Posts by Jennifer Goforth Gregory
How to Not Lose Your Mind (And Your Freelance Writing Clients) When Your Kids Have 9 Snow Days in A Row
There are eight 11-year-old boys in my house as I am trying to write this. Only one of them is mine. They are currently involved in an elaborate game of hide and seek so every time I open a cabinet or closet, a tween boy jumps out and startles me. There is a pile of…
Read MoreStorytelling: What Does it Actually Mean and Why the Trend is Good News for Journalists
You’ve probably seen a job posting for a content marketing writer that mentions that they are looking for a storyteller. Or heard the term storytelling while reading about content marketing strategy. Maybe a client has even told you that they were looking for a piece to be storytelling. But several writers have asked me what…
Read More3 Things You Need to Know about B2B Content Marketing
The majority of my income comes from B2B content marketing. B2B is when you are writing for a company that is selling their products or services to another company. American Express OPENForum is an example of B2B because AmEx issues business credit cards to other businesses. B2B is very lucrative for freelance writers because most…
Read More4 Tips for Writing Content Marketing Headlines
I am terrible at writing headlines. And it can take me a very long time to come up with even a boring headline. It just isn’t one of my strengths. When I wrote primarily for consumer pubs and newspapers, my lack of talent for zippy headlines didn’t matter since the editors wrote all the headlines.…
Read More3 Questions to Answer with Your Freelance Writing 1099 Forms
Note: Since it’s tax season, I decided to update a post from two years ago for this week with new information. I think that your client income distribution – meaning how many clients you have and what portion of your income each represents, is a really crucial part of increasing your income as a content…
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