Last week, I decided it was high time to do something about the number of hours I work.  I found myself wanting to take a crack at some random guy’s noggin just because he was stumbling around in a store, admitting to the cardinal sin of “killing time”.  I guess that kind of weird jealous rage was what professionals in the world of nuttiness might call a “clear signal”. Luckily, the guy was spared from a beat down.  I was in a hurry and didn’t have enough time to work him over.  Okay, the fact that I wasn’t really that upset was part of the deal, too. In any case, my thick skull was finally penetrated by the indisputable fact that burning the candle on both ends is rotten and that my approach–tossing it directly into a steel smelter is even worse

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How You Made My Life Easier, Free Nachos and Other Delights (Part 1)

In our last installment, we established that all mothers tend to judge each other from time to time. Okay, you’re right – you don’t, but the rest of us at least recognize that the thoughts cross our minds from time to time.

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The Ugly Thoughts of a WAHM Part 2 – The Nasty on Childcare for Working Parents

Launches have been on my mind a lot lately. Not just because of Jeff Walker and his PLF3 release, but because I have been on a crazy launch kick myself with several back to back.

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How to Make More Sales With the Help of ELO

When I made the announcement the other day that I was selling FWJ , I said I wouldn’t be doing a long laundry list of thank you’s. It’s not that I’m ungrateful, but rather, I’m afraid of forgetting someone.

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I said I woudn’t do this: My (first) list of Thank Yous

Let’s talk some more about trying to stay healthy and fit as freelance writers. More specifically let’s talk about workout buddies, the different kinds, and why you might want one.

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Freelance Fitness: Get a Workout Buddy

Do you want to write for money online? There’s a huge demand for Web content, with several large companies hiring thousands of writers to write for them. In addition to these large media companies, there are hundreds of thousands of websites which buy content each and every week

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Writing for the Web: How to Write for Money Online

I’m confident that Splashpress Media will keep the spirit of Freelance Writing Jobs going in the way the audience has grown to expect from the brand, but I’m equally excited to see how the community will evolve as part of the phenomenal …

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You didn’t used to see many guarantees for online services and digital products. But today’s new generation of bloggers and entrepreneurs have discovered that this age-old offline technique can be one of the most powerful routes to more sales. They know that online buyers are plagued by fears and doubts.

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How to Boost Your Sales with a Strong Guarantee

Thanks for all the summer TV tips from last time, guys! I have one for you: Burn Notice. If you aren’t watching it, get off this blog.

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Freelance Writing Jobs – June 15th, 2010

Discussing time management may be a passion of mine, and a source of a profession, but it has meaning for every freelance writer.

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Why Time Management is So Important for Freelance Writers

So I missed the last couple of freelance fitness posts. I’d like to say it’s because I was just sooooo busy hiking my ass off that there wasn’t time. But that would be a lie.

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Freelance Fitness: The Wonders of Workout Videos

In five years only Deborah Ng has grown The Freelance Writing Jobs Network from scratch to one of the most important and powerful communities for freelance online authors. Deborah, @Debng, announced today that Splashpress Media, …

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Splashpress Media Acquires 'The Freelance Writing Jobs Network …

From time to time I run into this situation: my schedule becomes so full of projects that I barely have enough time to market my services. While it would be easy to let this slide for a few weeks (or even longer) I know that marketing is the key to long term success.

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How to make Time for Marketing when your Schedule is Full

I’ve never met a freelance writer who wasn’t at least a little bit of an injo-junkie. Whether it’s jotting down names and numbers in the line at the supermarket when you find someone who could be a great source or spending hours online reading web pages and copying great lines for your swipe file, a good freelance writer is always collecting notes and new ideas. Of course, if you don’t have some sort of system for managing all of that information, all of those notes could turn into a problem, rather than the resource they should be

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5 Starting Points for Building an Information System

Time to check in with one of our favorite former content mill writers, Stacey Abler . Here’s what she’s been up to during the previous week, and where she’s going this week: What’s Stacy Been Up To

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Weekly Coaching Update – Stacey Abler – June 13, 2010

Last week I mentioned that I was moving away from more traditional construction DIY projects and focusing on those that could have an actual impact upon your freelance writing business. Starting with how to install a WordPress theme on your freelance writing blog last week, this week we’re going to take an introductory look into how to promote your freelance writing blog using 5 different social media tools. N.B.

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How To Promote Your Freelance Writing Blog Using Social Media

The following is a transcript of the Copyblogger editorial meeting in Austin, Texas, on June 8, 2010. BRIAN CLARK: I’ve had it up to here with Johnny Marr

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Johnny’s Copyblogger Wrap-Up: Week of June 7, 2010

Roger Ebert’s name is synonymous with movie reviews. Many of us remember him bantering with Gene Siskel on the TV shows Sneak Previews and At the Movies . But he doesn’t banter much anymore

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What All Content Creators Need to Learn From Roger Ebert

Lack of confidence can be a major roadblock for a freelance writer. We’ve already explained how a lack of confidence can keep potential writers from starting their freelance careers. Did you know that lack of confidence can also keep freelance writers from applying for bigger, better paying gigs as well

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Do You Have the Confidence to Apply for the Bigger Jobs?

This week, after much thought and back and forth arguing with my other personalities, I bought a Kindle. Now, anyone who knows me knows that as much as I like computers, laptops, and televisions, I kinda hate technology. I hate GPS systems because I like to rely on my own little sense of direction; I hate cell phones because I don’t like being accessible at all times and don’t really enjoy talking on the phone anyway; I’m not a fan of texting and I don’t like the iPad.

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Amazon Kindle: Good for Freelance Writing Work and Play but Useless as a Coaster.