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How Much Time Do You Need for Your Writing Project?
Especially when you start freelancing, one of the hardest things to do is measure your time. How do you know in advance how much time it will take to complete a blog post for example, or 10 articles about a topic you’ve never written about before? While a good time...
7 Add-On Services for Your Writing Clients
I started my career picking at the scraps of the online writing world. Yes, I willingly submitted articles to micropay sites, and yes I had an account with sites like TextBroker (it didn’t exist yet, but others like it did). I worked for pennies, and while I don’t...
How GTD Works for Freelancers
Today's post is a very special post - #500 on AnthonyChatfield.com. I started this blog nearly 7 years ago on a whim and today it houses hundreds of articles about everything I do and enjoy, and then some. Today's post is all about Getting Things Done and the systems...
How to Have a Successful Vacation as a Freelancer
Vacation - it’s a fine dream and one that every freelancer feels like they can make a reality. With all that schedule flexibility, though, come a handful of issues that can make it hard to have a successful vacation without proper planning. To be fair, I haven’t been...
5 Tips for Taking Notes While Researching
As a freelance writer, I’ve researched hundreds of books in my career. When I write one eBook, for example, I usually read anywhere between three and ten books just for background research, not to mention the dozens of websites I visit, articles I read and email lists...
How to Gain Expertise Fast
Micah and I are working on a podcast for Great Leap Studios. In fact, by the time this gets published we will probably have already recorded the first episode and I’ll be knee deep in Audition editing it for upload. We know nothing about creating podcasts, but we both...
How to Ghoswrite and Manage a Blog
I was at a conference a couple months ago and met a fellow who was investing in online resources. His day job was in real estate and, as is the case with many real estate investors, the next big frontier was online. When I told him some of what I do, he was...
How to Get Recurring Income from Clients
When you work freelance, the biggest thing on your mind from day to day should be the quality and execution of the work already on your plate. But for most freelancers, it quickly turns into where the next payday will come from. It’s not greed. It’s simple survival....
Three Acceptable Distractions During the Work Day
For most freelancers, a typical work day is filled to the brim with distractions. From family and friends to the toys on your desk, if there is a way to distract yourself from working, you will find it. And most productivity articles focus on how to avoid these...