How To Bring In More Money From Writing

January 12, 2008

I’ve been reading a lot about freelance writing and money this week. Yuwanda Black’s post on How to Set SEO Writing Rates to Make $250-$500+/Day matched the direction my thoughts were taking. As she points out:

You have to make a decent wage to feel good about yourself. While we may all occasionally take on projects we wish paid more, there’s no reason to do it day in and day out. So, if you’re working in a sector that doesn’t pay well, don’t be afraid to stop doing it and look for work in other – better paying – sectors.

Agreed, and Yuwanda outlines strategies that anyone can follow. Also worth checking out is All Freelance Writing’s tip on finding high paying gigs.

On Freelance Writing Gigs, two posts caught my eye. The first was a post about paying for writing work (as if!), while the second gave advice on how to deal with clients who pay monthly.

The Hidden Writer has a great post on ghostwriting success, and where it’s at (or not at) for ghostwriters in 2008:

For new ghostwriters Elance is definitely not going to be the place to be anymore. There was a time (up until December 2007) when I would have encouraged all wannabe ghostwriters to sign up with Elance but not anymore.

I left Elance behind some time ago, in favour of a combination of a DIY approach and some of the other freelancing jobs sites (FWJ being the best, IMO).

Freelance Parent talks about how not to be intimidated by getting paid what you’re worth:

Most good freelance writers I know consider themselves worth every penny of $50 an hour. Many of them really are worth that much. Not very many of them actually hit that mark. So when we landed this job, Lorna and I were obviously ecstatic.

Freelance Switch talked about professionalism, including having a good pricing structure. Mason Hipp’s advice is:

Set up your pricing structure early, and know it completely before pitching to a prospect.

Have you recently written a post on freelance writing and income? If you have, please leave a link in the comments. I’d love to do an update on this topic in a few weeks.

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