The $75,000 Writing Career
In the last decade and certainly in the past few years, downsizing in Corporate America has eliminated or scaled down many creative, marketing and communication departments. And in many cases, they're paying freelancers handsomely to pick up the slack. More ...
How to Fact Check
Meticulous authors do research prior to committing their thoughts to paper. Not all authors are so careful. Editors have a responsibility to fact check before printing an article or book. If you're an editor, the tips here could help you build a reputation as a reliable source. More ...
The First Step to Successful Copywriting: Create Your Buyer Persona
A buyer persona is a representation of your ideal customer. It defines your ideal customer based on demographics, motivations, goals and behaviors. A buyer persona helps you create content that motivates and resonates with your customers. More ...
Five Ways Non-Fiction Authors Can Make Money Far Beyond Selling Books
Unlike fiction, non-fiction offers you earning potential beyond simply the sales of books. In many ways, when a reader buys a book from you, that can be the very start of a customer relationship that can be worth tens of thousands of dollars in income. More ...
Writing Picture Books for Children
Picture books look easy to write. They usually contain less than 1,000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one. In fact, picture books are the hardest of all children's books to write. More ...
Upward and Onward with Ezine Income
You earn income by selling advertising in your ezine. Just to get a rough idea, let's say you charge about $5 per 1000 subscribers, you have 50,000 subscribers, and you publish two issues each month with eight ads in each issue. This earns you $48,000.00 per year. More ...
You Have a Great Idea for a Video Game - What Should You Do?
Maybe you have thought up a really neat and unique idea for a video game and you are thinking "If I can just get in touch with the right people I can sell it and make a lot of money. And I get to see my idea turned into a game that people will play. More ...
How to Punctuate Dialogue
Dialogue is an important element of fiction because it gives a greater insight into characters and how they interact. However, before you use dialogue in your writing, it's important to know how to punctuate it. More ...
How to Catch the Writing Bug
If you earn income as a writer, or use writing as a marketing tool, you know how difficult it can be at times to write. I started writing for my website and newsletter a few years ago. Sometimes writing would be torture. Then one day I caught the writing bug. More ...
Tips for Making Money Writing as a Freelancer
Working at home as a writer is one of the largest work at home categories. Starting your career as a work at home writer is as easy as doing some Internet research and applying for a job. There are many ways to break into the writing field, even if you have no previous experience. More ...
Seven Ways to Carve Out Your Niche as a Freelance Writer
As a freelance writer, would you rather be all things to all people or focus on one subject or genre? Let's say you want to find your special niche. Where would you start? Here are seven suggestions: More ...
Plotting a Children's Book
How do we take an idea and develop it into a plot for a children's book? How do we work out what to write once we have the initial idea? Here's a basic plot outline. More ...
How to Create Compelling Content for Your Email Newsletter
What's the best way to get people to read your email newsletter? Make sure the content is relevant to them and it is so compelling they just have to finish the article. Here's how to create that compelling content. More ...
Five Ways to Get Paid With Squidoo
When I first discovered Squidoo I solely looked at it as a source of riveting information. I didn't recognize that there is so many different ways to earn money from it. However, here I will now present five different ways to cash in. More ...
