5 Ways to Market Freelance Business

Being a freelance writer sometimes makes it hard to have a steady income. So freelancers have it a bit tougher than other workers to find work. How do you find work as a freelancer?

Marketing yourself can turn into a full-time job. There are a few ways to market yourself to potential clients that work for many freelance writers.

1. Join freelance writing forums. This is one of the best ways to network with others in the same industries. Many potential clients visit freelance writing forums regularly in search of a good writer for their current or upcoming projects.

2. Email Signature.Always place a signature at the bottom of each and every email you send even if it's to your best friends. Your email signature should have your name, title, web site, email address, and any other contact information a potential client may want.

3. Blog. Blogging has become ever so popular in the recent years. It first started out as a place for people to keep an online journal for friends and family to read and keep up to date on your happenings. It has now turned into a great way to network your business. 

4. Twitter. A great place to network with other writers and let others know a bit about your business from your profile. 

5. Build a Website. Having a website with your resume and writing samples is a great way for potential clients to see first hand what you can do and what you have done. This is like getting a foot in the door. 

Being Productive

One of the most important things in any freelance business whether it is writing or photography is that you have to be productive. If you’re not productive then you’re probably not making any money. And isn’t making money what we all want to do. Isn’t that the reason we opened up our own freelancing business to make the moola.

I find that if I’m unorganized I can’t be productive, no matter how hard I try or how important a project is. If my office is a wreck (like it is now) I just can’t focus on anything but the mess (and then I blog about it). I have a few projects in the works that I’d really like to work on today, but I think that the office organization should probably be bumped ahead of them just for today so that I can focus on my work and give my clients what they’re paying for.

My desk sits facing a double window with the door to my back. That always makes me uneasy so today the desk will be moved so that it sits facing the door or at least angled toward the door. My shelving unit is a wreck thanks to my boyfriends massive amount of car magazines that he reads once and tosses aside, but still wants to keep just in case there is something he needs to know, (like he’d ever be able to find what he’s looking for). He’d have to go through hundreds of them before he finds what he’s looking for.

How do you keep productive?