Freelancing and Content Marketing
The Power of Freelancing for Writers
Featuring insightful and engaging perspectives from experienced freelancers
Context and Background Information
Freelancing is one of the fastest-growing job groups in the current market. Writing is one of the freelance jobs. There are job roles like copywriting, ghost-writing, scriptwriting, article writing, editing, proofreading, and many more.
Even though creativity is critical, freelance writing is an entrepreneurial and business-related occupation. The main reason for choosing to freelance is freedom. Freelance writers find their clients and nurture them.
If it is done correctly, freelancing brings freedom and financial benefits. However, freelancing can be as stressful or even more stressful than usual if it is done incorrectly.
The main success factor for freelancing is planning, priority management, communication, and networking.
Even though there are many freelance jobs, in this story, my focus is on the content development, marketing, and distribution aspects of freelancing. This includes various tools, techniques, and processes.
The freelance industry is overgrowing. The Pandemic expedited the growth of freelancers. The gig economy is attractive to many freelancers and is a massive economic phenomenon.
Repurposing adds tremendous economic value to freelancing jobs in content development. With minimal effort, the income can get multiplied. For example, you can repurpose your Medium stories or blogs on Vocal Media and News Break. You can learn more about repurposing in this article titled how to triple your writing income.
Participating in writing challenges such as our 100-day challenge and writing in competitions such as the ones offered by Vocal Media inspire freelancers. There is an excellent opportunity for fiction writers that I introduced in this story. They not only motivate the creators but also encourage them to repurpose their content. You can find all Vocal Media writing competitions at this link. If you are not a member of Vocal+, you can join using this link.
Repurposing helps you multiply your digital assets. As a result, you can generate passive income in the long run. One of the low-hanging repurposing for writers on Medium, Vocal Media, and NewsBreak is converting stories to e-books. I provided guidance on how to create a 30,000-word e-book in a month. This approach can create passive income from your current digital assets.
Introducing affiliate marketing to your freelance business can substantially boost your passive income. Joining affiliate programs and using your affiliate links in your articles and blogs is an easy process. As long as the links are relevant and appropriate and you do it meaningfully, you can generate substantial passive income.
On content platforms like Medium, Vocal Media, and your blogs, you need to declare affiliate links to stay compliant with platform rules and obey ethical rules of marketing. I shared a book on Medium where you can learn about affiliate marketing for content developers like freelance writers. I use the WritingPaychecks site to find freelance offerings easily in my niche, such as technical and academic writing.
Medium has thousands of writers. Over 10,000 of them contribute to ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications. So I started creating collections for these publications based on reader feedback. Our discerning readers want to obtain easily accessible curated content. Finding stories on Medium is not an easy task.
One of the prominent publications is SYNERGY bringing freelance writers to one place. However, in this post, I share insightful, engaging, and informative stories about freelancing covering many aspects of the sector from contributors of ILLUMINATION.
I previously featured some relevant stories on SYNERGY under the writing topic. My plan is to create a special collection from SYNERGY as the freelancing topic is comprehensive, with hundreds of stories contributed by accomplished freelancers on this unique publication. I will also create another collection from ILLUMINATION-Curated soon as that publication has many high-quality stories about freelancing.
Selected stories on the freelancing topic from ILLUMINATION
If you are interested in freelance writing, editing, and blogging, I highly recommend reviewing the listed stories below and connecting with their writers who demonstrate substantial experience in these well-researched and presented pieces.
Please enjoy reading these remarkable pieces.
Here’s Why Subscribers Can Produce 50 Times Better Results Than Followers for Freelance Writers. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Market Your Freelance Writing to Improve Your Earnings Cheshta Mann
A Guide to Freelance Writing For Beginners Anna Klawitter
How Not to Get Scammed as a Freelancer Alice Toneatto
Working as a Full-Time Freelance Writer Christina M. Ward
Streamline the Success of Your Freelance Writing Career With a Content Calendar Karolina Wilde
If You’re a Creative Freelancer, You Might Want to Try These 2 Apps Angelina Der Arakelian
57 Lessons I’ve Learned After 4 Years of Freelance Writing Lavender Nguyen
Why My Divorce Transformed My Freelance Career Mark Ellis
Why You Should Outsource to a Specialized Freelancer ♥ 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆♥
Who Pays Freelance Writers More Than Others Samra
Why I Quit a Freelance Job After 4 Days Tom Handy
Instagram Doesn’t Get the Freelance Life At All John Teehan
6 Dating Red Flags That Are Weapons In a Freelancer’s Arsenal The Maverick Files
Why Many Freelance Writers are Hand to Mouth Shahid Chap
Protect Yourself from Scammers Who Prey on Freelancers Chris Hedges
How To Gain Credibility When You’re Starting Out as a Freelancer Kristi Keller
Freelancers Will Be Important for a Quick Recovery Paul Myers MBA
Why You Should Never Write For Charity As A Freelancer Gurpreet Dhariwal
19 Steps to Freelancer Heaven Karen Madej
Freelancers: Three Simple Storytelling Steps To Win Attention And Money Taylor Foreman
How To Win Back Your Weekend As A Freelancer René Junge
Get Paid To Write: This freelance writer’s guide will help you get the right kinds of content jobs Kiran Yasmin
I Will Write For Food: Sometimes that freelance writing job you want…Claire Kelly
How Can You Use Tarot To Help Clear Writer’s Block? Miriam Slozberg
GOVERNMENT MONEY FOR FREELANCERS: How to Get a Forgivable Loan from the PPP Stephen Dalton
Dissatisfaction As An Impulse For Energy And Growth: Five Tips For Freelancers Britta Ollrogge, MBA
You Won’t Succeed on Medium (and Life) If You Keep Doing These 3 Things Sinem Günel
6 Work From Home Essentials That Increased My Productivity Kelsey Kryger
How Medium Increases Your Chance Of Winning Big Pitches And Earning More Money Matilda Swinney
Why I Stopped Pitching in 2020 and Started Writing Violet Daniels
I Made $373.16 from Writing This Year Emily Wilcox
Writing is an Under-Rated Second Income Shamar M
5 Incredibly Easy Ways to Write Irresistible Headlines Jamie Golob
The Topics My Clients Pay Me To Write About: Interesting learnings from selling $1k of articles Alex Boast
How to Create a Smooth Writing Flow and Manage Inevitable Interruptions Tonya S. Ware
How Integrating Google Calendar and ToDoIst Helped Me Manage a Stressful Workload Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Where I Come From: Portrait of a compulsive copy writer Karen DeGroot Carter
How to Be a Successful Writer and Get Paid for Your Work Sarah Seweryniak
Keeping Your Quora Numbers Up: An unexpected side benefit William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
How To Shift Your Writing Into The Big Leagues. Tree Langdon
How My 45 Year Old Diary Started My Writing Career Iva Ursano
Beware of Scammers on the Internet Kristina Segarra
Asked to Write 80,000 Words for $1,200 I’m Rolling in Cash! Brian Lamacraft
My Journey of Becoming a Freelance Writer Mehwish Amir Lakhani
10 Ways to Be A Successful Freelance Writer In 2021 Francesco Joseph
How My 6-Figure Freelance Writing Career Murdered My Creativity Trish Sammer
Being a Freelance Writer with Ethics and Integrity Ryan M. Raiker, MBA
So I Guess I’m a Freelance Writer Now? Amy Cubbon
I Quit The 9–5 To Freelance Julie van Maanen
25 Freelance Writing Business Ideas for 2020 Tina Morlock
Why the Future of Work is Freelance Sid Khaitan
The Three Primary Ingredients of a Successful Freelance Content Writer Wajeeh Khan
Freelance Writers, These 2 Sentences Make No Sense in Your Sales Copy Erin Singh
5 Freelance Writing Income Streams — and Why You Need Them Anne Varvel
The Blue Ocean Strategy For Freelance Writers Julie Anne Eason
5 Lessons I Learned From My Worst Freelance Client Jon Upshaw
How I Pamper My Freelance Clients To Receive 91% Repeat Business Vijay S Paul
Jennifer Nelson: From Dog Groomer to Freelance Writer Jennifer Nelson
4 Simple Tips to Freelance Copywriting Success Zee Praise
Do your freelance writing skills meet demand? Dawn Moyer
5 Ways to not Make it as a Freelancer Tochukwu E. Okoro
Freelance Copywriters: Here’s What NOT To Do P.S.P. French
3 Strategic Roles a Freelancer Wants to Play in their Business to Succeed Gladys Carmina
Three Deceptive Moves to Take Advantage of Fellow Freelancers George Bakoulis
Making the Hard Turn from Employee to Freelancer Shudeep Chandrasekhar
How did I spend my summer at the sea being a broke freelancer Aila Bogasieru
How I Stay Sane and Productive While Being a Work-At-Home Freelancer Paolo Defraia
Five Things to Say to Get the Job You Want ML Sadler
Opportunities and Obstacles in the World of Freelancing JJ Sum
How to Survive as a Creative: Freelance like you mean it. Mandy Capehart
The ancient “Japanese Secret” to being less frustrated with Making Money Online freelancing Jude C. Ifeanyi
Best Way To Learn Marketing — For Beginners : No founder or freelancer got time for a full-time MBA. Nishant Modi
Why Are Millennials Skipping Corporate -America?: The rise of a young freelancer economy post covid-19 Tiffany Moya
3 Simple Tips That Anyone Can Use To Avoid Creating Digital Stress YL Yeong
5 Reasons You Should Be Using LinkedIn to Build Your Brand Aria Dailee
What I Like and Dislike About Being Self-Employed Sergio Guardiola Herrador
4 Takeaways From Someone Who Tried Freelancing Too Soon Westbrook Ocampo
The Almighty Golden Handcuffs: They are Still Handcuffs, Only Prettier Andrew Youngker, RN
1 Valuable Lesson Doing Free Work Has Taught Me Temitope C. Samuel
Focus and Determination Are Key Elements of Your Future Success Justiss Goode
To Make More Money Freelancing, Avoid These Mistakes Carly Barrett
Tackling The Freelancing Slump of Self-Doubt Kay T.
Steal My Plan for Cutting out These 5 Toxic Clients From Your Life U-Ming Lee
5 Best Side Hustles You Can Start Now Johnathan Reeper
4 Things I Learned After Consistently Publishing Viral Content Sira Mas
This Is What Will Make or Break Your Story Alyssa Atkinson
How a Non-Native English Speaking Writer Made $10,000 on Upwork? Sal Writes
4 Tips For Becoming a Relevant and Relatable Writer Maria Angel Ferrero
This 1 Book Will Transform Your Writing Business Megan Holstein
6 Profitable Canva Digital Products to Sell Online in 2021 Nia Simone McLeod
The Power of Synergy on Medium Kim Petersen
I Work at Home and I Haven’t Gone Mad Yet Marcel Badia
How I’m Busting My Butt Off Working 50+ Hours a Week, Earning 3K a Month Burk
An Alternative Motivation Mike Alexander
How To Make Writing More Fun and Less Stressful Betsy Ramser Jaime
Some Bonus Writing Lessons I Have Imported From 2020 Into 2021 Boateng Sekyere
How to Start a Dropshipping Business Ugur Akinci, Ph.D.
How I Earned $1,000+ Per Article Every Week for a Year N2RAC
25 Keyboard Shortcuts Every Computer User Should Know Maryam
7 Quotes I Remind Myself of When I Fear My Writing Will be Inadequate Ashley Broadwater
Want To Become Rich? How I TRIPLED My Income by Learning This 1 Concept Haneen AbuFarha ✍🏼🇵🇸
How Not To Deal With Writer’s Block Tosin Sanusi
How Important is Social Media for Writers? Emme Beckett
5 Ways to Generate Unique Writing Content Ideas Jessie Vee
7 Reasons to Quit Multitasking and Get Things Done Erica Martin
My Upwork Client Signed an Ongoing $800 a Month Contract Taylor Foreman
The Simple Truth About Writing Quality Content Joshua Idegbere
18 Social Networks & Platforms I’ve Been Experimenting with David Andrew Wiebe
3 Sure-Fire Ways to Deal With Writer’s Block Adam J. Cheshier
Creativity in a Time of Contagion Sheldon Clay
7 Magazine That Can Pay You $500 Per Article Dr Sachin pandit
Start Your Side-Hustle as Soon as Possible Ryan Porter
I Started Writing as a Hobby but Suddenly Found a Passion Instead Walid AO
Hоw To Build A Successful Career in Photography Buѕіnеѕѕ Elvie Lins
How To Keep Your Readers Engaged With Your Writing Nicole Sudjono
I’m a New Writer and I Just Learned a Valuable Lesson Aymes Sarah
Work From Home Depression and How I Had To Overcome It? Thakur Rahul Singh
How To Make Money Writing Taylor Foreman
Be That Annoying Fly That Gets Into Your Room Tom Matsuda
5 Ways I Make an Income at Home Polly Clover
The Complete Guide To Successful Pitching Using The NABC Model Nora
8 Ways to Monetize Your Writing Gary Westfal
Do This Before Your First Blog Sean Peck
3 Things to Know Before You Start a Blog Diana Epureanu
Why Full-Time Blogging is About So Much More than Writing Mark Campbell
Feng Shui for Writers — Even If You Think It’s Hooey Katie Grant
5 Key Aspects Of A Succesful Blogger Johnathan Reeper
Yes, You Can Enjoy Your Annoying Client or Boss Khalil Gdoura
Things to Do When You Don’t Have a Job During the Pandemic Dina Megid
The Artist’s Way to Curate Your Own Life Reylia Slaby
The United States of Blogging Rebecca Cullen
Please Don’t Make Me Write About Writing. Bre Venanzio
It’s Good to Fire Bad Clients Luis Aguirre
I Had an Easy and Comfortable Job. That’s Why I Knew I Had to Quit Jade Revell
Are You Pursuing Success or Greatness? Simon Hamelin
The Top 5 Reasons Why Your Proposals Are Not Landing You a Job on Upwork Wajeeh Khan
Never Make Emotional Decisions In Business Rina Zhubi
What’s In The Chasm Between Risk & Stability? Sophia CN
Four Vital Factors You Must Know About Your Client Greg Frankson
How startups should think about money Ricky Tan
From Broke to Smart Virginia Villari
Editing Uncomfortable Nonfiction On Fiverr Shelby Sullivan
How I Started My Writing Business in $250 and 10 Days Naba K.
6 Reasons to Not Quit Your 9–5 Job Lindsey Moore
3 Reasons I Fucking Hate Transcription Work Delilah Brass
Our Lives Are Filled With Junk Libby Mitchell
The Spreadsheet of Liberation Megan Preston Meyer
Write More With Snack Writing helenaknows
New Entrepreneurs, Stop Wasting Precious Time On These 3 Mistakes Julia Iurean
These Are the Productivity Tools and Tips I Use Every Day Sergio Guardiola Herrador
How Your Typing Posture Affects Writing Quality Michelle Aarons
How to Make Money on Three Different Platforms naddine luci
Accumulate Rejection Slips E.P. Hasan
Find Your Black Hole and Jump Into the Unknown Geoff Lane
Youtube is making people millionaires! Jordan Munson
What Exactly Is A Niche? KerlyFries
101 Real World Tips on Writing for Money Tony Gizer
Why Skill And Talent Are Not Enough To Get Ahead In Life Tammy Shoo
You Should Want More Out of Life Than A Desk Selali Onuoha
6 Distraction-Destroying Hacks To Be More Productive And Still Enjoy Your Life Pauline Orr
It’s 11:06 pm and I Don’t Know What To Write About Humaira Iqbal
Images Can Make or Break Your Content as a Creator Konadu Akwasi Akuoko (CodedKaa)
8 Websites That Pay 50–1000$ Per Article Sharique Kamal
Conclusions
As a writer, editor, or blogger, freelancing is a rewarding career. If you do it right, it brings desired income but also can make your life more balanced. Adding affiliate marketing can substantially contribute to your passive income goals.
Investing in your education and especially learning from the experience of others can give you insights and prevent you from making mistakes others have already made. This growth mindset can save you plenty of time.
I hope you learn great tips from these well-articulated pieces touching on various aspects of freelancing, especially as a writer and editor.
Please connect with these writers and engage with their content meaningfully. Collaboration is essential for becoming a successful freelance writer.
Thank you for reading my perspectives.
Please leave comments on your favorite stories from this list.
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