• Freelance Writing TIps

    What Kind of Blog Should I Start?

    Don’t worry—It’s really not as hard of a question as you might think. Actually, it’s probably not the question you should be asking in the first place. Instead, regardless of what the rest of this [...]

How to Monetize Your Writing

Freelance Writing TIps
May 23, 2020
We all have skills.  Some of those skills match up with what we do in our day jobs, and other times they are completely different. Either way, though, we owe it to ourselves to maximize [...]

Is Upwork worth it? Yes, to me. How about you?

Freelance Writing TIps
May 18, 2020
If you have a hobby like collecting baseball cards, do you think you’ll find more to buy around you locally, or online through a marketplace like eBay? Or to help illustrate, think about your job [...]
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How to do Graphic Design Without Photoshop

May 17, 2020
First, let me ask you—why do you find yourself asking such a question? Because you don’t have Photoshop skills? Because you feel Photoshop is too expensive? Because you don’t have the time?  Don’t worry—even if [...]

Other Resources

  • Advertorial Templates & Examples [With Videos]

    Simply put, an advertorial is a fancy advertisement. Meaning, it gets all done up, draping itself in magazine clothing, throwing on some makeup in the way of “tips,” or a nice tutorial or recipe, and [...]

  • Analogy vs. Metaphor vs. Simile…Talk About a Rollercoaster of Emotions

    Figures of speech are, well, figurative, not literal, and allow for creativity in explanation—culminating in a powerful communication tool that is often used for simplifying the complex and bringing life to the boring. That’s why [...]

  • Tips for Transcribing an Interview with Tools & More

    What makes interviews special is that every single one is unique. Even if a person was interviewed 100 times by the same person, each sitting would offer a new nugget or valuable insight. But, that [...]

  • The 4 BEs: Real Reasons for Freelance Success

    If I could boil down this post on getting freelance jobs as a beginner without experience, I’d be left with these four things below; my four principles, or, “4 Bes.” They sound simple on the [...]

  • What is B2B Writing?

    What is B2B Writing? B2B writing, or business-to-business writing, is content created by one business for another business. This is in comparison to B2C writing, or business-to-consumer writing, where businesses are writing for consumers. When [...]

  • Advertorial vs. Editorial: Differences, Similarities & More

    The (beautiful?) thing about language is that it is ever-evolving. We freewheelingly combine terms, create acronyms, and shoot shorthand around because it’s convenient (“LOL,” thanks, text messaging) and other times because it’s cool/funny (“Brangelina,” “Kimye,” [...]

  • Freelance Writer Resources

    PDFs The 4 BEs: Real Reasons for Freelance Success Blogs Blogging Jobs for Beginners Writing Coach for Entrepreneurs? Upwork vs. Fiverr How to Land Your First Writing Job on Upwork How to Hire a Freelance [...]

  • Analogies for Feelings

    Now that we’ve gotten through the differences between the the analogy vs. metaphor, let’s dive deeper into one of them – analogies – and one specific thing that could be better explained by such analogies—feelings. [...]

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