Love to write but hate having to find people willing to pay for it? Join the club. Most writers cringe at the thought of having to “hawk” their services to the masses. We’ll write stellar marketing copy and send out attention-grabbing press releases for our clients but, when it comes to doing it for ourselves, we’re our own worst clients.

You know as well as I do that few working writers who actually make a living at it can stand on the sidelines and wait for work to come to them. You must expend effort and action. But it doesn’t have to be a laborious, hand-wringing, sweaty-palm experience. To keep your writing profits flowing, try these three quick tips: Read the rest of this entry

Creative, public relations and advertising agencies are often GREAT clients for freelance writers—especially if they are small and medium-sized firms. Some employ an on-staff editor and all the writing assignments get farmed out to freelancers. You will work on different types of projects and be able to add a variety of client company names to your resume.

Start on a local basis so you can offer to meet face-to-face with agency personnel as well as clients. If you like this kind of freelancing, cast your net wider to catch a national account and use free services like Skype to conduct your face-to-face communications. You may just find that being a “creative resource’s resource” is the ideal freelance writing career.