Writing Services Key: Offer the Services Desperate Buyers Want Now
If you are starting a web writing career, you’re bewildered by all the writing services you could offer. How do you choose the right ones so you’re flooded with eager clients?
Many writers don’t choose their writing services at all: They simply fall into a writing job and take on similar jobs as they come their way. While this isn’t bad, you may soon find yourself caught in a trap: You may become so entrenched in one form of writing or one subject that you don’t have the time or energy to consider better paying markets.
For example, you might take one of those $1-per-article gigs just to get your feet wet and build your portfolio. You decide you enjoy writing articles but get so wrapped up trying crank them out that you don’t get a chance to look for better paying work.
There is a better way: Before you plunge into your next assignment, stop. Take a day to explore other opportunities. Type “writing services” into your favorite search engine and see what comes up. There’s a whole world of opportunity for you.
It’s perfectly OK to look at other writers’ web sites to see what services they offer. Consider whether you could do what they do.
In addition to articles (you can — and should — look for better paying article writing gigs), you can write ebooks (which can simply be a series of articles compiled into book form), newsletters, academic papers, grant proposals, resumes, product descriptions and reviews etc. Which of these most appeal to you? Which do you think you could do without too much of a learning curve?
Look for the websites of those who offer these writing services. Do they post their rates? Read their samples. Could you do the same type of work (or even better work)? Does there seem to be a need for the service they offer — a need you could help fill?
Be sure to also consider your expertise. If you’ve been involved in the real estate market, for example, perhaps you can specialize in writing services for that market. By setting yourself up as a real estate expert, you can command higher rates. Don’t worry, you don’t have to have a real estate license (though it would help), just be able to show a potential client that you understand the industry.
If you don’t have the experience, don’t despair: With a little study you can still find an area in which to specialize.
Think of subjects that interest you and search online for opportunities. For example, if you happen to love weddings, search for “wedding writer” online. You may be surprised to find there are plenty of writing services you can offer: from customized vows to descriptions of wedding products to blogging about all things bridal.
One article is not enough to completely detail all the writing services you can offer. And there is no one right answer for everyone. But by taking the time to do some research, you will be able to determine which opportunities best meet your skills and interests.
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Writing reviews: a great way to make money writing
Looking for a way to boost your writing career? Consider writing reviews for the web.
You can make money writing reviews in many ways.
In this article Writing Reviews for Success on the Web » Fab Web Writer: Join The Instant Publishing Revolution I told one writer’s story:
“She’s a magazine journalist, so she created a blog several years ago both to attract editors and to introduce her writing to them. She said: ‘I started reviewing Web sites on my blog, just for my own amusement – no one asked me to do it. Then something really odd happened. I got messages from Webmasters on many different Web sites asking me to review their sites, and offering payment for it too.’”
Start writing reviews; it’s a great way to increase your income over time. Once you’ve posted a review online, it will keep earning for you for years.
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Article Writing: Write and Sell Articles With Money-Making Headlines
Are your articles making great money for you? If they’re not, the headline may be at fault. Discover how to write great headlines, and cash in on your article writing.
In a sense, the headline is the most important part of your article: you must attract attention. However, there are other things you need to keep in mind too.
Before we get into tips which will help you, let’s mention search engine optimization. To be read, web articles must be found by the search engines and returned in the search results. This means that you need to include your keyword in the title. There’s lots more to search engine optimization secrets for articles, but when it comes to headlines, remember you to include your keyword.
1. What’s the Response? Decide What You Want Readers to Do
Before you worry about the headline, decide what you want readers to do as a result of reading your article. If you’re being paid to write an article by someone else, ask them what they want the reader to do.
You can’t write a headline or any part of the article without having the response clear in your own mind.
2. Easy Headlines: What’s the Pain? Deliver the Aspirin
Pain gets readers’ attention. If you watch the nightly news, you’d be forgiven for thinking that all six billion people on the planet constantly suffer through fire and flood, war and famine, and that bodies litter the average suburban street.
The old newsman’s saying “if it bleeds, it leads” contains an essential truth. If you remind people of their pain in your headline, they’ll read your article.
So think about the audience for your article and the response you want. What’s their pain? Make a list of pains that your readers have, and select one. This forms the basis for your headline.
3. The Missing Link: Promote Your Articles
You may be wondering what promotion has to do with your headline. We’re talking about headlines, not about promotion… or are we?
If you want to have the best success with your articles, realize that you need to promote them.
If you’re writing for someone else, they will handle the promotion. However if you’re writing articles for yourself, you’ll need to promote them yourself.
Consider promotion when you’re writing the headline. Some headlines are very easy to promote on the social networking sites and elsewhere, others less so.
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Freelance Writing: 3 Reasons Your Site’s Not Getting Clients for You
Do you want to make money from freelance writing? If you do, you need a website: it’s your primary sales tool and will get more clients for you than you can handle.
Unfortunately, many writers shoot themselves in the foot on their site. So, if you’re not getting lots of clients, let’s see how we can fix that.
Reason 1. Lack of Client Focus
Look at the home page of your website. Do you focus on yourself and on what you do?
This is a mistake. Your prospects are concerned about their own problems and challenges. Harsh as it may sound, they have zero interest in you.
The Fix #1:
Think about what your clients want. Think about the problems they have. Rewrite your homepage, and every other page of your site, focusing on your clients and what they want.
Reason 2. Lack of Credibility
Writers write. If your website is a poor, shriveled thing, with one, two or three skimpy pages, fancy graphics, logos and hyperbole won’t convince anyone you’re a writer.
The Fix #2:
Add content, and make that content client-focused. Saying that you can solve somebody’s problems is not the same thing as showing that you’ve solved others’ problems, so add case studies to your website.
This is especially important if you’re just starting out as a writer. If you already have a name, and are known as a writer, you don’t need to go to the same amount of effort — anyone who types your name into Google will see that you’re a writer, and a competent one.
Reason 3. No Compelling Reason to Contact You
Having a site is all very well, but every page of your site should also have a compelling reason to contact you.
This ties in with your client focus. When you’re focused on your clients, and their problems, you’ll find reasons they should contact you — put those reasons on every page of your site.
The Fix #3:
Add your contact details to every page of your site, and include a cell phone number. People who need writing services in a hurry appreciate having ways to contact you fast.
Additionally, in these days of rampant scamming, adding your contact details adds to your credibility and adds a little more weight to your customer focus. You’re a real person — show your customers that you are, and that you’re approachable.
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