by Amanda on July 24, 2009
I am delighed to announce that my latest e-book “Additional Streams of Income for Writers” is now live. It took a lot of hard work and effort to get this book out in pre-launch yesterday and yes pre-launch means a special offer price. The official launch date is the 1st August 2009 but because I am waiting on some more testimonials I decided to do a pre-launch yesterday. The e-book is priced at $12 pre-launch price and it really is thanks to the methods outlined in this e-book that I have been able to take time out to complete it.
Additional Streams of Income for Writers
I have to admit I really enjoyed getting this book ready. The writing was of course the easy part. The front page graphic took me almost a day to complete but I thoroughly enjoyed learning how to use photoshop. One complaint I do have is that there are very few websites out there that really explain photoshop for complete beginners like me. I did find an excellent e-book cover tutorial that I followed as best I could but in the end it was down to trial and error. I am delighted with the final result though.
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by Amanda on July 9, 2009
If you are new to freelancing, finding and maintaining a client list is probably your top priority but I wanted to let you in on another little secret today and that is additional streams of income for freelance writers.
Let’s say you have been freelancing for a couple of months, maybe even a year. Things are going great and you’ve built up a steady stream of income from your clients. You have two maybe three high paying clients that you work with each month and things couldn’t be better. Now here’s where this post takes a twist. I want you to imagine a different scenario for a moment. I want you to ask yourself this question.
What would I do if my top three clients stopped needing work?
Can you picture it? Can you see what this scenario would do to your income? Would you still be able to pay your mortgage? Would you still be able to live the life you are enjoying? What would really happen to you if these clients disappeared?
You see, while it’s a great thing to have a client list you need to realise that as a freelance writer your clients shouldn’t be your only source of income. You should have some additional streams of income too. My latest e-book which is due out at the end of July is titled “Additional Streams of Income for Freelance Writers” and in it I share with you four alternative sources of income that I have every month. These additional streams of income provide me with a minimum of $400 each month and could do the same for you.
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by Amanda on May 21, 2009
I’m not sure whether I have mentioned it before or not but I am in the process of creating a new e-book which will be titled Additional Streams Of Income For Writers. I had hoped to be actually marketing the e-book at this stage but things just haven’t worked out that way. I don’t know if this ever happens to you, but why is it that when you plan some personal work client work always seems to come flooding in?
I am over half way with the e-book and have secured some really great interviews with some of the top freelancers and I was so excited to be getting this e-book out there. My initial plan was to have it released at the start of May but guess what? My clients decided otherwise. For the past month and a half I have been inundated with projects and whilst I’m not complaining it just means that my e-book has had to take a back seat.
I am now setting a new launch date of the start of July because I am away for most of the month of June (I’m getting married). I will keep everyone updated on my progress and if anyone has some tips on juggling clients work and your own personal stuff I would love to hear them.
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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 January 19, 2009
I just had my blog personality analysed over at Typealyzer.com and I thought I’d share the results with you.
ISTP – The Mechanics of my blog is reported to be:
The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.
Sounds good doesn’t it?
You also get an analysis that shows you what parts of your brain were dominant during your writing. This is a graphic so I can’t show it to you here but I’ll tell you what it says. For me while I am writing here on The Hidden Writer the left side of my brain is working the most. Practical thinking is dominant using logic and mathemathics in my writing. Also in use are senses such as habit, order, and details.
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by Amanda on January 16, 2009
It’s Friday again and what a week it’s been. My week has been hectic what with coaching and new client projects. I’ve had deadlines coming out my ears but I know my bank will be thanking me at the end of the month. That said, I am a bit behind in my reading so I don’t have as much link love to share with you this week, so if you have something you would like to share, maybe a blog post you wrote, or a writing post that you read, be sure to let me know.
The first post I want to share today is from Writing Inspiration and it’s titled Inspirational Affirmations To Uplift You. I am a big believer in the law of attraction and this post has some great affirmations that you can use on a daily basis. It’s worth reading even if you don’t follow the law of attraction.
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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
