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One of the reasons freelance writers are often paid so little for their work is because anyone and everyone can start a freelance writing business. No license or permit is necessary.

Anyone and everyone can set up a blog or website to start marketing their freelance writing services. No special training or education is required.

Yet, not just anyone and everyone can write well enough that they SHOULD be attempting to do this for a living.

If you’re an aspiring freelance writer, your blog or website is a direct advertisement for your writing services. But it’s also a SAMPLE of your writing ability.

What is the content on your site(s) saying about you and your ability?

Is everything on your website or blog well written so it provides the reader with excellent examples of your writing style and technique?

Do you carefully edit and proof everything you post to your site, so there are no glaring typos or grammatical mistakes?

Do you strive for quality not quantity in your work? You may not post to your blog every single day, for example. But when you do post, is the content simple, concise, and easy to read and understand? Plus, does it LOOK as if it took you a little while to write it? Can the reader TELL that some effort went into crafting the post?

Today, take a careful, critical look at the content you are posting to your blog or website.

Make sure it is saying what you WANT it to say to your readers. Remember, they are also your potential clients!

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The New Year is almost here and many are turning their dreams of owning an online business into a reality. If you’re a freelance writer looking for blogging jobs, this presents a perfect opportunity. Following are three ways to sell your blog writing services to online entrepreneurs.

1. Sell Blog Packs: Blog packs are simply selling blog posts in sets. For example, you may sell a pack of 3 or 5 or 10 or 20. Packaging and selling blog posts as packs is to your advantage, as well as potential clients. Following is why.

Why Blog Writers Should Sell Blog Packs

Simply put, you make more money when you sell blog posts in packs. As a freelance blog writer, the more money you can make from each transaction, the more profitable you will be. So, try to sell a week’s worth or a month’s worth of posts at one time.

This way, you can market less and make more money – which is a great way to maximize your time.

Pitch the service to prospects in the following manner: “Get a steady flow of traffic to your blog quickly and easily. Order a month’s worth of blog posts for one low price.”

Why Selling Blog Posts in Packs Appeals to Potential Clients

For clients, purchasing blog posts in packs frees them to focus on other things. One thing many new online entrepreneurs come to realize very quickly is that updating a blog is time consuming. And, many turn to freelance writers to update their blogs with fresh content.

2. Offer SEO Blogging: What is SEO blogging? Simply writing blog posts with SEO concepts in mind – i.e., paying attention to keyword phrases, keyword density, placement of these words and phrases in the posts, etc.

Many blog owners are so focused on keeping their blogs updated with fresh content that they forget to keep SEO in mind.

You can remind them of how important this is. This instantly raises your credibility in their eyes – putting you head and shoulders above other freelance blog writers – making it easier for you to land more blogging jobs.

3. Offer Multi-tasking Blog Posts: What do I mean by this? Make one blog post serve multiple purposes.

For example, one of my clients owns an internet marketing firm. He commissions blog posts in sets of three. I write one post three different ways for him. He uses one to update his blog, one on his website and another to submit to article directories.

You can offer this same service to prospects. Again, this will make you stand out among other freelance blog writers because you show them how to get more bang for their buck.

The New Year is a perfect time to start marketing for blogging jobs — and other freelance writing jobs. The ideas outlined here will make you stand head and shoulders above other freelance writers who are also looking for blogging jobs.

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There’s a difference between an article writer, an SEO writer and also a blog writer. Some writers have the capability of alternating their styles to suit the requirements of the clients. Ideally, you should use different writers for your articles, SEO content and blog but this is not the rule of thumb and I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of ever hiring a content writer who can write for all of the above.

For a start, I’ll explain a little about what is required from the writer for each of them

Article Writers

Article writers are required to write for a wide range of people who are interested in the topic that they are supposed to write on. Article writers usually write for newspaper columns or magazines. Hence, the article writer needs to, usually, find topics and delve into it more deeply than other types of writers.

SEO writers

Essentially, SEO writers are supposed to write for the search engines. But because the search algorithm for many major search engines have changed over time, an SEO writer needs to write forBOTH the search engines AND the readers. Search engines like google.com forces SEO writers to write proper and informative articles instead of stringing senseless words and keywords together to make content that doesn’t make sense at all to the readers, much less enticing.

Blog writers

Blog writers is a new bunch of writers who are usually hired to write content for blogs. Because these writers are usually hired to write for a particular company or industry, they have to consistently search for information relating to the business of the website and keep their eyes and ears open for interesting news. Blog writers are usually people who are either hired to write from the office of the client or online freelance writers who deliver articles on a daily basis.

As you can see, what is required from each type of writer is different, hence, it can be quite difficult to find and hire a freelance writer who can fit all the bills above…to get personal with the readers, to keep themselves in the loop with search engines and also to understand the nature of your business and company.

But like I said, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of ever finding and hiring a freelance writer who can do all. My advice would be for you to give the freelance writer a chance to write a few articles for you for your website and blog; then you can gauge whether the writer is suitable or not. Thread cautiously especially if you want to hire a writer online. Do as much homework as you can on the freelance writer before you hire the writer.

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