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Freelance Writing for Magazines E-course Review
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The other day I mentioned a course I have been going through which focuses on writing for magazines. Well, I have officially finished the course this week, and would like to give you a bit of a review. There have been a few of my readers who have contacted me asking for more information about freelance writing for magazines, which I don’t feel I am qualified (yet!;-) to help with. However, the course I am going to mention could be the answer you are searching for.
The course is called Write For Magazines E-course, and it is put together by the Renegade Writer, Linda Formichelli. (If you haven’t read her book yet, get it. It is a must-read for anyone just starting out. You can get it on Amazon for peanuts – click here to get a copy.)
It is an 8 week course, which during that time will teach you how to research and choose a topic that will sell, come up with an angle that is interesting to the magazines, find experts to interview, how to interview them, go through the entire process of coming up with an outstanding query letter, learning little “tricks” of where to send them and then actually sending them out.
Internet Marketing Startup Help
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When I first got started online, I spent months – well, to be completely honest, maybe even years – going around in circles. I bought every new shiny object that came along promising to show me the “secrets” to making money online.
Well – that didn’t happen as these shiny products promised me! I would so often get started on something, only to be completely distracted by an email coming in from one of the hundreds of marketing lists I was on, screaming out that I “needed to have this next best thing!”
I know now that a lot of that is my own fault. Lacking focus and direction is a very difficult thing to deal with when working online. Because, the truth is, you are going to be faced with many new distractions every day. New products being launched, new software being developed – tons of things that unless you absolutely need them to continue on the course you are already on, should be completely ignored.
Bring the Fresh Review – Part 1
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Well, I took a couple extra days longer than expected to post back. But, I went ahead and signed up for the program I was talking about, and I have been spending alot of time going through just a small fraction of the material. And, truth is – I got kind of focused on the material because it was…how would I describe it….kind of like that book you read that you can’t put down. I got watching videos and reading stuff, and wanted to keep going. I am nowhere near getting through everything, but I wanted to post back on what I have found so far.
OK – so I guess it is time to mention the name of the product. It is called Bring the Fresh, and it has actually been around for almost a year now I think. I remember when it came out and I thought – “great, another product put together by a couple of ‘guru’s’ who will charge an arm and a leg and forget about the little guy that is still struggling to see their first dollar online”. The price is a bit higher – it is $97 for the initial membership. It gets you access to over the shoulder videos and action steps to take in getting your sites ranked and bringing traffic to your websites. (Which of course, is the absolutely most important part of online marketing. You can have all the best offers, and fancy bells and whistles on your site – but if you don’t have traffic, what is the point?)
But, I went ahead and purchased the Full Disclosure membership. It is going to cost me $67 a month for the next 6 months – and then I will have complete access for life. I thought about waiting and going through all of the basic material first, but I decided to challenge myself. I need to make the $67 to pay for the monthly membership strictly from what I learn in the Bring the Fresh training – so I need to make that before the next monthly payment goes out. I thought that by challenging myself, I would put more out there.
New Case Study & Freelance Writing Course Review
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OK – for those of you who read my blog regularly, you likely notice from time to time lately that the look changes. Yes – it is supposed to be doing that, because I am somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to some things, so I have been trying new themes out to see how they look and feel. So – don’t be alarmed if you come here one day and everything looks different than it did the last time! I think I have settled on one design that I like, but feel free to leave a comment or let me know if you see one you really like, or even one that you really hate!
I am about to start reviewing a product that I am going to pick up today. It is a higher priced product ($97), so I wanted to start going through it myself to let my readers see some honest feedback about how it works. I have bought so many different products over the years, and some have taught me a little, some have taught me absolutely nothing but how to throw my money out the window.
New Case Study – Marketing Online
Managing Your Time When Working From Home
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One of the things that I know many of us have to deal with every day when working from home is managing our time to be able to actually get work done. While everyone around us believes it is a piece of cake working at home – and most likely the majority of people who know us think that we have it so easy we should be able to accomplish a hundred things in a single day.
Truth is, that is not very often the case. For me anyway, I know that one of my biggest challenges is managing my time and trying to organize what needs to be done.
It is so easy to get sidetracked, or to have one of those days that feels like there is just nothing you are motivated to do. When you are out at a JOB, you have set schedules and deadlines – and sometimes having a space dedicated just to work makes it easier to stay focused on the task at hand.
Freelance Writing – Online or In Print?
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I have had many of you contact me with questions about getting started with freelance writing. While I have been doing freelance writing online for quite a while now, I have never had anything actually published in a “print” magazine.
Not that it isn’t something I wanted to do – in fact, it is the opposite. I am probably much like the rest of you, in that I have dreamed of being a writer my whole life. It wasn’t something I ever actually came out and said though – because it just didn’t seem like something I would ever really be able to do.
However, the experience I have gained over these past few years online has given me a bit more confidence in what I can do, and has shown me the endless possibilities out there for people like me.
