There’s a scene in “Mad Men”, the TV drama about a 1960s advertising agency. One of the junior copywriters is showing the Creative Director an ad he’s just written.

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Why You Shouldn’t Write for Other Writers

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Freelance Writing Jobs for May 5, 2010 : Working Writers

An easy job as a source of income would be to become a freelance writer . You donà ¢ï¿½ï¿½t necessarily have to be the perfect writer to work online and earn money doing so. You will however need to know how to spell correctly …

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A few years ago, text ruled the ‘Net. Prohibitive technology costs and connection speed limitations made graphic-rich pages a gamble.  The idea of communicating with video was laughable. Now, even cheap laptops come with installed cameras.  Phones and other portable video devices are dirt cheap.  Server space is more than plentiful and those old slow, dial-up connections are rapidly becoming the online version of 8-track tapes

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Will Video Kill the Keyboard Star?

Even though most word processing and blogging platforms contain word count tools, the truth is, they’re not always accurate or convenient. In a business where every word counts, being able to get it right makes all the difference.  Today, I’d like to share a few free word count tracking tools with you.

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7 Free Word Count Tools

Blogging is more conversational than traditional freelance writing . Bloggers don’t have to follow a particular style or format, nor do they have to consult manuals or guides to make sure they’re doing everything right

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Your Turn: Should Freelance Writing Bloggers Blog Like they Talk?

I’m pretty unhappy with that bright yellow orb that sticks up in the big blue ceiling all day, and I don’t know what its purpose is. I’m convinced that it’s sinister. As a typical cynical East Coaster with six months’ worth of nasty gray sky, I don’t handle spring well

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Freelance Writing Jobs – May 4th, 2010

This one will probably get me into trouble. I’ve worked as a graphic designer for over two decades and I’m not supposed to say this stuff. After all, it’s my job to make miracles.

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The Myth of Beautiful Web Design

Last week I wrote about how, like it or not, keeping track of tax deductions is a year-round job for freelance writers.

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Pay Less to Uncle Sam Later by Tracking Your Tax Write-Offs Now

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People ask me all the time for recommendations on premium WordPress plugins, and I often have nothing to say. With people like Chris Pearson , Sean Jackson , and Tony Clark as partners, if we want WordPress to do something it doesn’t, we build it

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Gravity Forms Review: Powerful WordPress Forms Made Simple

The last time I scoured the web for “ Write for Us ” pages, the ensuing post was very well received.  It’s not always easy to find some of the hidden markets – even though the web is filled with them.  Doing a web search for “write for us” helped me to land some very lucrative opportunities and I’ve been recommending this method of searching for years. I know you’ve all been clamoring for more “Write for Us” pages, and I will continue to bring them to you as often as I can. Please note, it’s a frustrating and long process as many of the “Write for Us” pages on the web are non-paying opportunities and there’s a lot to go through

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55 More “Write for Us” Pages

If you’re a writer, you’re in the business of coming up with ideas. Whether you’re pitching an editor on a new topic, writing persuasive copy or even working on that epic novel, ideas are the basis of your ability to earn a living

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We’re In the Ideas Business

It’s time again for some Freelance Fitness ideas on how we can be healthier when working from home. On a side note, I’m probably going to move this to a weekly series rather than every other week. We’ll still alternate — exercise, food, exercise, food, etc.

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Freelance Writers: Dance the Day Away

Every office needs a coffee table.  Whether it’s to hold meetings with clients around, spread out potential magazines for querying on or to simply have somewhere to rest your feet during your mid-morning break, a coffee table has a variety of uses. Unlike my previous two posts (how to build a desk and a bookcase ), I haven’t actually made this coffee table myself.

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How To Build A Home Office – The Coffee Table

Sometimes I sit down to write the introductions to these weekly wrap-ups, and I’ll try to think of some funny way to describe why you or I might not have seen this week’s posts. This week, however, I don’t really have to try to find a reason, because I’ve been frantically launching my Question the Rules course

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Johnny’s Copyblogger Wrap-Up: Week of April 26, 2010

For those aren’t aware, I recently put out an offer for free one-on-one coaching for one freelance writer who was ready to leave content mills behind to pursue a more serious business. The responses were inspiring — from truly great writers who were tired of being told they should be happy and / or proud to work for mills, people with outstanding credentials who could be doing so much more. Sadly, I only have time now to work directly with one writer.

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Weekly Coaching Update – Stacey Abler – April 30th

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” ~William Morris, poet and designer Imagine the household you would have if you got rid of every item that was neither useful or beautiful. Gone would be the plastic doodad with no known purpose, the ugly frame your great-aunt gave you, the Special Free Offer™ you never opened, the collection of someday-useful peanut butter jars . . .

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The Two Vital Attributes of Quality Content

A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Bright Hub (a content mill I used to write for) inviting me to help them write some 60 titles for a private client commission for about $20 a pop. Another content mill, Demand Studios, recently partnered with USA Today to start providing travel tips for their website.   To some writers, these partnerships and commissions are clearly a sign that the freelance writing sky is falling and we are all going to have to be happy working for pennies before you know it

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Why Low Paying Gigs Are and Are Not Your Problem

Every once in awhile, someone asks me why I have pink hair. (You ever notice that no one asks why anyone has blonde hair, or red hair? But pink, it seems, requires a good reason.) There are a lot of ways I could answer that question, but the simplest is probably that I don’t really buy into the standard set of rules about what “success” or “professionalism” look like.

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Question the Rules to Create a More Remarkable Business (and Life)