How not to use Brad Pitt in your headlines

Short and sweet – I’ll show you how to hoodwink readers into thinking you’re writing about a famous celebrity. Then I’ll show you how not to use Brad Pitt (and other famous names) in your blog or your writing if you have any integrity at all. Obviously, my integrity is shakey today. My headline is nonsense and geared only to lure readers to my Ontext …(there’s more) Continue reading

Keywords and SEO for writers – how to destress your website

Keywords are key to the success of marketing and promotional websites but how do they help you sell your writing? Keywords can help potential readers find your site when they search Google or Bing, but keywords are not the be all and end all. Agonizing over SEO (search engine optimization) is highly overrated and not all that productive for most web masters, including you. We …(there’s more) Continue reading

Register your freelance writing copyrights – Part 3 of 3

(this is part three of a three part series on freelance copyrights) An email I received offering to save the soul of my work for cold cash was from one of hundreds of slightly off-center entrepreneurs trying to make a bunch of bucks from anything they can put into html code. Copyrighting your work is not hard to do. Those nice guys on the ‘Net …(there’s more) Continue reading

How freelance writers secure copyrights-Part 1 of 3

How do you secure the rights to your freelance work – written material you create? An email from a vendor I have heretofore trusted flamed in uppercase declaration, “Act NOW! Copyright your writings, your Web site, your very name. Thwart unscrupulous others bent on stealing your work for their nefarious purposes.” That’s a fate freelance writers, artists and designers are concerned about. And the brilliance …(there’s more) Continue reading

Review – Getting Published in Magazines e-course

Linda Formichelli teaches you how to sell your writing Want to sell your writing to high-profile magazines? It isn’t a walk in the press room to break in to magazines, but you can do it if you put your back into it. You need a successful mentor and you can buy one online. Linda Formichelli morphed herself into a high-demand freelance content provider and she …(there’s more) Continue reading