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The best way to get Web writing gigs; forget the out-sourcing sites

May 28th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

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I’m not a fan of the many out-sourcing sites online where you bid on writing/ designing/ coding etc gigs. This has nothing to do with the sites, which provide a great service, and which, if you use them correctly, have the potential to make you as much money as you wish.

I’m not a fan because few writers know how to use these sites to their best advantage.

Most writers have no clue about how to use the OS sites

Unfortunately 99 per cent of writers blunder onto these sites, look at some of the low, low, LOW bids, and imagine that they need to price their services even lower.

It’s depressing, because Marketing 101 says you should NEVER compete on price. When you do, everyone ultimately goes broke.

Now, admittedly there’s a lot of BS on these sites, and some of the “writers’” skills are minimal. They’re lucky to get even tiny rates. But some excellent writers price their services just as low, because they don’t know how to operate on these sites.

Find out how to use the OS sites in this week’s Fab Freelance Writing Ezine

This week in Fab Freelance Writing Ezine I show you how to use the OS sites and get the money you’re worth with the article: “Get Fast Freelance Writing Gigs On The Web’s Out-Sourcing Sites”. It’s out tomorrow. Subscribe, the ezine is free.

Now, back to the theme of this post.

Advertise your Web writing services online - get paid what you’re worth

There are plenty of ways to getting all the writing gigs you can handle without the OS sites. You can advertise your writing services online, and some of advertising services are excellent and they’re complete free too: consider CraigsList and Google Base.

If you’re willing to use paid advertising, your horizons are unlimited. You’ll get your advertising spend back and then some, when you roll out a decent advertising campaign.

So start advertising your services. When you advertise, YOU get to choose the clients you want to work with, and you also get to set proper rates, so that you can stay in business and pay your mortgage.

BTW, if you want to become an advertising whiz, consider my easy copywriting course - copywriters never run out of clients, and they’re experts on advertising too.