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New Look at ArcticLlama Freelance Writing Blog
Sometimes, you do things fast. Sometimes doing something takes so long that you forget some of the parameters you had when starting. The previous layout of this freelance writing blog was one of the latter. I set up this blog long ago when I first started out as a full-time freelance writer. As you may know, this blog runs on WordPress, the popular, open-source blogging platform. The design and layout of WordPress blogs is controlled by a “theme”. There are numerous good, free WordPress themes out there. I have spent some time (too much time) looking through lots of different [...]
New Look at ArcticLlama Freelance Writing Blog originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Freelance Writer Taxes
Every January, as I collect 1099s from my clients I think about taxes and how small business taxes effect freelance writers. (I even had this clip art waiting from an article I had written before It’s an unfortunate reality that for small business owners, like us, the tax burden can be extraordinary. Small Business Taxes for Freelance Writers Both Democrats and Republicans say that they support small business owners. When it comes to sole proprietors, at lest, they are both liars. As a successful sole proprietor you will pay the highest tax rate of anyone in America unless you are [...]
Freelance Writer Taxes originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Good Writer Resolutions
Happy New Year, a little bit late. I was celebrating, you know Anyway, let’s get the new year started off on the right foot with some great resolutions for writers for the new year. New Year’s Resolutions for Writers Every writer is different, but there are some things that seem to be true for most writers. I’ve started off this list of writer’s New Year’s resolutions with those that fit into that almost universal category and then moved on to those things that might be more useful for fellow freelance writers. Write - No matter who you are or what [...]
Good Writer Resolutions originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Writing in Your Head
Don’t you hate when you can write for miles in your head, but when it comes time to put it down on paper (or type it into a computer) the well just dries up? (How’s that for mixing some metaphors?) Today is like that for me, unfortunately. Maybe it’s because it’s the end of 2011. Maybe it’s because I am tired. Maybe, maybe, maybe… Whatever it is, it is annoying. Tomorrow (or later today if this mental fog clears) I’ll be posting the best writer’s resolutions for the new year. Until then, Ugh!
Writing in Your Head originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Making Money with HubPages
Not too long ago, there was a gold rush of sorts at HubPages. About a year ago, web marketers got the idea that HubPages, with its PageRank 6, was a good place to do something called article marketing. I don’t think there is any hype around it anymore. With article marketing, you publish articles on websites, generally for free and without any editorial approval, and then use those articles to link to your own webpages. The idea is that since Google is basically a glorified link counter, making more links point to your online writing content is a good way [...]
Making Money with HubPages originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Taking Down Bright Hub Links
I’ve been slowly but surely deleting the links to my content ever since Bright Hub shut down for all intents and purposes. Unlike writing for Demand Studios, one of the things that made Bright Hub worth writing for after awhile was the revenue sharing. Now, as most of my readers know, I’m not a big fan of revenue sharing. The main reason is that there are just too many factors out of my control. No matter how great my freelance writing is, for instance, there will never be any traffic to speak of if the site it is published on [...]
Taking Down Bright Hub Links originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Zemanta Plugin for Online Writers
I make my living as a professional freelance writer. For the most part, that means that I go out, find clients, get them to hire me, do some freelance writing for them, and then repeat the process. This is a great way to make a living as a writer without starving to death while you write the next great American novel. What is even better is writing for your own websites, building your own traffic and making money off of what YOU want to write, when you want to write it. It’s better than just working from home. Unfortunately, this [...]
Zemanta Plugin for Online Writers originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Bright Hub Shuts Down
Today, I received and email from the folks at Bright Hub. Sadly, Bright Hub is shutting down. Officially, Bright Hub and brighthub.com remain in business and the website will stay up along with all of the content they commissioned from writers over the years. However, revenue sharing payments will cease on December 15th and any new articles will be written internally or by a small group of writers who are contracted with on an “ad-hoc basis.” In other words, Bright Hub, as it pertains to freelance writers, is closed. The writer forums were also unlinked or deleted. I was able [...]
Bright Hub Shuts Down originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
Mini Panda Recovery
I wrote recently about how this freelance writing blog and other websites of mine had been hit by Google Panda on the October 13 update. For those of you new to the concept, Google initiated a new algorithm early in 2011 to help improve its search results, primarily by reducing the amount of results from the so-called content mills that ranked high in searches. The result has been the virtual shut down of Demand Studios and severe cutbacks at BrightHub. Ironically, the all-comers publishing web platform HubPages has recovered from Panda quiet nicely. The Panda algorithm has been updated and [...]
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Bright Hub Cutting Back Too
Recently, I have noted that Seed.com has shutdown. Then, it seems that Demand Studios has shut down for all intents and purposes. Now, Bright Hub, one of the first online publishing sites I ever wrote for, is cutting so far back that many writers are no longer able to claim any article writing opportunities and those that can have few choices to pick from. Bright Hub is the latest of the online content publishers to essentially admit defeat in the wake of the Google Panda update. I mentioned earlier this year when I wrote about whether writing for Bright Hub [...]
Bright Hub Cutting Back Too originally published at Freelance Writing Blog of ArcticLlama.com
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