good option for freelance writers. We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. There are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes Find us on Stitcher Smart…
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28Sep 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Podcast Episode 6: Offsite SEO for Freelance Writers – Attracting Backlinks and Collaborations by Being Brilliant

Podcast
In the last episode of the freelance writing podcast, we talked about what you could do on your website to improve your SEO, and in today's we are talking about [tweetherder]the things freelancers can do to attract backlinks and improve off-site SEO[/tweetherder]. Listen, enjoy, and let us know what you think! We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. There are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes Find us on Stitcher Smart Radio And…
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26Sep 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Podcast Episode 5: SEO for Freelance Writers – Attracting the Right Kind of Attention with Onsite SEO

Podcast
Here is episode 5 of A Little Bird Told Me, the freelance writing podcast. In this episode we discuss on-site SEO, i.e. the things that freelance writers can do on their professional websites to attract the best kind of search engine attention. Have a listen, and let us know what you think! We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. We always try to provide a transcript, to make the podcasts as accessible as possible, so here is the transcript of this episode. Transcript Philippa: Hello and welcome to Episode…
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