How to Pitch Mom.me: Submission Tips for Freelancers
Send editors your best first-person stories about the highs and lows of parenting.
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Dana Robinson
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Your guide to building a successful freelance career in media and creative industries. Go Freelance covers finding clients, setting rates, managing your business, and navigating the unique challenges of working for yourself.
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3 Web Tools That Will Supercharge Your Idea Generation and Research
3 Web Tools That Can Help in Idea Generation and Research Every writer has their tricks for inspiration or getting unstuck. For some it's reading, jogging, or engineering breaks into the day with a Pomodoro timer.…
Chris Johnson
Ready to Go Full-Time Freelance? Here Are the Steps to Take
It’s no secret that we’re living in a historical moment. This past year has shown that job-seekers’ patterns are changing with the current work landscape. As the flexibility of workers’ schedules adjusts with remote work…
Jess Focht
The Freelancer’s Toolkit: Essential Tips and Tools for Success
In the past couple of years, the number of employees leaving their jobs for new ones has only increased—and statistics show that this trend will likely not go away any time soon. According to Upwork,…
Jess Focht
Pitching Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Avoid Them)
Freelancers, whether they’re established or just starting out, are familiar with the term “pitching.” In fact, odds are that they mainly rely on pitching ideas to editors in order to get their stories picked up.…
Jess Focht
6 Blogs Every Freelancer Should Be Reading Right Now
As a freelancer, you have a lot of freedom—the freedom to create your own schedule, the flexibility to plan your workload, and hopefully even the chance to work up to your ideal creative life. Also,…
Jess Focht
How Freelance Journalists Are Reshaping the Media Landscape
The media landscape is vastly different today for freelance journalists than it was 15 years ago. According to the Pew Research Center, full-time U.S. newsroom employment has dropped 26% since 2008. And while traditional newsrooms…
Jess Focht
4 Essential Money Management Tips for Freelancers
The world of freelancing full-time offers many perks to those who want to work for themselves: it’s flexible, fulfilling, and sometimes more profitable than if one had a traditional salary. For those dodging a traditional…
Jess Focht
5 Proven Ways to Make Your Freelance Portfolio Stand Out
If you’re a freelance writer, a photographer, a filmmaker, or a creative professional of any kind, odds are you have a portfolio to showcase your work. Portfolios are essentially a type of resume; they’re a…
Jess Focht