I kinda want to file this blog post under, “a damned shame.” On Sunday night, my wife Sara and I decided to eat Mexican food at a favorite neighborhood restaurant, where we’ve gone for the past three years. We enjoyed its food and ambiance. A type of music called norteño always played over the speakers,
As a freelance writer, I’m often asked if the majority of my clients are in the Portland area or in far-off locales (like Salem, haha, just kidding). The immediacy of Portland clients is attractive, but I’ve had clients as far away as Panama. The benefits of working with local freelance writing clients is that we
Happy New Year! I’ve never been one for resolutions. I know the half-joke is that they’re not supposed to stick, but that seemed kind of counter-productive to me (why make ’em if you know you won’t do ’em?!) Anyway, a few years ago, my Mom introduced me to the concept of “New Years Aspirations.” These
Lauren Edwards is an experienced writing coach with 10 years of public relations expertise – first with A&R Partners, and then with Edelman. Lauren gives some of the best writing advice I have ever read. I’ve trained people how to write for specific audiences – primarily the lending, investing, and venture capital community. This ain’t
I like to think of writing and editing the way a boxer might think of his fists. One’s steel, the other is iron. If one don’t get ya, the other one will. For me, the writing process is chaotic, disorderly, and powered entirely by imagination. Whether I’m writing website content, brochure copy, book reviews, business
Two days after I parted ways with my job, I had my first client as a solopreneur. How? Because of networking. Networking has been one of the biggest power boosts to my career as a Portland freelance writer. In fact, my current active client list is composed largely of referrals from my networking group, the
People surfing the web for a certain product or service – such as graphic design – are already half-sold when they visit a website. Well-written website content makes your products/services enticing. It compels the prospect to click “order,” “buy,” or “e-mail for more information.” Badly-written copy does the opposite. Confused or bored surfers will leave
I’ve stayed steadily engaged with freelance writing all year, but May has been my busiest month as a freelance writer. I hope this is a good indicator for the rest of the year (or summer, at least!) Here’s a run-down of May’s freelance writing projects so far: Technical writing project for the upcoming launch of
Business plans are strange documents. Because they involve dream businesses, people tend to pour their emotions into them and lose all objectivity. Depending on your requirements, a business plan is an internal roadmap with milestones that you define. Or it’s a document you present to a bank officer for a loan. Or it’s a
A recent “People@Work” article on AOL’s daily finance section focused on the 42 million U.S. freelancers. The article highlights a survey from the Freelancers Union about the lack of a safety net for freelancers, including unemployment insurance and a healthcare pool. It’s an important issue, and one I’ll be following. There should certainly be some
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