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Summer is just around the corner along with all the great things we enjoy doing in wonderful weather.  Fortunatley, summer also brings a number of writing opportunities with it.  I say, go out and enjoy your local events such as, rodeos, sales, fairs, races, etc. And after you have seen a great show, write about it. 

Another great way to use these events to your advantage is to write a schedule of these things.  I know that I would sure appericiate a schedule of craft fairs.  Get out and enjoy yourself this summer and gain a whole array of ne things to write about.  Happy Writing!

It is that wonderful time of the year when the snow is finally gone and the sun is shining.  It can be very hard to concentrate on your writing at this time of the year as we would all like to just be outside enjoying the great weather in our own ways.   Here are a few suggestions that you may find will help clear up this little problem and still be able to enjoy the weather.

First try to do the bulk of your writing in the early morning or later evening hours when the weather is less enjoyable.

Work on your writing for a little while at a time and then go enjoy yourself for a while and come back to work on it later.

Write about in topics that help get you excited about the season and your writing, such as: Summer Fashion, Gardening tips, Outdoor crafts, Travel Guides, and so on and so forth.

The spring season is always a great time to get a lot done.  Organizing your writing, and your finances are among the most important for us writers.  Sit down and take a look at all of your published writing and see if there is anything you can do to revamp it or make it more effective.  I also like to make a list of writing ideas for the year to come, if I can.  I find this to be useful when I don’t have anything to write about or I am having trouble focusing on my topics.  It is, of coarse, a great planning tool as well.

When it comes to the finances, balance out all of your accounts, get your taxes done, and make sure of your files are accurate and up to date.  It seems as we should be doing this all of the time, and we should, but after the holiday season things can have become a bit messy.  Happy Spring.

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I am always on people about promoting thier content and we all should, but we must have something to promote.  That something in our case, article/blog writers, needs to be a new something as often as possible.  Constantly submitting new content is what we all need to do in order to make money and thrive in this business.

Freelance Writing Tip: Submit, Submit, Submit.  And once you have done so, submit some more, taking the time to promote each thing.  Not only should you submit as often as possible, you should do so on some kind of a schedule that will draw daily traffic to your content.  I tend to submit a couple things everywhere that I write and publish from at least a couple of times a week. 

Hello to all of my happy and humble online writers, and anybody else out there reading.  Today’s blog post is about doing research.  I am not talking about hunkering down for a week pouring over one hundred books and around a thousand papers.  I am talking about the research needed to sound at least as if you know what your writing about.

Freelance Writing Tip: Do Your Research.  It doesn’t take rocket science to write an article about a product or peson etc.  But when you do, make sure you have the facts straight.  I have read so many peices of online writing lately that has many factual mistakes.  It seems as though some readers have lost thier caring for accuracy as long as the ads are getting clicked.  That is all well and good, but you loose your traffic and you will gain no ad clicks by publishing false information.  You can also get in big trouble wih the law.  Come on people, just google it for crying out loud.

I know I keep telling everyone to promote, promote, promote, but seriously you should.  I know I wouldn’t have made a fraction of the money I have with out all of my promotion efforts and the same goes for anyone in the article writing business. 

Freelance Writing Tip: Give Out Business Cards.  You can find very cheap and effective business cards online or at local printing shops.  I had some printed with just a web address to one of my blogs.  I think I paid around $10.00 total for a few hundred.  I give them to people I talk to about being a writer, and I leave them on tables at resturants etc.  I have managed to make a small chunk of cash this way and think its worth the consideration.  Happy Writing!

Every writer and business person for that matter needs to worry about advertising to at least some degree.  Their are a myriad of options out there for advertising your article writing.  The one I will discuss here is having a blog.

Freelance Writing Tip:  Get a Blog.  Owning a good blog can do wonders for your page views.  I find the best way to use a blog is to add widgets in the side bar, link pages, as well as posting a small bit of info on an article with a link.   Blogs can be used to make additional money as well as advertise and add to page views.  For example, you can start a blog here, payment info and sign up links are at the bottom of the page.  Also, starting a free blog at places such as blogger and monetizing them can be a good option as well. 

I know that I wrote a post not too long ago about setting goals.  That is not what this is.  You should still set your goals, in fact it is vitale to the advice in this post.  Put your goals somewhere that you will see them often. 

Freelance Writing Tip: Make your goals visible.  My computer is at a table close to the wall in the living room.  I have a to do list, a list of articles I am working on, and a guide I use to promote my writing taped up on the wall next to me when I sit down to write.  I also have a picture of the camera I am working towards buying taped up on the wall as well. 

Knowing what topics are going to be getting a lot of views in the near future can help all of us article writers.  Writing on popular topics is almost always a goal for any article writer and google trends can help you.  A list of these up and coming popular topics would be just great, wouldn’t it?

Freelance Writing Tip: Use Google Trends and Google Hot Trends.  This is a gold mine so to speak.  This is just the list we all need to help our article writing success along it’s merry little way.  I would advise that you take a look at this everytime you sit down to write something new, or at least when you need ideas for articles.  Happy Writing. 

It is so nice when you sit down and have a direction and you know right where you are headed with your writing.  It seems like,  at least for me, like the day just breezes by when I already have a game plan mapped out and ready to follow. 

Freelance Writing Tip: Set and Follow Goals.  Set daily, weekly, and monthly goals for your writing.  Remember to make these goals realistic and reachable, while making them a bit of a challenge as well.  This will keep you on your toes and your writing career will advance nicely as well.  Happy Writing!