Posts by Jennifer Goforth Gregory
How to Ask for Work from Current and Past Clients
Note from Jennifer: I got several questions from my July income post earlier this week about checking in with clients. Since it’s such as a successful strategy for me, I updated a post from a few years ago to share what I do and how it works for me. This summer has been slow for…
[Read more...]How I earned $10K in July as a Freelance Content Marketing Writer
Even though the past few months have been slower than I’d like (check out my May/June income post, as well as April and March), I’m proud of myself. I haven’t panicked (too much). Or just sat around waiting for things to get better. I’ve gone back to the same strategies I used to build my…
[Read more...]Survey Results: How Freelance Writers Use Letters of Introduction to Land New Clients
For the first time in at least three years, I dusted off my letter of introduction (LOI) recently and got to work doing cold outreach. I noticed many other writers posting about starting cold outreach after a long break as many of us saw a slow down this summer. So I decided to make sure…
[Read more...]How I Took Time Off and Kept My Business Moving Forward in May and June 2023
Note: If you’ve had success with cold outreach either through email or LinkedIn, be sure to fill out my survey. [SURVEY CLOSED] I need more responses so I can have a good sample size, so please share with your network as well. I can’t share what works if I don’t have data from writers like…
[Read more...]How Freelance Content Marketing Writers Are Landing New Work in 2023
Note from Jennifer: I’m working on a post on cold outreach and want to get your input on what is currently working to land new clients. If you have landed work through cold outreach through LinkedIn or email, take five minutes and fill out my quick survey at Jennifer’s LOI Survey. Work is slow for…
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