Have you searched the jobs on Elance and other bidding sites and started wondering whether there’s any good work to be found? Are you tired of scanning job boards and watching other freelancers play the “how low can you go” game? Are you unwilling to write 50 articles for $50?
The good news is that there [...]

Here are some people who get it!

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’.  Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.  We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!  If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

I know that many freelance writers have had great success marketing articles through various websites, but I just don’t know anything about it.  So, I asked Genesis Davies from At Home Mom Blog  if she’d be willing to teach us and our readers through a guest post.  After reading what she wrote, I’m a little embarrassed [...]

So, everyone’s freaking out about the economy, right? We were starting to wonder if maybe freelancers were going to skate right through the recession. After all, a lot of big companies are outsourcing, and that can be an advantage for those of us who don’t need their silly old office spaces and health benefits.
And then [...]

We’re currently working our way through our top ten list of “how to get started freelancing,” and today’s post focuses on being professional. If you’re brand new to the freelancing game, you might feel like you’re anything but a professional ____ (insert your field here), and that’s OK. What you need to keep [...]

Warning: It’s quite possible that I’m about to tick you off.
I’m sure that getting settled in to the new office has a little something to do with our decreased posting in the last week or so, but there’s another factor. Basically, I’ve been trying to figure out how to be polite about a topic that [...]

This last week has been a very satisfying one for us, although, it seems like we still have miles to go with three Monday deadlines looming.  Gulp.  In the midst of all these wonderful projects and several client calls, we also got the rest of our furniture moved in to the new office this week.  [...]

Now that Lorna and I are working in close proximity to one another, we’re doing a bit more chatting about the work and a little less actual doing of the work. We knew this would be an issue, primarily because it’s difficult not to talk when someone you like is sitting a mere three feet [...]

So, there seems to be a bit of a debate on the “Freelancing Insecurities” post regarding how much is appropriate to charge for writing services. It started with a new comment on an old post where someone said that she makes $100 for a 500-word SEO articles. Some people have congratulated her. [...]