Good morning, job hunters.
Here are more freelance writing jobs for you. Today, I hope you find new gigs and clients who’ll turn into repeat customers.
Good luck!
Good morning, job hunters.
Here are more freelance writing jobs for you. Today, I hope you find new gigs and clients who’ll turn into repeat customers.
Good luck!
by FWJ 7 Comments
It is quite understandable if you know little to nothing about SEO, but times have changed and it is now important for you to understand at least the basics of SEO as most clients who need website work require SEO knowledge.
SEO is embraced by countless businesses because they understand that if they want to be visible on search engines and drive traffic to their website, they need to implement effective SEO tactics.
A major part of SEO is content creation. So this is where the freelancer fits in all of this. Content creation for blogs is important for every website. The more up to date you keep the blog, the better it is for SEO. Have a look at this blog example to see how awesome posts should be written.
You may still be thinking “Why should I even learn SEO?”. There are 3 main reasons freelance writers need to learn SEO.
Why Freelance Writers Need to Learn SEO and How to Get Started Click To TweetHow’s everyone this morning?
I hope you all woke up on the right side of the bed. Whether you did or didn’t, I hope today’s writing jobs brighten your day.
Good luck!
Good morning, job hunters.
Here are today’s writing jobs online, internships, and more.
Have a good day!
by Noemi 3 Comments
We’ve talked about different types of freelance writing jobs in the past, and we’ve pretty much established that having a specialization is the way to go if you want to increase your earnings. While you can still earn a lot as a generalist, specializing in a niche will lessen the need to hustle for clients day and night. Instead, you can generate more income with fewer, high-paying clients.
That being said, legal writing is one of the more profitable niches. Most freelance writing job boards offer legal writing jobs, but there are certain places that will make it easier for you.
7 Places to Find Legal Writing Jobs Click To TweetStart the week right and have a good morning with the first batch of freelance writing jobs, guys.
Enjoy the week ahead!
by Noemi 3 Comments
Happy Friday, FWJ folks!
How did this week go for you? Did you get a lot of work done? Were you able to get new clients? I hope you answered yes to both.
Before we take a break for the weekend, as usual, here are more freelance writing jobs.
Finding success with freelance writing is all about making a name for yourself and building out your portfolio of client and work. An excellent way to speed up this process and make yourself look more professional in the process is to rank for your name in Google. There are many ways to accomplish this, but I’m going to provide you with three of the best working methods I’ve been using for a while now. Keep in mind, it’s not just about ranking number one for your name in Google, it’s about ranking as many times as possible and trying to own that whole first page.
Each of the methods highlighted below should be possible for nearly any freelance writer out there. The same can be said for anyone simply trying to rank for their name as well. Of course, this will also come down to the popularity of your name and who you have to out rank in the process.
For anyone wanting to grow a personal brand and rank in Google for the name, one of the first things that should be done is starting a website or blog of your own — preferably with your personal name as your domain name. This is what I was able to do with ZacJohnson.com and having it rank #1 in Google for “Zac Johnson”. In addition to creating the site, I continually produce new content and have a thorough “About Me” page which helps the site rank as well. In the screenshot above, you will also notice my Twitter updates are shown right at the top of the search results as well. The good thing about having a main website or blog of your own is that you can always refer to it whenever you might be mentioned on other websites or even sharing content through social media. I also have an interesting case with my name, as I share it with a pretty famous professional golfer named “Zach Johnson”, which Google commonly meshes in with my own search results.
In addition to having a website or blog of your own, it’s highly recommended to make use of other third party websites or blogs that you might be able to gain an author or bio page from. A perfect example of this can be seen for Mark Dubowitz (Medium profile), who is the Executive Director at the Foundation For Defense Of Democracies. We can use him as an example in this scenario because not only does he write for his own web sites, he also writes for other big media sites and has profile pages on high authority sites as well. When searching for his name through Google, you will see that each of these profiles rank extremely well for his name in Google. Being an Executive Director, Mark Dubowitz (CrunchBase profile) also has the benefit of being able to create such profiles on sites like CrunchBase, Wikipedia, Wall Street Journal and other big name sites — all of which are ranking quite well for his name in Google. This is a method that works well for both professionals and freelance writers as well. The more publications and citations you can get under your name, the better chances you have for ranking multiple pages within Google.
If you have a name that is somewhat competitive to rank for and is shared by many others, an excellent way to improve your chances of ranking multiple times in Google is to rely on social networks like YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. This is something that can clearly be seen if you perform a search for “Gary Vaynerchuk” in Google. While many sites like Forbes, Entrepreneur and the New York Times continually write new articles around Gary and use his name in the titles, they still don’t have a chance of outranking his main social profiles — thus allowing Gary Vee to pretty much own the whole first page of rankings for his name. While this is just an example of how well this is working for one individual, there is no reason why the same can’t be done for you. Be sure to create as many social profiles on the main networks as possible, while also linking back to them and using your name whenever possible.
The More You Rank for Your Name, The Better Your Reputation
At the end of the day, Google is going to act as your first impression for whenever someone searches for your name online. While you can’t control what ranks at the top of Google, you can influence where you rank and the chances of outranking other websites. The best way to accomplish this is to have a content marketing and link building plan that includes each of the methods above. Be sure to always link back to your main website and social profiles using your name. This will allow Google to see the reference between the anchor text and the social profiles you are linking back to. Since Google loves social networks like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google, they are extremely easy to rank in comparison to other sites. Make sure you are using not just your own site properties to rank higher, but also other established sites that already have established authority and link juice passing through them.
Writing about highly technical topics is challenging in many ways. In addition to learning a brand new subject, it forces you to follow strict guidelines that typically aren’t present when tackling more generalized writing projects. Whereas you might be able to take a few shortcuts when writing on a well-known topic, there’s no room for oversimplification in technical writing.
But every now and then, you’re going to encounter a client who operates in a very specific vertical that you know nothing about. Every word must be carefully chosen and each sentence must be crafted with the reader in mind. How you handle these clients will have a big impact on whether you’re able to retain them.
How to Write Outstanding Technical Content Even If You're Not an Expert Click To TweetGood morning, job hunters.
Here are more freelance writing jobs for you. Today, I hope you find new gigs and clients who’ll turn into repeat customers.
Good luck!