Setting Your Rates
5 Reasons You Cannot Compare Content Marketing & Journalism Rates
I remember the day that I got an assignment for a story paying $1 per word. I thought I had hit the big time. I even went out to dinner to celebrate. And called my mom to share the news. All my freelance life, I had heard that you should only take work paying over…
[Read more...]Guest Post by Elizabeth Hanes: Why I Don’t Write “Free Samples” – and You Shouldn’t, Either
Note from Jennifer: Beth Hanes, one of my co-panelists at Content Marketing World last week, is our guest blogger today. By Elizabeth Hanes On September 7 I had the pleasure of serving on a panel discussion sponsored by the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) at Content Marketing World with Jennifer Goforth Gregory. Along…
[Read more...]5 Questions You Need to Ask Before You Take on Any Content Marketing Writing Project
Note from Jennifer: Today is our second post in Mridu Khullar Relph’s guest post series on content marketing. Mridu is offering a fantastic course on content marketing (Content Marketing for Journalists) starting next week and wanted to share her insight with my readers as well. She is offering a discount to my readers (see below for details.) I…
[Read more...]My 5 Favorite Blog Posts from 2014
With round up lists of 2014 dominating the media the next two weeks, I thought I would jump on the bandwagon. I’m also feeling a little lazy and didn’t want to write a new post. Not to mention the fact that I have 34 people coming to my house for dinner tomorrow night for our…
[Read more...]5 Ways to Learn from My Content Marketing Writing Mistakes
I hate making mistakes. But, like everyone, I make them more often than I would like to admit. And I feel better about learning things the hard way (which sometimes seems like the only way I can learn a lesson) if someone else can be spared some stress and frustration from my foibles. So, today,…
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