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Recently a potential client asked me to do a quick mock-up for a business ghostwriting gig, as well as supply a list of Google AdWords for the project. While I had no problem with the first, the second threw me for a loop. Before I could even begin to think about suggestions, I had to scramble to figure out exactly what AdWords do and how they are set up.
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ASJA’s Forum is hopping with new and interesting conversations. Check out these hot links.
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CUNY J School is offering early bird rates on fall digital media workshops to ASJA members (professional and associate). Learn podcasting, SEO writing, magazine fact-checking, social media marketing and more this fall at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York. The J+ workshops are affordable and convenient for working journalists, freelancers, authors and other communicators who want to advance in their careers, change jobs or simply tell engaging, impactful stories in today’s digital world. Click here for more information and to sign up.
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Our next VCC will be held from Tuesday July 31st to Friday Aug. 3rd. First-come, first-served sign-ups will be Tuesday, July 17 at 2 p.m. EST. Literary agent Annie Bomke has already signed up, and new editors will be announced in coming weeks.
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Inc.
There's no doubt that working as a freelancer poses unique challenges. There are matters of receiving health and retirement benefits to establishing a work-life balance to even having the discipline to work independently. Finances shouldn't be one of those challenges.
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Writer's Digest
Writing for magazines is a lot like catching a fish. It requires the right bait, understanding the conditions, finesse with timing and most of all, persistence. When it all comes together, the time and effort are worth it when you net the big one.
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The Freelancer
Full-time freelancing comes with a lot of liberty — the services you offer, the kinds of clients you work with, and the number of hours you put in are all up to you. While options are great, there’s one freedom in particular that might actually hinder your productivity: office space.
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Poynter
You only have to look at the graphs in Pew's latest report on the state of the media to get a sense of the challenges facing U.S. newspapers, where employment has dropped 45 percent since 2004, according to the report.
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Entrepreneur
To an outsider looking in, the notion of liberating yourself from a corporate environment and controlling your own success as a freelancer probably seems like nothing less than a dream. So much so that (as a slideshare study presented by Upwork shows) 57.3 million Americans were freelancing as of 2017.
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The Seattle Times
Whether you’re new to freelancing or returning to self-employment after a break, looking for work can be a full-time project in itself. Not every lead you pursue will pay off. To stay solvent and energized, you need to ruthlessly weed out the duds and make efficiency your superpower.
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