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Fresh Start

June 29, 2009 Kecia My Journey, Writing No comments

I decided to move my freelance writing blog over to my personal domain. I did this for a few different reasons. I like using WordPress for my blogs, and having an independent blog means freedom from the restraints of the free blogging sites. Don’t get me wrong, Blogger is a great place to start blogging, but if you want 100% control of your content, plugins, etc., then you need to get your blog on your own domain. Also, it’s easier to remember the new address rather than the long “.blogspot.com” one.

(What I thought was going to be) the hardest part was importing my old posts from Blogger to WordPress. However, there’s an “Import” feature under Tools in the WP dashboard that moved all my content over in like 45 seconds. It was so cool, and I didn’t have to worry about manually doing it. Just one more thing to love about WordPress.

Anyways, welcome to the new site. I’ll be adding some more links and whatnot in the next couple of days. Also, I’m always up for link exchanges, so feel free to link my blog and I’ll add you to my blogroll!

Rounding Out June

June 29, 2009 Kecia Writing No comments

Wow, where has this month gone? It’s been quite a while since I’ve stopped by here and blogged, but the month of June has practically flew by me! I celebrated my 25th birthday on the 11th, which was quite nice, thanks to my husband and family. The rest of this month has just been applying for writing gigs and working.

I’m now up to 16 articles on eHow, which is bringing in about $8/month. 5 of these articles have just been posted within the last month, so I’m sure they haven’t reached their full earning potential yet. I’ve been making use of the Groups at eHow, posting my articles in a few as soon as I write them. This has helped me get comments and friends on the site…which seems beneficial to my earnings.

Demand Studios is currently taking up most of my writing time. They have changed their queue guidelines so that there is not much of a limit any longer. Before, I had a limit of 10 articles that I could hold in my queue at one time. When I wrote an article, it stayed in my queue and took up one space until it was approved by an editor. After the changes took place, articles that are under review no longer count toward the queue limit. I’ve increased my writing there, and have also reduced the number of rewrites I have received. I decided to branch out from writing only “How To’s” and found that I like the “About” format much better.

I purchased a domain name for my portfolio a few months ago, and I am considering moving my blog over to it. The reason for this is that I like blogging with WordPress on an independent domain much better than using a free blog like this one here at Blogger.com. I just have to figure out how to switch it over, but expect a new location soon!

Investing in your Freelance Career

May 8, 2009 Kecia Writing 3 comments

So this week has been quite hectic, meaning little work has been completed. However, I did make a few investments in my freelance writing career by purchasing two ebooks I have been wanting to read for quite some time. Along with those, I won a free ebook from a contest Robin at Web Success 101 held last month. When I finish these reads, I’ll consider doing some book reviews to let my readers know if they are worth the price.

I know there are many products out there on freelance writing, and some are better than others. I don’t recommend you run out and purchase all of them to decipher the good from the bad, but I do believe making sound investments in your venture will help you get ahead of the competition. Plus, if you get your hands on the good stuff, it could very well help you boost your freelance writing career. This is why I will probably be doing some reviews of these ebooks once I have finished them. I plan to have the freelancing books completed over the week, and will begin next week with implementing their strategies if I find them worthwhile.

If you are curious about the books in question…

  • “Desperate Buyers Only” by Alexis Dawes is the one I won in the contest. I hadn’t heard about this book prior to the contest, but it is apparently a popular guide regarding how to create information products that desperate people are ready and willing to purchase. So far, it seems very interesting.
  • “How I Built A Profitable Freelance Business for Under $50 (And How You Can Too!)” by Christine OKelly is one I purchased. Just heard about it a few days ago, but have read nothing but good things.
  • “Make $250+/Day Writing Simple, 500-Word Articles” by Yuwanda Black is the other purchase I made. I have been debating on this book for a couple weeks now, and decided to go ahead and give it a shot.

Scriptlance – Job Bidding Site

May 3, 2009 Kecia Writing No comments

When I first began freelance writing, I started my journey on job bidding sites…the first one being Scriptlance. This site is similar to Elance and GetAFreelancer, but there are no paid membership options. Instead, a small fee is deducted from your payment if you win the project. It is $5, or 5% of the winning bid, whichever is greater. Not too bad since you can bid on as many projects as you want without paying a monthly fee.

Scriptlance offers loads of projects, each separated into categories. The projects I focus on are writing and data entry. Many of the projects are for a certain set of articles or blog posts, while there is some ebook creation and editing scattered throughout. Unless the job listing is “featured,” bidding a “per piece” bid is prohibited. I have gained many repeat jobs from Scriptlance, both on and off the website. Some clients remembered my email, and contact me every month or so to do a set of articles for them.

Signing up with Scriptlance is easy, as is placing a bid. Keep the fee in mind when placing your bid, so you will still be awarded the full amount you wish to earn from the project. The site offers Escrow, and if required by you, the buyer will place the full amount for the project into the escrow account prior to you beginning work. All of my buyers have done this, and I highly encourage you to request this service as well. It’s the only way Scriptlance will handle a non-payment dispute.

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