Best of WordCount: Career development for freelancers
WordCount is taking a break this week while I’m on vacation, so I’m rerunning some of WordCount’s most popular posts ever on a variety of topics. Today: Career development for freelancers Freelancers’...
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The WordCount Bad Economy Survival Kit
On Thursday when I got the Industry Standard’s weekly e-newsletter, which always runs 1 or 2 predictions at the very top of its other news stories, and read their guess that the Dow would fall below...
View ArticleWordCount online media news for week of March 27
Online media business highlights of the past week: A group of reporters displaced when Denver’s Rocky Mountain News folded have started an online-only news outfit called InDenverTimes.com. The basic...
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Sometimes they're just not that into you
A friend who sells medical supplies takes a pragmatic approach to rejection. When a company says no to what she’s selling, she brushes it off and moves onto the next prospect. “In my personal life I...
View ArticleIntroduce yourself to land work: why freelance LOIs matter
Consider this a public service announcement for letters of introduction. At a friend’s recommendation, I wrote a letter of introduction – LOI in freelance lingo – to the editor of a just-launched...
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WordCount Last Wednesday Oct. 27: all about e-books
If you’ve been waiting to do an e-book, the time has come. Consider this: In July, Amazon reported that in the second quarter of 2010 the online book giant sold more e-books for its Kindle digital book...
View ArticleHow to write, produce and market an ebook
Thinking of writing an ebook? I’ve compiled a wealth of information on writing, publishing and marketing ebooks originally shared during the latest WordCount Last Wednesday live chat on Twitter, which...
View ArticleWordCount Redux: How to write and market an ebook
I’m taking a week off from blogging for some R&R away from the keyboard. While I’m gone, please enjoy this WordCount post that didn’t get as much attention as it deserved the first time around....
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Good reads for Dec. 7: Best newspaper corrections of 2012, Amazon reviews,...
To do good writing, read good writing. Here’s the good writing I’ve been reading this week. All newspaper corrections and corrections in other media are not created equal. There are corrections...
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April 24 #wclw writer chat covers grammar do’s and don’ts
The next WordCount Last Wednesday writer chat is this Wednesday and we’ll be talking about grammar do’s and don’ts. Use #wclw to join us on April 24 at 10 a.m. Pacific time/1 p.m. Eastern time for the...
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Reminder: #wclw writer chat today @ 10 am PT/1 pm ET
Join us today for the next WordCount Last Wednesday writer chat at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern, when we’ll be talking about grammar, usage and style do’s and don’ts. Use #wclw to join us. My cohost...
View ArticleBest of WordCount: Career development for freelancers
WordCount is taking a break this week while I’m on vacation, so I’m rerunning some of WordCount’s most popular posts ever on a variety of topics. Today: Career development for freelancers Freelancers’...
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