Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial I’m a big believer in what I call “nicheing it to success.� As in, pitching yourself to potential clients as an expert in one area. It’s been my experience that it’s easier for clients to hire you based on your expertise in one area. Once the...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial Yesterday, I talked to a fairly new freelance writer. She’d been freelancing for about a year-and-a half, I think she said. She cold called me – which rarely happens. I get tons of email from freelancers wanting to work with my firm; but I can coun...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial In yesterday’s post, Making Money Online: Unplugging to Get Things Done, I talked about how I’d basically shut myself off for about a week from email, social media and blogging to finish a book I was co-authoring. My co-author and I were finishing ...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial I updated my Twitter account for the first time in nine days this morning. I didn’t realize it had been that long. I unplugged last week – as in – minimal email interaction, no social networking and no blogging (except for paid gigs). I did so to...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial In Parts I and II of this series, we looked at the pros and cons of joining a blog network. Whenever I’m stuck trying to make a decision, I always write it down in black and white, asking what I call “root questions� of myself along the way. Ther...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial In yesterday’s post, we discussed what a blog network is and four advantages of joining one. Today, we’re going to address the flip side, ie, the disadvantages of blog networks. 4 Disadvantages of Joining a Blog Network Control/Freedom: If you’re...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial In yesterday’s post, I talked about how much I was loving ArticleMarketer.com, the article submission site. I’ve always been an avid article marketer, but never signed up with an article submission service because I was always pleased with the resu...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial In spite of the fact that I have my own blog and blog for clients, there are very few blogs that I read on a regular basis. As a busy freelance writer, I simply don’t have the time. When I visit some blogs and they have a long list of “favorited�...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial As I talked about in Monday’s post here, I just started to market my first affiliate product. Well, I’ve tried others passively, but this is the first time I’ve hunkered down and really put time into marketing a product. With the others, I just s...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial As a freelance writer, I mostly receive payment via PayPal (I still have a few clients who like to pay by check). In addition to clients, I also receive monies from my ebook sales, affiliate program sales and residual income from my articles on sites l...