I haven’t done a links post in quite a while, so I thought I’d give you a little glimpse at where I’m spending my quality time online these days. I think you’ll enjoy each of these links:

Michael Stelzner of Writing White Papers has opened up nominations for the Top 10 Writing Blogs of 2009. The Writing Journey made the list in 2008, which thrilled me to no end. Make sure to get over there and nominate your favorite writing blog today – the deadline is next Friday.
Speaking of Michael, he and Peter Bowerman have an amazing free webinar …

Do you know what you would do if your freelance writing business tanked tomorrow? Chances are you’ve thought about it. Every small business owner, somewhere in the back of their mind, has a Plan B. Maybe you figure you’ll go back to school and finish your degree. Maybe you figure you’ll take a job in your former career (if you have one).

Now, there’s nothing wrong with any of this, of course. But there’s another kind of contingency planning that’s worth thinking about:
What will you do if you succeed?
I’ve written many times before about the fact that this business can have …

It takes work to become a successful copywriter. You’ve got to put in plenty of time and hard work to not only become good at it, but to get more clients and grow your business.

There are three essentials, I think, to becoming a successful copywriter. While you can get by and even make a living without following all of these things, once you really grasp them and put them in place you’re going to find success is chasing you, rather than you chasing it.

Over the past five years, as I’ve built …

It’s one of the most basic principles of the market, and it’s no different for freelance writing than it is for anything else:
You get what you pay for.
What made me think of this? Last week I received a Facebook friend request. I didn’t recognize the name, but an email came along with the friend request asking if I could take a look at this person’s site and quote some prices for content writing.

Over the course of communicating with this client, I discovered that he originally found out about my freelance writing …

You might not realize it, but Internet writing is a lot like earning a PhD in History. Now, I know that grad school isn’t the first thing you think about when you think about Internet writing, but bear with me for a little while.

The best way to explain to you what I’m talking about is to tell you a story about my friend, Phil. Phil is a nurse in the real world, but in his spare time he likes to study history. He’s what you’d call an “armchair historian.” He reads books on …