Every year, more and more companies are seeing the benefits of hiring freelancers over employees. In fact, up to 62% of companies are already hiring freelancers and aren’t stopping. With saving costs, faster deliverables, and a larger pool of talent to find specialized workers, it’s no wonder freelancing seems like the life to live. Or is it? Freelance writers are finding it more and more challenging having a sustainable living by writing for clients. Brady Dinkel is a freelance writer and he uses his freelance income to cover his backpacking trips. He soon realized that the freelance life ..read more

Want to know EXACTLY what you need to gain a writing job from the people that ACTUALLY hire writers? These freelance writing tips are invaluable information for you. If you’re a new freelance writer and struggling to find clients, find writing gigs, and impress clients so that they give you glowing testimonials, then learn these tips. These are insider tips from the mouths of content marketers, directors of content, communication leaders, VPs of marketing, and more. Whether you’re a newbie or just need some help landing more freelance clients, let’s explore the exact skills, tips, and advic ..read more

How do you find freelance work online? When I started out in 2014, I just used freelance job boards, and boom! I found clients, but now? A decade later is it that easy? Yes and no. There are more opportunities to find work online as a freelance writer, which works better in some ways than others. But, what if you don’t have a portfolio filled with your online work? Or, what if you have absolutely no experience writing online or writing for freelance clients? How the heck are you suppose to find online freelance work? Well, I’m going to share twelve easy ways to gain freelance writing jobs e ..read more

I’ve been a content writer for SaaS for almost a decade now….well, I mean, a freelancer, not just a writer. This was my first and only niche as a writer, and I must love it since I’ve stuck with it for all these years. Maybe you’re interested in this writing niche and want to see what it’s all about. As a SaaS writer, I learned how important content writing is for a marketing strategy, not only with my own business but also with B2B SaaS companies. Content for these businesses is what helps drive their brand and sales. And many SaaS brands will spend tens of thousands a month on conten ..read more

My portfolio is dwindling. At first, I noticed only a few writing samples on my portfolio page didn’t go to my post. I would click the link and it went to someone else’s post on a similar topic. Weird, but that’s the facts about writing for online clients for almost a decade. Businesses shut down and blogs get updated or completely removed. I was ecstatic when I wrote for Walmart back in 2019. I wrote to gift guides for the holidays and they were bylined by me and I even had an author page too. It was a good time, but a few years later Walmart removed my gift guides and then structured thei ..read more

So, lately, whenever I check different job boards and platforms, I’ve been noticing something shifting with freelance writing jobs. At first, I only saw one or two jobs, but then as the months rolled by, it seemed like whole job boards are dedicated to these seemingly-looking freelance writing jobs. Yes, they even lean on being fake freelance writing jobs. I’ve seen them on LinkedIn and on different job boards. And it’s sad too. I mean, you get excited about finding all of these amazing online writing opportunities and so you go to LinkedIn, go to the job section and see hundreds of potenti ..read more

When I started using LinkedIn as a freelance writer, I thought of it as a resume platform. Fill in your information, where you worked, and there you go – freelance jobs would come to me. I soon learned there was more to optimizing your profile than just listing your past work. If I switched up my LinkedIn profile to align with my new career as a freelance writer, I would be getting leads on tap. And that’s exactly what I did. But this didn’t happen in one iteration – it took many updates and even today, I still change my copy or message on LinkedIn. Those tweaks, pivots, and copy changes is ..read more

Over on my Youtube channel,  I posted a couple of videos on different websites that pay you to write. The websites I showed were paying two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars and upwards of five hundred dollars to guest post. For a brand new freelance writer, these websites can be the big break to make this dream a reality. If you want to be able to work from home as a freelance writer, then a way to get started is to snag paid guest posting websites. These are special websites that allow writers to post an article and get paid for it. I call these types of writing gigs, ad hoc g ..read more

I’m sorry to tell you but – If you don’t have access to a computer or laptop you can’t do writing online. And I’ll go as far as saying you should own a laptop or computer if you want to make a living as a writer. No matter what type of writing you’re doing, such as writing your next (or first) magazine article, writing blogs for yourself or others, or working on essays for college, a writer needs to have a reliable laptop to work with. While writers won’t need super powerful laptops that are able to handle hours of gaming, they still need a laptop that is powerful enough to handle certain w ..read more

A popular question I get from new freelancers and copywriters is: “How do you find copywriting clients?” This is a HUGE question but a very important one. I mean, getting freelance copywriting clients isn’t complicated…but if you are a brand new copywriter or freelancer, this can be a major roadblock, stopping you from ever trying. I don’t want that from you. In this post, I’ll share a roadmap that will give you steps and tips to help you succeed as a new copywriter. Most of my copywriting clients come to me looking for SEO content for their websites or help with their email marketing. Emai ..read more