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Cold Emailing Guide: How to Write a Cold Email (Templates Included)
Freelancers: master the art of cold emailing and learn how to write a cold email in this guide (templates included).
Should You Work With a Client Who Takes Forever to Respond to Your Emails?
Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels A client reaches out to you saying they're interested in working together. You start a conversation, and everything's going well. You discuss payment, the scope of work, and the delivery date. You send over an email with the...
Blogger Outreach: How to Get an Influencer to Share Your Article (Screenshots Included)
It doesn't matter what you call it - blogger outreach, influencer outreach or content promotion, it's a superb way to get more eyeballs to your content. With blogger outreach, you simply find influencers - people with a large following - and reach out to them in the...
Why You Should Market Consistently and How to Do It
Marketing. Love it or hate it, if you want to be a successful freelance writer you need to market your business consistently. So, what exactly is marketing? There are countless definitions online, but here's my personal favourite: "Marketing is helping people buy your...
How I Diversified My Client Base and Landed a $4,000 Project
You may recall that Alina Bradford wrote a guest post on WriteWorldwide titled: The Ultimate Guide to Finding Writing Jobs: 7 Creative Ways. If you don’t, I urge you to check it out as there are many nuggets of information that will help you land your next lucrative...
What do you do if you’ve lost your biggest client?
I remember a couple of years ago one of my biggest clients decided that their budget had run dry and that they would have to put all my work on hold for the next couple of months. Cue mad panic at the loss of income followed almost immediately by nagging self-doubt....
Why Savvy Freelance Writers Should Embrace the Ecommerce Industry
This is a guest post by Kayleigh Alexandra, a community writer for Micro Startups. So, you’re a freelance writer (or you’re planning to be one) and you’re trying to figure out what directions to take — after all, you can essentially write about anything and find some...
How I Upsold My Client on a $2k Package
A few months ago, I shared my story on how I landed a $1,600 gig using LinkedIn. So far, I have built an excellent relationship with this client, and have been able to upsell them on a blog post writing package priced at $1,890. Savvy freelancers focus on improving...
How to Find Freelance Writing Clients with LinkedIn Sales Navigator
LinkedIn and cold email. For my money they're two of the best ways to find freelance writing clients. We've written in detail about prospecting for clients using LinkedIn and cold email previously on the blog. But as far as LinkedIn goes, it's time for an update. For...
How to Stay Confident on Client Calls
Client calls aren’t as daunting as you think. In fact, there are many benefits, and by implementing some basic tips you will be more confident on your first (or next) client call. Read on to learn more... "Client calls make me feel anxious." "I don't even know what to...
The 4 Super Simple Steps I Took to Land My First Freelance Writing Gig
If you're new to freelance writing, you've probably got a whole lot of questions swimming around in your head. I know I did. Which marketing method will generate the best results? How can I create the perfect writer's website? Which niche should I target? And the list...
Killer Cold Emailing: How to Craft and Send a Winning Cold Email in Less Than 2 Minutes
So, you’ve finally built your prospect list, found the person to pitch to, and dug up their email address. It’s now time to send those cold emails. And if you’re like many freelance writers and copywriters, you spend an awfully long time writing and perfecting these...
From $15 to $300 per Article – and the Most Important Thing I Learned About Pricing Along the Way
I still remember the very first article I wrote. It was a guide for the ski resort of Ischgl, an 870-word masterpiece of travel writing. At least, that’s what it should have been considering it took me the best part of an entire Sunday to write. It wasn’t terrible nor...
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Jobs as a Freelance Writer: 7 Creative Ways
This blog post is an excerpt from The Fluff-Free Freelance Writing Master Course Workbook. Professional freelance writers are always blogging about these sweet gigs they're working on that pays $100 to $2,000 per article. Where the heck do you find these fantastic...
How Much Should You Charge For Your Writing? (Free eBook)
So you’ve gone through all of the WriteWorldwide learning resources, you’ve tightened up your grammar skills, learned how to write engaging headlines, and you’ve even managed to find a niche that’s ripe for the taking. But now that it’s time to send out your first...
35 Travel Magazines That Pay Writers up to $3 per Word
Disclaimer: all prices below are subject to change. If you know of any rate changes, do not hesitate to reach out to me via email: yassir@writeworldwide.com This list was originally published on the 5th of August 2017. I have updated it to include more...
How to Make an Extra $1000 (Or More) Each Month as a Freelance Writer
Do you want to make more money as a freelance writer? If the answer to this question is "yes!", then you're in the right place. You CAN make good money as a freelance writer. Just ask Nick, who built a successful freelance writing business that brings in $2000 plus...
Should You Prospect for Freelance Writing Clients During the Holiday Season?
December can be a tough time of year for freelance writers. With the business world winding down for the holiday season, it can be difficult to engage with prospects and find new freelance writing clients. Of course, everyone's experience will be different, and lots...
7 Tips For Marketing Yourself as a Freelance Writer on Twitter
If you’re a freelance writer looking ahead to 2018, opportunities really are everywhere. In my last post, I looked at 3 Tools You Can Use to Outsmart Your Competition and Guarantee Freelance Writing Success. This week, I’m focusing on one key aspect of your career...
How to Align Your Writing with Your Client’s Marketing Goals
Let me take a wild guess: you want to impress your client, add value for your readers and charge more, right? But first off, do you have any idea why you’re reading this article right now? Do you know the "secret sauce" of epic content? Here’s the thing: one of the...
How to Craft the Perfect Cold Pitch (Lessons from My $10,400 Cold Email)
Are you sending cold pitch after cold pitch with very few responses and no clients to show for your efforts? There may be several reasons why you’re not getting results. It may be that: You’re targeting people who aren't currently in the market for...
Reposition Yourself: How Repositioning Myself Landed Me a $1600 Writing Gig
I've been a freelance writer for English businesses for over a year now. During most of that time, I set up my title on my website and social media pages as a freelance writer. No specific niche. No unique title. Just another "freelance writer". I had an employee...
Should You Cold Pitch More Than One Person In a Company?
You’ve found a company that you want to work for, pitched someone in the marketing department, followed up at least three times and all you hear is crickets. What do you do next? Do you just take it as a sign that it wasn’t meant to be - and move on - or...
A Super Simple ‘Hack’ to Build Your Writing Portfolio as a Beginner
Being a freelance writer can be a rewarding career choice, but it's not always easy when you're just starting out! The key to landing well-paid gigs and making a living from your writing is having a clear strategy and building your foundation from the start. There are...
How To Be a Freelance Writer in 2018 and Beyond: 5 Lessons From My Brand Overhaul
Everybody is a freelance writer these days. Well, ok, maybe not everybody. But it sure does seem like there are a lot of us out there. As we head toward the end of 2017, it’s becoming an increasingly common term in an increasingly crowded space. So, how do you stand...
How to Position Yourself as an Expert and Make Clients See You Differently
We all have been tricked into drinking a few of those large Coca-Cola drinks at McDonald's. You might think that McDonald's is merely selling Coke's drinks to fulfil its customers' needs and provide them with a product they like. But if you go back to history, you'll...
8 WriteWorldwide Posts to Help You Find Freelance Writing Opportunities
As a freelance writer, there are lots of things you need to learn in order to keep growing your business and stay one step ahead of your competitors. We started the WriteWorldwide blog in March 2017 to share our experiences and help budding writers build a profitable...
Make Money Freelance Writing: How to Skyrocket Your Writing Income
I felt elated the day I landed my most lucrative freelance blogging client - $250 for a single blog post. Many of you may recall that I shared this experience in my blog post How to Land Freelance Writing Jobs Online, Fast. Instead of targeting websites and...
How to Cold Call Successfully When English Is Your Second Language
Have you noticed? Cold calling is still alive even though it's been used by marketers for over 100 years now. Is it still effective? Hell yes. Compared to cold emailing, scheduling calls with prospective clients guarantees better results. Today, in the freelance...
8 WriteWorldwide Blog Posts That Will Help You Make More Money Freelance Writing
Back in March 2017, we launched WriteWorldwide, and ever since then we’ve made a concerted effort to bring you fresh content regularly. We’ve blogged extensively on every aspect of freelance writing, and thanks to you - our readers and subscribers - our audience keeps...