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How the Cloud Puts the “Free” in “Freelance”

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 2 comments

Today’s guest post comes from the awesome Patrick Icasas. Please join me in giving him a big “Write Your Revolution” welcome! UPDATED POST: New cloud tool recommendations added November 2016, at the end of the article I have a confession to make:...

Don’t Wait for the Job You Want – Create It!

by Sarah | Make Money | 8 comments

Please join me in welcoming guest author Devon Ellington to the site, for some interesting insight on a great way to find freelance writing jobs… As freelance writers, we have a special gift: we listen to our clients and transform their needs into engaging copy...

The 3-Step DIY Business Plan for Freelance Writers

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 11 comments

I’m going to be honest with all of you – I suck at writing business plans. In fact, despite operating four separate companies over the past seven years, I’ve only ever written a true, formal business plan as part of a Home Ec project in high school. It’s not that I...

How Writing for Content Mills Can Hurt Your Career in the Long Run

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 19 comments

You all know how much I hate content mills. Today, guest blogger Sarah Li Cain explores all the reasons these clients really, truly suck… When I started freelancing, all I wanted to do was get paid right away and never thought of much else. Unfortunately,...

Yes Virginia, You Can Make a Living as a Freelance Writer…

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 3 comments

There’s been a lot of uproar in the freelance community recently as a result of journalist Nate Thayer’s decision to publish an email conversation he had with one of the editors at the Atlantic Magazine. The whole thing is worth a read, but it basically resolves...

9 Simple Ways Writers Can Find Paying Web Markets

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 4 comments

Please help me welcome the awesome Pinar Tarhan to the blog today, for an awesome guest post that’s packed full of cool resources for web content writers who want to get paid (that’s all of you, right??). I love writing for the web. Really. I mean,...

Finding Private Disability Insurance for Freelance Writers

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 2 comments

One of the trickiest things about leaving your job to become a full-time web content writer is figuring out how you’ll replace all those cushy fringe benefits you had (or, hopefully had) at your last day job. Health insurance is the obvious elephant in the room, but...

How I Trick Myself into Being Productive

by Sarah | Writing 101 | 4 comments

Funny story… I worked as a freelance writer for more than four years before I started to think about it as a creative profession (and even then, that realization only happened because a friend asked me, “Is it hard to have to be creative all the time?”). For a long...

Why Your Freelance Writer Website Makes You Sound Like an Idiot (And How to Get Your True Voice Back)

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 14 comments

Today, I’m welcoming guest blogger Sophie Lizard to Write Your Revolution. Thanks Sophie for such a refreshing, insightful article! Your dream client is visiting your freelance writer website right now, while you’re reading this. They heard about you, they...

Quitting Your Day Job without a Safety Net

by Sarah | Grow Your Business | 9 comments

As a freelance web content writer, finding the ideal moment to quit your day job for full-time self-employment can be a tricky process. Although you might be dying to put in your two-week’s notice, flip your boss the bird and ride off into the sunset of your new...

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