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commercial writing

Are You Guilty of “Esoterrorism”?

August 10, 2011

Got this great guest post from Wisconsin FLCW Clayton Grow. Great message certainly for all the commercial freelancers writing for technical client, but really applicable to ANY of us. Every industry has its jargon and corporate-speak, and even if it’s not technical, it can still be just as incoherent to an uninitiated reader. And that’s [...]

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This Writer’s Clients Give Him a Check Every Month (Thanks to a Tough Economy…)

June 30, 2011

So, a few months back, in the April 2011 Well-Fed E-PUB, I ran the following Main Course about retainers from Visalia, CA commercial freelancer Tim Lewis (tim@tlcopy.com, http://www.tlcopy.com).
Retainers – essentially a guaranteed monthly income from a commercial writing client – can be wonderful things. Not to mention especially welcome in a tough economy – [...]

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Turning Kind Deeds to Writing Income: Helping Funeral Homes Minister to Families (Guest Post)

May 5, 2011

PB Note: Got this really intriguing guest post from Chicago-area commercial freelancer Melanie Jongsma – a great thought-starter to get your creative wheels turning. I invite you to view it not as one about someone doing “memorial folders,” but rather, as the story of someone who looked beyond the typical commercial writing box and found [...]

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Have You Tried the “Reluctant Rock Star Close” to Deal With Waffling Prospects?

April 18, 2011

Was on the phone the other day with a commercial writing coaching client. She has an established commercial freelancing business with a number of solid, longtime clients that call on her regularly. AND, she wanted to land a few new ones, feeling she needed to broaden her base a bit.
Well, seems the prospecting process has [...]

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Got a Guest Post for The Well-Fed Writer Blog? (Now Three Years Old!)

March 29, 2011

Okay, so I tried this waaaaaaay back when, shortly after the blog’s launch – asking for guest posts. Got a few submissions from my fellow commercial freelancers, but after a while, things sort of fizzled out. And yours truly had to load that big blog burden back on my shoulders. I know, get out your [...]

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An Ode to “Good Clients” (i.e., Virtually All of Mine…)

March 10, 2011

I just got off the phone with one of my favorite commercial writing clients – someone who embodies what I like about most of my clients: she always thinks of me first when writing comes up (who wouldn’t love that?); values my contributions; respects me and my process; gives me enough time, attention, and input [...]

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