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Increase_Your_Freelance_Sales_With_an_Online_Resume
| Increase Your Freelance Sales With an Online Resume
Freelancing is a competitive business, especially in today’s
fast-paced, e-focused world.
Often there are hundreds of writers competing for the same,
limited number of assignments, and the writer who can best
showcase his or her abilities is the one who lands the job.
Editors, however, are very busy people, and don’t have the time
nor the inclination to sift through the hundreds of resumes and
clips they receive in search of your information. If your
credits and clips are not right there on an editor’s desk, or
available with a single click of the mouse, that plum assignment
is going to go to the writer who managed to catch the editor’s
eye; even if you’re the better writer for the job.
So, how do you get your writing clips into the hands of the
editors looking for writers? Easy, with your own online resume!
A personal site has become a must for today’s freelancer, but
successful writers know that they need to do more than simply
paste their picture out on the Internet, or send off their email
address along with their snail mail query.
What’s needed is a site that showcases your entire writing
resume, including:
Bio Publishing history Writing-related job history All published
credits Specialty or genre Easily accessible and visually
attractive clips, whether scanned or in document form
An editor is then able to access all of your information at
once, instead of being forced to slog through link after link
looking for work that is spread out over twelve different sites,
six of which no longer exist. With everything in one place, an
editor is also more able to get a feel for your abilities and
range.
In addition, a professional-looking site – one that features
your published writing, not pictures of your dog and boyfriend
along with your latest Ebay stats – will prove to an editor that
you’re on the ball, that you take your writing seriously. In
turn the editor will take you more seriously.
Even freelancers with very little computer knowledge can set up
a website; check with your Internet service provider to find out
how to start your own (often free) site. Or, if you have some
knowledge of HTML or are willing to learn, you may be able to
set up your own site. There are also many web-design companies
that will set you up for a fee.
If you decide to go with a web-design company, here are a few
important things to consider:
* What are the total costs? Be sure to read the fine print,
otherwise your bill may be higher than you’d intended.
* Is maintenance included? If so, how much does it cost and what
is the turnaround time?
* How many pages are you allowed? Some budget companies only
offer six or so pages, which is hardly enough to showcase your
clips.
* Do they work with writers? Web-design services that cater to
exotic dancers or widget-sellers may not know much about a
freelancer’s needs.
Whichever method you choose, get your resume and clips online
today and start wowing editors and making sales tomorrow!
About the author:
Kelly Kyrik is a successful freelancer and co-owner of
The-Write-Resume.com ( http://www.The-Write-Resume.com ) a
web-design service that caters to freelance writers.
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