Comments on: Can you blog your way to a writing job? http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/ ...to you to become a successful blogger Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:01:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anysia (Booklorn on Twitter) http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Anysia (Booklorn on Twitter) Sun, 31 May 2009 04:46:05 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1954 Interesting. Thank you for sharing that SpikeTheLobster. Must do some thinking. :-) Interesting. Thank you for sharing that SpikeTheLobster. Must do some thinking. :-)

]]> By: Improving the job market for bloggers and online writers | Network Blogging Tips http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Improving the job market for bloggers and online writers | Network Blogging Tips Fri, 29 May 2009 17:41:21 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1939 [...] Can you blog your way to a writing job? [...] [...] Can you blog your way to a writing job? [...]

]]> By: SpikeTheLobster http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 SpikeTheLobster Wed, 27 May 2009 10:22:35 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1913 Anysia: My "professional" name isn't my real name (though it's close). It's my online persona version, but I use the same one everywhere, so it's searchable. When it comes to getting paid, as long as you have the same first initial and last name, checks will still work and if you're going through a third-party like PayPal, it's all fine anyway. :) Anysia: My “professional” name isn’t my real name (though it’s close). It’s my online persona version, but I use the same one everywhere, so it’s searchable. When it comes to getting paid, as long as you have the same first initial and last name, checks will still work and if you’re going through a third-party like PayPal, it’s all fine anyway. :)

]]> By: Anysia (Booklorn on Twitter) http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Anysia (Booklorn on Twitter) Wed, 27 May 2009 03:40:39 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1910 Hmmm, that's an interesting anecdote SpikeTheLobster. As far as I can tell, my first name/last name combination is 100% unique on the Internet. For this reason I usually conduct my personal Internet activities under a pseudonym, but maybe I should put my name on my blog. Things to ponder. Hmmm, that’s an interesting anecdote SpikeTheLobster. As far as I can tell, my first name/last name combination is 100% unique on the Internet. For this reason I usually conduct my personal Internet activities under a pseudonym, but maybe I should put my name on my blog. Things to ponder.

]]> By: SpikeTheLobster http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 SpikeTheLobster Tue, 26 May 2009 20:50:39 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1905 Hasn't happened yet, but my blog HAS been the way someone contacted me for work. He found me on a freelance site, then hunted me down via a Google search to check writing ability and find an email address. That's one thing to bear in mind: as writers, potential employers will read the blog and might assume it's your real personality. I must remember to stop posting crap, now. :) Hasn’t happened yet, but my blog HAS been the way someone contacted me for work. He found me on a freelance site, then hunted me down via a Google search to check writing ability and find an email address.

That’s one thing to bear in mind: as writers, potential employers will read the blog and might assume it’s your real personality. I must remember to stop posting crap, now. :)

]]> By: Meghna http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1904 Meghna Tue, 26 May 2009 20:15:53 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1904 I got my first job as a relationship blogger based on a blog written out of frustration. I had had enough of being asked 'relationship advice', and I wrote it with the intention that I would just direct the next person who asked me the same thing to read it. Ironic, isn't it? :) I got my first job as a relationship blogger based on a blog written out of frustration. I had had enough of being asked ‘relationship advice’, and I wrote it with the intention that I would just direct the next person who asked me the same thing to read it. Ironic, isn’t it? :)

]]> By: Alex Crabtree http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/can-you-blog-your-way-to-a-writing-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Alex Crabtree Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:37 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=880#comment-1902 Speaking of using a tainted sugar cube to snare a fly, this is exactly what I'm trying to do with my blogging. I have not narrowed my writing to meet a certain niche and I know this is akin to shooting myself in the foot, but I still have the other foot. I'm willing to hop around on my skills to speak to a broader audience of potential clients. Speaking of using a tainted sugar cube to snare a fly, this is exactly what I’m trying to do with my blogging. I have not narrowed my writing to meet a certain niche and I know this is akin to shooting myself in the foot, but I still have the other foot. I’m willing to hop around on my skills to speak to a broader audience of potential clients.

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