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How To Become A Freelance Writer

Last Updated: May 5, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Want to learn how to become a freelance writer with no experience? Here’s how you can find freelance writing jobs and make money at home.

Finding a freelance writing job is a dream for many. Being able to make money writing from home can be a great career choice.

Today, I have a great interview about how to become a freelance writer with Alexander Webb. Alexander is a freelance writer for National Geographic, the New York Times, and more.

Alexander Webb and Kristin Wong (writer for New York Times, Glamour, Lifehacker, and more) created Come Write With Us, an online course for writers. This course teaches everything Alexander and Kristin have learned from writing for top newspapers and magazines.

Their course delivers real results and students have become freelance writers for magazines, websites, and one even writes for the New York Times.

Are you wondering questions such as:

What is a freelance writer?
How do freelance writers get paid?
What do you need to become a freelance writer?
How can I find my first writing job?

Today’s interview will help you get started and perhaps even introduce you to a new way to make money from home. [Read more…]

How To Become a Freelancer and Make a Full-Time Income

Last Updated: November 30, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Today, I have a fun interview to share with you that will show you how to become a freelancer.

I recently had the chance to interview Ben Taylor. Ben has been freelancing since 2004, and he has worked for dozens of companies.

Yes, this is a career path that you can learn!

As Ben will tell you in the interview below, a freelancer can be anything. You can be a freelance designer, personal trainer, nutrition coach, online teacher, virtual assistant, writer, and more.

If you are looking for a new business or even just a side hustle so that you can learn how to make extra money, learning how to become a freelancer may be something that you want to look into.

In this interview, you will learn:

What a freelancer is, who they work for, what they do, etc.
How much a new freelancer should expect to earn
How a person can find their first freelancing job
The steps needed to take to make money as a freelancer

And much more!

He also has an informative course called Freelance Kickstarter. This course takes you through the step by step process of creating your own freelance business.

Check out the interview below for more information. [Read more…]

How To Start As A New Freelance Writer

Last Updated: March 18, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Today, I want to introduce you to Laura Pennington Briggs. She is a former teacher turned freelance writer and author.

She has delivered two TEDx talks on the freelance economy and is the author of “How to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business” with Entrepreneur Press.

In our interview, she talks about how she started freelance writing in 2012 and just a year later she had gone full-time and was making a great income from it. She also shares how this is a great way to make extra money or even as a full-time career.

Check out the interview below for more information and be sure to check out Laura’s book on how to become a freelance writer – Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business: The Complete Guide to Starting and Scaling from Scratch.

10 Powerful Lessons That Every Freelancer Needs to Know

Last Updated: March 18, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Hi, it’s Ariel, Michelle’s editor. Over the past couple of years you’ve seen me here on Making Sense of Cents talking about real life frugality, staying in a small house, and editing and writing strategies. Last year, I turned my freelance side business into my full-time job.

It’s been nearly a year since I went full-time with my freelance editing and writing business (you can read more about that here).

The learning curve has been steep at times – I had (okay, sometimes have) absolutely no clue how to run a business. More often than not, I turn to Google for advice, searching for things like “how to file estimated quarterly taxes” and “how to set your freelance writing rates.”

There are best practices, but if there’s an official rulebook for freelancing, I haven’t been able to find it. [Read more…]

How To Start A Successful Freelance Writing Career

Last Updated: October 21, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 25 Comments

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I have an informative interview to share with you that will show you how to start a successful freelance writing career. You can check out all of my past interviews with other successful business owners here.

Today, I want to introduce you to my friend Catherine Alford. She is a full-time blogger, freelance writer, and has a course, Get Paid To Write For Blogs. She has been published in U.S. News & World Report, The Huffington Post, Time, Lifehacker, AOL, and more. She has also landed amazing appearances on Good Morning America, Fox News, and Huffington Post Live.

She was able to quit her full-time job due to her successful freelance writing career, and she gets to work from home and see her two year old twins all the time. She also started her freelance writing career at $10 per post, but now receives several hundred dollars per blog post and earns a great living freelance writing.

In our interview, she shows how this can be a possible career or side hustle choice for you as well. [Read more…]

Make Money Online As A Freelance Writer Or Virtual Assistant

Last Updated: March 17, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 43 Comments

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Hello! I have an extremely informative interview to share with you today that will show you how to make money online as a freelance writer or virtual assistant. My last side hustle interview with Caitlin on how to become a freelance proofreader was quite popular. Due to this, I knew I had to interview another successful friend of mine about a different type of online business that many of you have expressed interest in as well.

Today, I want to introduce you to my friend Gina. She is a professional writer and virtual assistant. In just six months, Gina was able to earn over $4,000 per month as a writer.

In our interview, she shows how this can be a possible career or side hustle choice for you as well.

If you are looking for a new job or even just a side hustle, this may be something for you to try.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to become a freelance writer or virtual assistant.

P.S. She also has a great free writing course as well as a free virtual assistant course if you want to try them out for free. [Read more…]

Make Money Proofreading By Becoming A Freelance Proofreader

Last Updated: March 19, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 46 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have an amazing interview to share with you that will show you how to make money proofreading by becoming a freelance proofreader. I recently had the chance to interview Caitlin Pyle, the blogger behind Proofread Anywhere, who explains how this may be a possibility for you.

In 2014, Caitlin made slightly over $43,000 by being a freelance proofreader, while also going on several fun vacations.

If you are looking for a new job or even just a side hustle, this may be something that you want to look into.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to make money proofreading by becoming a court transcript proofreader or a freelance proofreader.

Caitlin also has a great FREE 7 day course just for people who want to stop wasting time and start making more money with their proofreading skills. I definitely recommend that you check it out.

If you want to become a general proofreader instead (such as for books, blogs, and so on), Caitlin has put together a FREE 76-minute workshop, where she answers all of the most common questions about becoming a general proofreader, and she even shows you how to use the most popular tools used by proofreaders around the world. You can sign up for free here.

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