A mentoring client recently told me she was going on vacation and was wondering if being unavailable for a month would hurt her career.
Au contraire — I think a vacation is a great excuse to keep in touch with your editors. Whenever I go away, I e-mail all my editors beforehand — even ones I …… Click here to keep reading…
Feb 23, 2012 Advice, Editors, Marketing, Networking
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 …… Click here to keep reading…
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 …… Click here to keep reading…
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, …… Click here to keep reading…
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. …… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 2, 2012 Advice, Classes, Editors, Ideas, Magazines, Marketing, Networking, Speaking engagements
