Smart Networking for Freelance Writers

Posted: January 15, 2016

One crucial part of freelance writing is finding ways to reach out to potential clients. A great way to accomplish this is to look at areas you normally might not think of. This one networking tip, that you might not be using, could have big payoff in getting clients. Aoife O'Carroll, writer for The Write Life, shares how to network better and reach out to potential clients.

Get More Freelance Writing Clients With This Brilliant Networking Hack

When I started out as a freelance writer, I created my own (appalling) website and started bidding for jobs on content mills. Within a week I had made about three cents from my successful bids on content mills, but I had secured two well-paid commissions from my website — even though it was horribly designed and ranked absolutely nowhere. How had I achieved this? Honestly? Absolute beginner’s luck: A day or two after I launched my site, a local web design company did a search for content writers in my specific area, and my name came up. After that initial success, I got my website redesigned by a pro, but I invested even more time and effort in a different form of marketing: reaching out to web designers. Read the entire article Get More Freelance Writing Clients With This Brilliant Networking Hack on The Write Life.