Writers!
Are You Losing Money By Not Having A
Website?
If you want to forgo traditional
employment and make your entire living as a freelance
writer on
the internet, you are going to need to have an effective
strategy in place to ensure that you always have work, and
therefore a paycheck, on the way.
Of course, it is very easy to say this,
but yet another to get it
done. So, first step
is to get your name and your work out there.
Creating a website for yourself is a great way to do
this. At this point you may be saying, “I want to
market my articles so I can make more money, not spend
money on some expensive web designer.”
Well, there have been a lot of advances
in web design technology in the past few years and there are
now web design programs that can be used by pretty much
anybody. If you can handle a word processor, you can
handle this type of program.
Also, the best of these programs come with built
in template libraries. These template libraries were
created by professional graphic designers, so you can rest
assured that when you use this program, you’re going to end up
with a site that looks professional. When you have a
website, you don’t have to worry about sending lots of
different email attachments when you submit work to
editors. You can send along one or maybe two that are
specifically targeted at the job you are after, and then add a
link to your website so that if the editor likes your work, he
or she can easily take a look at what else you’ve
done.
This may seem like a small thing, and
there are going to be times when the editor is busy and won’t
even bother looking at your site. But, there will be
times when an editor is really taken with work that you’ve
submitted and wants to see more. If you have your own
website, this is an excellent opportunity to expand your
business.
You may end up a great success without a
website, but considering the good it could do for your career,
why go without?

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