Three Tips to Improve Your Freelance Writing Income

In the current financial climate many freelance writers are feeling the pinch. At the moment my writing income has not really been affected, although I have noticed that some clients try to use this as an excuse to get you to accept lower rates. If you have just started freelancing and have one or two clients or sites that your write for but you are looking to improve then here are three tips to get you started.

Tip One: Type Faster

If you need to make some money to meet a bill payment then you can't afford to be too choosy about $5 the only way to make it pay is to learn to type faster. There are plenty of books and typing tutors around so that you can teach yourself to touch type. Learn to type 50-60 words a minute and you can easily write four 500 word articles in an hour or less, providing you choose subjects that you know well.. Although manywriters make a good living from their freelance writing, six figure freelancers are very few and far between. Don't be fooled, earning money from your writing may be enjoyable but it can still involve a lot of hard work.

Tip Two: Pick a Niche

Choose something that you are happy writing about, or maybe two or three things so that you cut your research time. It will take a while getting used to looking at a specific topic from many different angles but plenty of writers do that, couple this with quick typing and earning money is easier.

Tip Three: Market Yourself Through Cold Calling

Take some time to surf the web and see if you think you can improve the content on someone's website, then send them a query letter. I have got several long term gigs this way. It takes a while to get the right tone for the query letter but it is well worth giving this a try.

I recognize that these tips are not that original, but they do work. Tips one and two may not appeal to some writers, but each to his or her own, I happen to think that if you can turn something around quickly enough and still make a creditable hourly rate then it is worth doing if nothing else is on the cards.Do you have some tips to add on improving your freelance writing income?