Posts by Jennifer Goforth Gregory
My 5 Favorite Freelance Job Listing Sites
I almost didn’t want to write this post. It’s easy to rely on applying for jobs as your main marketing strategy. And I worried that by sharing job ad sites, readers would adopt a reactive marketing strategy instead of a proactive one. But as I said last week when I shared how to spot high-paying job…
Read More9 Secrets to Finding Well Paying Content Marketing Writing Gigs in Job Ads
I have a love-hate relationship with job ads. I have found some of my best gigs through the online classifieds. Yes, even a few on Craigslist. But on the flip side, I have applied to many hundreds of gigs that I never heard back from. Or worse, I ended up spending days in an email…
Read MoreHow to Write Faster: 10 Secrets to Increase Your Income Without Raising Your Rates
As much as I hate to admit it, earning a good income as a freelance content marketing writer comes down to math. And I really hate math. But the fact is that you only have so many hours to work. And you can only charge you clients so much. So there is only so much…
Read More3 Reasons Why This is the Best Time to Be a Freelance Writer
Note from Jennifer: I apologize for my repeating subject lines the past week on my newsletter. I am still learning MailChimp. The fabulous folks at Sumy Designs helped me fix the settings that I had somehow managed to mess up. If you missed the last two posts because you thought I was sending out repeats,…
Read MoreWill Editors Still Hire You If You Write Both Content and Journalism?
It’s almost impossible to have a conversation about content marketing writing either online or in person without this question coming up. The other concern, which is intertwined with this question, is whether a person can ethically write both content marketing and journalism. Last week, I wrote about my lines in the sand and how I…
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