Jacquie Jordan is the author of Heartfelt Marketing: Allowing the Universe to be Your Business Partner. She’s also a TV producer and the owner of TVGuestpert.com, where producers go to book TV experts.
I interviewed Jacquie about the similarities between pitching producers and editors, how to market from the heart instead of the mind, and how …
This is a guest post by Elizabeth Whalen.
We freelancers have so much freedom—after all, it’s right there in our job title. As long as we do good work and meet our deadlines, we’re free to take a two-hour nap in the middle of the day or work late into the night and sleep in the …
A trade editor just told you the article you turned in was one of the best he’s ever read. A corporate writing client let you know that you’re the fastest writer she’s ever worked with. The editor at a consumer pub gave you kudos on your researching ability.
You do the happy dance, thank the client, …
Jan 12, 2012 Advice, Marketing, Query letters
This week one of my former students let me know that a story idea she’d generated and worked on in my story idea workshop this fall ran in last Sunday’s New York Times and was generating a ton of reader response. (Woo-hoo! She’s the third student of mine to land an assignment with the Times. …
Jan 2, 2012 Advice, Classes, Editors, Ideas, Magazines, Marketing, Networking, Speaking engagements
Okay, this is it — the year you really make it as a freelance writer. Really, really. This time you mean it.
I think you can do it, and I’m going to tell you how.
Make a Resolution
Resolve in 2012 to STOP pitching the content mills and anything that pays well under your hourly rate (more on …
Dec 26, 2011 Advice, Marketing, Motivation
