by Susan Lovett | Jan 26, 2022 | Blog, Business Advice, Clients, Writing Career |
Explore strategies and tactics for finding client-based work in this third installment in the series on finding new work in 2022. We’ll finish up the series next week with a blog focusing on strategies and tactics for freelance writers (articles, blogs, etc) and those writing novels or nonfiction books.
Taking on clients is a great way to boost your business. Not only does it open up your potential sources of income, but clients offer a variety of benefits to any freelance business.
by Susan Lovett | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Clients, Writing Career |
Part one of this blog covered the first five tips for caring for your clients as a freelance writer.
Clients are essential to running a successful freelance business. They keep the lights on and the dream alive. It pays to learn how to care for those relationships.
by Susan Lovett | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog, Clients, Writing Career |
Freelance writers need clients. They are the lifeblood of a strong freelance business. They pay the bills and keep the dream alive. As such, it pays to take care of them and nurture those relationships.
For the purpose of this article, I will lump editors and publishers (both traditional and online) in with clients. The tips below work for anyone who hires you to write for them.
by Susan Lovett | Aug 11, 2020 | Blog, Business Advice, Clients, Writing Career |
In the first part of this blog series on finding freelance work, we talked about things you should do before you begin your marketing and sales pitches. Now we’ll look at concrete actions you can take to find work.
by Susan Lovett | Sep 25, 2018 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Clients, Writing, Writing Career |
Being fired is the worst. It never feels good being let go for whatever reason. But sometimes it is necessary. As a freelance writer, there will be times (see our previous blog as to when those times are) when you need to fire a client. In the first part of this two-part blog, we covered when this is a good idea. Now it’s time to look at how to do it.
Here are some tips for how to fire a client:
by Susan Lovett | Sep 18, 2018 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Clients, Writing, Writing Career |
Sometimes being your own boss has its downsides. Mostly when those clients who pay the bills and keep your writing career afloat aren’t as supportive and wonderful as you’d like. When clients cross the line from professional to unprofessional, it’s time to cut ties. That’s obvious. But being unprofessional is not the only reason to sever ties with a client.
Here is my master list of reasons to fire a client:
by Susan Lovett | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog, Clients, Writing, Writing Career |
In the last blog, I shared the first five steps to effective client writing. Below are the final five steps to providing your clients work that fills their needs:
by Susan Lovett | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog, Clients, Writing, Writing Career |
Effective writing can mean so many things, depending on the type of writing you are talking about. But when to comes to client work, effective writing means work that meets a goal and does its job. It’s that simple. And that hard.
by Susan Lovett | Nov 14, 2017 | Blog, Business Advice, Clients, Writing Career |
Tracking client work will save you time, money and frustration. Here is how I track my client work and clients.
by Susan Lovett | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Clients, Editing, Freelancing, The Craft, Writing |
I’ve struggled with the second part of my ways to avoid annoying editors series, mostly because the things that tend to annoy editors (okay, me) are difficult to write about without sounding harsh. I kept trying to couch my comments to be nicer, but in the end decided that telling the truth was more important. It is better to hear about them before you submit than after. So take this advice for what it is: tips to get better so your work is accepted instead of rejected.
