I offer to answer readers’ burning freelancing questions on the blog. If you have a question, please send it to me at lindaformichelli@gmail.com. If you have a LOT of questions, please consider signing up for my phone mentoring for writers.
Steve asks: I had a meeting with a chef today who is looking for PR. He …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 13, 2010 Advice, Marketing, Public relations, Sources, You Ask, We Answer
I don’t plan to post about this challenge every day, but I definitely wanted to talk about Day One! The challenge was to check and answer e-mails in three blocks during the day. I checked at around 7 am, and while there were a few e-mails, none of them were urgent. I checked again around …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 8, 2010 Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity
I got a great response to my post Kicking the E-Mail Habit, where I discussed my e-mail addiction and how I’m working to beat it so I have more time and mental energy to spend on things that really matter to me. And I discovered that many other writers have the same problem!
I’m proposing a …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 8, 2010 Motivation, News you can use, Organization, Personal yammerings, productivity, Self improvement
If you’re like me, sending and answering e-mail is a big part of your freelance job — but it’s also a huge distraction. I recently figured that on a typical work day, I check e-mail every five minutes or so; that’s almost 50 times in a four-hour work period. And although I work — that …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 6, 2010 Advice, Cool products, Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity, Self improvement
Kelly’s James-Enger’s teleclass this week on Six-Figure Freelancing was a huge success. We had 40 writers on the line and Kelly managed to pack a TON of information into one hour. I learned a lot of things from this session!
For those of you who couldn’t make it, a recording is now available online. Listen …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 3, 2010 Advice, Teleclasses
