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101 Real-World Lessons for Launching, Growing, and Sustaining a Profitable Freelance Writing Career

It's been an interesting and rewarding career — and one I would highly recommend to any writer with the desire to pursue this career track, rather than be employed for a single company. Freelancing can be rewarding, exciting, interesting, and energizing. But it can also be exhausting, frustrating, and nerve-wracking. The secret of keeping a freelancing career on the reward end of the scale lies in learning the ins and outs of this unique profession.

Making a Lucky First Cold Call

I entered the world of freelance writing in 1981 with only my writing samples from college in my portfolio — and one nice suit on my back. I got lucky. I found my first freelance writing assignment with a single cold call. The company was a national software firm. One day I just happened to see the company's four-color glossy quarterly magazine, which it published to sell its many software products. I found the editor's name on the masthead, called him, introduced myself, and asked him if he used freelance writers. He said yes, so we scheduled a time to meet. I showed him my writing samples from three college internships and my college newspaper, and walked out with my first-ever paid writing assignment.

The company was Peachtree Software, which is now famous for its accounting software. But back then it also developed and sold several other types of software. My first assignment was to write three articles about how people were using the company's various software products to improve their businesses. I continued to receive assignments from Peachtree Software for the next two years, until it changed its business plan and split off into multiple small firms.

In the meantime, I used my beautifully designed articles to find more freelance writing assignments from other companies. At the time, I was actually looking for a full-time job and viewed freelancing as simply a means to an end: Namely, to explore different companies until I found one I liked enough to commit to it as a full-time employee.

Discovering My Dream Job is Freelancing

Ironically, after three years of finding freelance writing assignments, but no full-time jobs that met my dream-job criteria, I came to this realization: “My full-time dream job is to be a full-time freelancer.” Freelancing offered everything I'd been looking for — interesting projects, variety, good pay, a flexible schedule, and independence.

At the time, I was living in Atlanta, Georgia, which was booming economically. Another stroke of luck was that two industries in particular began booming in the 1980s: technology and healthcare. It's no surprise that I have found 75 percent of my work in these two sectors.

During my nearly three decades as a freelance writer working with companies of all shapes and sizes, I've learned many important lessons about freelancing. In fact, I've learned something from every single client I have worked with — and I've worked with over 100 companies. I wish I'd known then even half of what I know now. But apparently it was my destiny to learn things the hard way. The good news is that you don't have to, because I am now sharing my hard-won lessons with other writers who want to explore the world of freelancing.

Revealing Freelancing Secrets for the First Time

For competitive reasons, I have never before shared my career experiences and successes with other writers. But now I realize it's time to give others the benefit of all the important lessons I've learned over the years. While other writers have written about freelancing, I've never found a single successful freelance writer who has shared a book full of real-word lessons from the front lines — both the good and the bad. That's why I specifically designed my book to share realistic advice regarding the ups and downs of freelancing — and strategies to deal with both.

I have culled the 101 most essential lessons I've learned from my long career. Each of my freelancing tips, secrets, and insights is condensed into a bite-size nugget of information. Together they will help you learn many of the important aspects of freelancing the easy way, instead of the hard way. The practical insights you'll learn directly from my own experience include:

You'll also gain additional valuable insight in my three Bonus Tips including:

What's more, I have started an exclusive online group called Freelance Writer Mentor, which is specifically for writers who purchase my eBook — Secrets of Being a Successful Freelance Writer. This group is where we will discuss the business of freelance writing. It will be a great opportunity to continue learning — as you put your freelancing plans into action.

The knowledge contained in this book is a treasure trove I wish I'd had back when I started freelancing in 1981. I truly hope these insights help you launch, grow, and sustain a successful freelance writing career.

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