by Amanda on May 12, 2009
Choosing a freelance writing job to bid on with Elance isn’t as simple as just logging on and placing a bid and there are a number of things that you should take into consideration before you do this. There are some tricks and tips that can help you make the most of your bids (connects as they are called on Elance) and not waste them.
Connects are explained in the previous post http://ghostwritinguncovered.com/Blog/elance-fees-and-connects-explained/
When you log into your Elance account and go to the Writing and Translation category to find jobs there are a few things that you should do. I always choose the show all category so that I can see a list of all the jobs that are available. Here’s a screen shot of what you should see:
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by Amanda on March 8, 2009
In part 1 of this series we looked at keywords and their importance to your clients. In part 2 we are going to look at content itself and the importance of having unique content.
The Qualities Of A Good SEO Article
There are 6 key qualities that you should keep in mind when writing SEO articles for your clients. The first of these:
1. Avoid Duplicate Content
This is probably the most important rule that you have to remember although as a writer this probably won’t apply to you if you are professional and serious about your career. There are however, some people out there who market themselves as writers who do actually just copy and paste content for their articles so I have to include this. What you need to realise, is that when search engines comes across duplicate content on the internet they need to decide which website contains the original content. Once this has been determined the other websites will not be given any credit, so for a client, this is a waste of their money. The articles you write NEED to be unique if you want to sustain your career and gain valuable clients.
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by Amanda on March 3, 2009
Search engine optimization (SEO) is something that all webmasters want to incorporate into their websites and this includes their content. As a freelance writer is it vital that you understand the logistics of search engine optimization in order to fulfill the needs of your clients and appeal to new clients too.
If you want to be a successful SEO article writer there are four strategies that you need to incorporate. Each of these will be discussed in detail in the next couple of blog posts.
The four strategies are:
1. Keywords
2. Content
3. Formatting
4. Links
Before we move on to discuss the first of these strategies, Keywords, I want to take a moment to explain exactly what an SEO article is.
An SEO article (search engine optimized article) is something that you will be asked to write on a frequent basis. This is basically a piece of writing that will be developed specifically to include targeted keywords. The purpose of these articles is to allow the chosen keywords to rank highly in the search engines. When these articles are written in large batches they can in fact attract large amounts of traffic from the search engines and this is potentially what your cliens will be looking for.
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by Amanda on January 29, 2009
About two weeks ago I bought The Ultimate Freelaner which is a new e-book written by Mason Hipp and James Chartrand. The book costs $29 and is available from Freelance Folder.
I just finished reading this e-book and wanted to give my readers my personal opinion.
First Impressions
My first impressions were really good. I really enjoyed reading the first section of this book because it really did tell it like it is. It explained exactly what it is like being a freelancer and how you tend to do everything yourself. I loved the completed honesty of the writing and was fully convinced that I was really going to enjoy this book.
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by Amanda on January 12, 2009
This post is bound to stir up some contraversy but it is something that I have been thinking about since doing my first coaching session with a friend of mine last week. I was explaining to her how to use Elance and how to word her bids so that she might stand a chance of winning the job she was after.
So anyway after logging into Elance and getting her to pick a job that she would like to bid on, I set to work showing her how to word her proposal and showcase her talents. The next part was putting a cost on the project. I found myself explaining to her that she would have to bid low in order to get her first job and feedback rating. It was a transcription job and she like myself would have around 10 years experience doing this type of work. We set a bid price of $75 for typing up 7 seminars with a completion date of three working days. Now I know what everyone is thinking….OMG $75 how could you?
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by Amanda on January 9, 2009
by Amanda on January 8, 2009
Thursday already and the jobs for today look promising so here they are:
Writing Assistant (Mortlake)
Do you want to prove yourself as a writer in the world of online marketing? Are you an ideas person? Do you like the idea of having a fun job? Do you want to learn about search engine optimisation, social media, participate in online forums and create and write blogs? Do you like experimenting with new writing concepts? Do you like the buzz of working in a small company? Then come and join us!
We are a fast growing online marketing agency, specialising in the travel industry. As the web develops into Web 2.0, we are one of the first full service online agencies to pioneer the commercial aspects of this exciting new frontier for our clients in the travel industry and are looking for other pioneers to help us turn ideas into reality.
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