Blogs are well-known as internet logs or platforms that allow you publish your thoughts on almost any subject you’d like to.
Nevertheless, if you’re a beginner to blogging, as well as to advertising, there are some essential things that you will want to know. Continue reading “Better Blog Writing Tips for Beginners”
Becoming an efficient blogger with a productive way of working is crucial to success.
It’s unlikely that your blog will fail from a lack of love for your topic. After all, you took the time to get started. That’s more than most people with an idea will ever do.
It’s more likely that life will throw curveballs that make it difficult to stick to your original vision. Unless you treat your blog as a priority, a ‘must’ rather than a ‘should’, it’s easy to let it stagnate and die.
If you want to give your blog every advantage, read on to discover:
Continue reading “3 Powerful Productivity Tips to Become a Better Freelance Blogger”
You have been blogging for a while and you think it’s finally time. You want to stretch your wings and fly into the world of freelance blogging!
You’re not sure what to expect though, or if you’re even qualified to be a freelance blogger.
I can almost hear you now…
“What are people going to expect from me?”
“What if they don’t like what I write?”
“What if I get rejected?”
These are all questions I asked myself (and, just between you and me, sometimes I find myself still asking them!).
I know you are scared, and thinking about how hard this is going to be. Basically talking yourself out of even trying.
It’s ok to be scared, but you need to stop thinking about how hard it’s going to be. Just start writing. It’s that easy.
Do you love to write, and do research, for your articles? Do you love being able to reach out and connect with your readers? I know you do, or you wouldn’t be here looking for the help you need to get your butt moving.
Let me give you six tips that helped me when I was starting on my journey to become a freelance blogger. Continue reading “6 Steps to Get Started as a Freelance Blogger”
So, you’re interested in blogging? You’ve never written anything before…and you are no longer considered young. How’s that going for you? Tough isn’t it?
‘When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now’ …so goes the opening line of The Beatles song, ‘When I’m 64’.
Though I’m not quite 64; even though it sometimes feel like it; no seriously, being middle-aged everything hurts or creaks, and I mean everything – even my brain at times, entering the ‘Blogging Arena’ later in life can be hard work.
You need to get the right head on.
It’s a young persons game isn’t it? All that technology and stuff that never existed until the late 1990s – by which time some of us were already fully-formed adults with kids of our own and probably set in our ways.
“In my day…” comes the desperate, confused and, quite frankly, moany response from the non ‘Millennials.’ I’m Generation X; post Baby Boomer, pre Millennial; what was once described as the ‘alienated youth’.
Well I’ll be damned if I’ll be alienated in later life! Continue reading “How to Start Blogging Later in Life”
Staying productive and on task when you work from home can be super challenging, but, if you’re a freelancer and your home is also your office you absolutely need to nail this if you want to succeed.
Getting everything done just as you want it and on time can be one of the hardest things to get right when transitioning from office life to working for yourself at home.
When I first started working from home I’d get up just before I needed to be at my desk and then spend the morning working in my pyjamas.
I’d make regular trips to the kettle, potter around the kitchen, and, before I knew it, it was 11am which meant time for a break. I’d eat biscuits, stick on Netflix then sit at my PC to work without focusing on anything in particular.
Soon enough it’d be 3pm and I’d done pretty much nothing.
I did this for two weeks before realising I was getting nowhere and would be back in a ludicrous 9-5 office job in no time if I didn’t get my act together, pronto!
Now I successfully work from home as a freelancer and here I share my top tips for how to stay on task and be sure the job gets done when your office is also your living space. Continue reading “Six Tips to Keep You Productive When Working from Home”
You like to write, you like to explain yourself, you like to describe things, but you just don’t know what to write about or how to write about it.
You continuously struggle with not being able to grasp what you are truly passionate about because you are just following what everyone around you does – what all the “big name” writers write about.
I’ve been there. And I can help.
It’s time stop living – and writing — like that. You have to discover what YOU are passionate about!
If you’ve been searching for meaning in your writing, and longing to find your perfect niche, but have always been too scared to take the next step: now is the time to take it.
Don’t worry. I’ll guide you through it! Continue reading “How to Discover Your Writing Passions”
Freelance writing is a big, bold, exciting world full of possibilities. You can find success beyond your wildest dreams — if you know where to look and have the right work ethic.
In this sense, working online is similar to working in the “real world.” However, like the real world, people can be toxic jerks — specifically, new “clients.”
If you are a doe-eyed newbie freelancer, hopefully, you haven’t encountered a client with a toxic attitude. If you HAVE, I’m sorry, and I hope this piece helps you avoid people like that in the future. You deserve payment for your hard work — never let a so-called “client” convince you otherwise.
We are going to go through four different types of behavior that toxic clients possess, and why they are hurting you. Afterward, we will dive in deep and figure out how to avoid them altogether.
These examples are based on my personal experiences and horror stories from freelancing friends. Continue reading “4 Types of Toxic Client Behavior (And How to Avoid Them!)”
Hi, Everyone!
I usually save the personal posts for my other blog, but I thought I owed all you LittleZotz Writing readers an explanation…
I haven’t written a post here since last October. And, as you could probably tell from my tone in that post, I was feeling very frustrated.
After eight years of writing about the same topic(s) again and again, I felt stuck in a rut. Like I had nothing new/good to say. So I just stopped updating.
Then the awards started coming in… LittleZotz Writing was named one of The Write Life‘s Top 100 Blogs for Writers and one of Positive Writer‘s Top 50! I was honored. And I felt like I had to continue! But…I still had nothing to say.
I became deeply depressed. Continue reading “BIG Changes at LittleZotz Writing!”
Imagine for a moment that a friend has invited you over for lunch.
When you get to your friend’s house, you not only eat their food, but you take a shower in their bathroom and sleep in their bed. Then, you put their indoor-only cat outside, take their paintings off the walls, sell their car to a man down the street, and smoke a cigar over their baby’s crib.
Is that any way for a lunch guest to behave?
Of course not!
Now imagine that you’ve been asked to be a GUEST writer. Would you walk into the publication like you owned the place?
You’d be surprised how many writers do! In fact, I get hundreds of e-mails every month from writers who do just that.
I’m the Head Editor of Be a Freelance Blogger and 133T, two online publications that depend on guest writers for content. However, despite the extremely clear guidelines on both publications, an overwhelming amount of writers don’t seem to know what guest writing is.
Let’s clear that up once and for all, shall we? Continue reading “How to Be a Perfect Guest Writer”
As freelance writers, sometimes we get hired to write about tough topics. I’ve written about mental health issues, domestic violence, rape, and any number of other negative issues. And it can be rough to get through!
However, writing about depressing topics doesn’t have to depress you.
If you stay positive, you can write about any topic — and get paid for it! — without having it affect your day-to-day life. Continue reading “Write About Any Tough Topic in Two “Easy” Steps”
