Making a Name For Yourself as a Freelance Writer

It can be the difference of getting that job you have always wanted, to someone else getting the job you always wanted. Follow these tips to get more writing clients and gain credibility.

If you are new to writing, then you will want to start building a portfolio for yourself. Apply to jobs that you feel you are qualified for. Be honest with yourself. Don’t shoot to high. Start small and work your way up to bigger projects. Write pieces for magazine and newspapers for submission in your spare time.

Create a website for your writing. It will be an online portfolio, basically. All writers should have a website. It is essential in this day and age, where everything is technology and computers. Intuit offers professional websites for as low as $19.99. Vista Print offers websites as low as $9.99 a month.

The third thing you will want to do to promote yourself as a writer is to create business cards. Make them professional. You want them to relate to your writing. Remember to not put your personal information on the cards, in case someone dislikes your writing.  Vista Print offers premium business cards for free. All you pay is shipping and handling, which comes out to $5.96.

Once you receive your business cards, always make sure to carry at least 5 around with you. If you come into contact with someone who may need a writer, than give them your card. Make a list of places that carry bulletin boards that are free to the public’s use. Then, decide which places might need writers or editors. In your spare time, ask the business owner if you can post your cards on their boards for people to view.  Leave 5 cards at each place that you have chosen on your list.

Lastly, is to always try to look nice if you are out in public. If you do run into someone who wants your writing services, he/she may not take you seriously or will get a bad impression of you, if you have holes in your pants and are wearing a scruffy shirt.

The business of writing can have its upside and downside to it. If you are doing what you love at the end of the day, then that is all that matters.