Freelance Writing, Web Content, Funding Bids and Research
Entries from November 25, 2007 - December 1, 2007
Should You Publish Your Rates?
To Publish or Not?
I have read a few posts recently about whether or not freelance writers and researchers should publish their rates on their website. I am not sure whether this is a good idea but have decided that it is worth giving it a try.
I will have a new page detailing the costs of straightforward articles, seo, grant and proposal writing and then other projects where a rate has to be agreed which is what I have said on my services page. So for anyone out there who might want to hire me, take a look at the rates page.
Sue Jeffels
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The Customer Is Not Always Right
When you write for a living you develop a customer or client base; you also need to visit sites where writers bid for work. There are many website owners out there who do not have a lot of money to spend when it comes to having content written so they go for the cheapest bid that they get.
Sometimes they are lucky, more often than not they get content that is not optimized and often has spelling and grammar mistakes galore. What the website owner should have done was to order one or two quality artilces - you can get them for a reasonable price, contact me. Two quality articles will get more traffic to a website than twenty articles at a dollar or two each that are badly written. If you don't believe me then you should read what one of my writing buddies, Dana has to say on the subject. There are times when you have to say that the customer is not always right.
Writing Feel Good Factor
You can get really excited over the simplest things. Writing can sometimes get you down because you tend to wonder whether anyone is reading what you wrote - writing can also give you a real feel good factor when you least expect it. Just a couple of days ago I uploaded a stats counter which not only shows how many views you get from visitors but where those visitors
Writing and Research
Writing and research go hand in hand. If you want to write fresh, unique content for your clients then you should research the subject that you are writing on. Research is essential for writers no matter what kind of writing they are doing. If you blog then you will need to be able to write content