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Freelance Online Work - Sunday

June 13th 2009 23:43
Does anyone else get huge amounts of emails on a Sunday offering the next get rich scheme. It's crazy I am getting them every weekend. I am just happy that I really work freelance online.



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Freelance Online Work - A New Direction

June 9th 2009 23:25
I am delighted to be given the chance to expand this blog, I have been a reader for a long time and I hope that I can build on Lynne Smythe's success. I have always found her writing very good and she has always been approachable.

My aim is to develop this blog from a freelance writer's blog, to a blog that helps all freelancers. I will also cut down on the external linking to other writing sites, because after all an Orble blog should be an entity in itself, and not just a bookmarking opportunity.

Please feel free to offer any freelance related feedback.

All The Best


Chris

PS Heres a PLR article that I think somes up a freelancer

"" Everyday hundreds, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people decide to investigate the idea of working from home or starting their very own home-based business. They have heard of others that have done so who have been very successful...maybe even wildly successful at it.

Some of these people are very computer savvy individuals. They may even have the ability to build their own webpages. They certainly know the ins and outs of operating a computer. Others aren’t all that computer savvy but they think they have a great idea for an Internet business and are sure that they can find a way to follow their dream.

The Internet really is the great equalizer. The level of formal education that a budding Internet entrepreneur has doesn’t seem to have much bearing on the degree of success that they can achieve on the Internet or how much of a failure they can become. There are those who have reached dizzying heights of success who never finished high school and those who have hit rock bottom who have multiple college degrees.

The commonalities of those who succeed in either working from home or running a home-based business are:

They are all self-starters.

They have a positive attitude.

They are willing to learn.

They develop the necessary survival skills....it really is a jungle out there.

If you are considering starting, or have already started working from home or a home-based business, you are obviously a self-starter.

You wouldn’t have even considered such a venture if you didn’t have a positive attitude.

You are apparently willing to learn, you are reading this book.

The world of Internet business is the electronic equivalent of a jungle. In words made famous in “The Wizard of Oz”, “There are lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Survival and success aren’t based on education. They are both based upon the mastering of survival skills. ""
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Suite101 Looking for Writers

January 28th 2009 15:10

I've been writing for Suite101 since October 2007. In November, 2007 I was promoted from being a Contributing Writer to being the Feature Writer for the newly created Herbs & Spices section. Herbs & Spices is a subtopic of the Food & Drink category.

Although I am required to post a certain number of articles per month, to the Herbs & Spices section, I can still write articles on any topic that I want.

Suite101 claims to receive between 8 and 12 million unique visitors per month. Suite101 pays their writers based on ad clicks generated from people reading your articles. Writers are paid once per month through PayPal.

Suite101 is currently looking for additional freelance writers. Website: http://www.suite101.com.

Description:
At Suite101, our principle focus is our commitment to supporting freelance writers. Whether your goal is to publish articles, earn more income, hone your writing skills or create new career opportunities, Suite101 is here to assist you… every step of the way.

With a Suite101 writing job, you’ll enjoy the freedom to “write what you want, when you want” and generate revenue over the lifetime of your career. We provide professional resources and tools to make publishing remarkably easy and convenient; simply login to Suite101 and you’re ready to go! As a Suite101 writer, you will interact with a team of editorial professionals dedicated to helping you maximize the searchability of your articles online too. With millions of monthly readers, Suite101 writers enjoy a huge – and growing - audience.

* Writing for Suite101 provides you with the opportunity to: Receive lifelong royalties generated by your articles
* Extend the reach of your work by introducing it to millions of monthly readers
* Build your writing portfolio and enhance your profile, reputation online
* Interact with an established network of professional editors and writers

About Suite101:
Suite101 has been helping writers build profile and get exposed to readers since 1996. Based in Vancouver, Canada, and Berlin, Germany, Suite101 boasts over 2,000 talented writers and 150,000 informative articles.

Visit the Suite101 website for further information: http://www.suite101.com/writing_jobs/.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe
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Wordpress VS. TypePad?

January 7th 2009 22:39


My Bike Diva blog is one year old this month. I have it hosted on the free Wordpress.com site. I would like to be able to add Google ads, and other paid ads to the site. But I would have to upgrade to Wordpress.org and find a site to host it for me.

My grand plan for being a freelance writer is to start a Diva Blog network. But instead of switching over to Wordpress.org, I'm thinking about signing up with TypePad.

Just wondering if anyone prefers one site over the other? TypePad offers a 14 day free trial, so I'll probably sign up with them, and see how I like their blogging software.

Diva Domain Names
With my long term writing goals in mind, I just purchased the following domain names today. None of these sites are active at the moment, so I'm not providing links to the URL's at the present time. A couple of my first choices for domain names were already taken, so I decided to get these domain names while they are still available.

Run Diva
Tea Diva
Writing Diva
Conspiracy Diva
Horror Diva
Craft Diva
Cuisine Diva
Backyard Diva

I'll probably start the Run Diva site first. It will be pretty similar to my Bike Diva site, but with a focus on running and walking events, rather than cycling events.

I'll let you know how my progress goes for these other sites, and post up the links when the sites go live.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe
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PR Newswire for Freelance Writers

November 7th 2008 21:00

PR Newswire for Journalists
If you are a freelance writer or journalist, you should definitely check out the PR Newswire website. Go to their main page, then click on the PR Newswire for Journalists link, on the top left menu bar.

I registered with the site around one month ago, and setup my profile to have press releases, related to my topics of interest, sent directly to my email address. I'm using information from the press releases to write posts to the Bike Diva, Charity Mile and Charity Fitness Events blogs.

Create Opportunity
Another fantastic feature of PR Newswire, is the ability to setup media search campaigns, if you are looking for specific information. I setup two separate campaigns within the past few weeks for my two main areas of interest.

Herbs & Spices Campaign
One campaign was a request for information and news related to herbs & spices, along with a request for review copies of herb cookbooks and samples of herb related merchandise.

So far my herb campaign has resulted in receiving review copies of the books Field Guide to Herbs and Spices by Aliza Green, and The Flavor Bible by Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg. I have also received a box of Truvia, nature's calorie-free sweetener, to sample. I will be writing reviews of the two books for the Suite101 website - I am the Herbs & Spices Feature Writer for Suite101. And I will be reviewing Truvia for my I Love Herbs blog, right here on the Orble blog network.

Cycling & Fitness Campaign
I also created an opportunity for my other main interest - cycling and fitness. I requested information on cycling and fitness news and events, along with samples of cycling related books and equipment. Here are the results of that campaign so far:

1. Hydrapak - 2 hydration packs and a gelbot water bottle
2. Oakley - sport performance eyewear
3. ZICO - case of 3 flavors of pure coconut water
4. VE2 - package of VE2 Energy Gum
5. Nexcare - 5 boxes of waterproof sports bandages and tapes
6. Vital Action - 4 flavors of their sports performance water
7. Detour - 10 varieties of their sports activity protein bars
8. YogaFit - yoga DVD for Cyclists
9. EKHO - WM108 and WM128 heart rate monitors and Bee Fit pedometer
10. Dr. Jeff Spencer’s bookTurn it Up! How to Perform at Your Highest Level for a Lifetime
11. Todd Crandell’s book Racing for Recovery: From Addict to Ironman and DVD Addict: Racing for Recovery, The Todd Crandell Story
12. Tom & Jerry Caraccioli’s book Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.
13. Expresso Fitness - I’ll be traveling to a local gym to try out their upright stationery bike.

I will be sampling and reviewing all of these products during the next few weeks. Then I will write reviews and articles on all the products for the various sites I write for.

PR Newswire has many more features available than what I'm detailing in this post. I'm just mentioning the services that I find most helpful.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe

P.S. Let me know if you know of any sites that are similar to PR Newswire, and I'll check them out ASAP. I would also like to hear from other writers that are using PR Newswire.
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Write for Mother Earth News

October 17th 2008 15:18

Mother Earth News is the guide to self-reliant living, covering sustainable homesteading, organic gardening, real food, country skills, alternative energy, green transportation, natural health, environmental consciousness, farming and livestock.

The print magazine, launched in 1970, is a bimonthly with a circulation of 1 million. The magazine is supplemented by an interactive website offering daily updated news, blogs on topics including energy, gardening, how-to, food, cooking and the latest issues, as well as an e-newsletter, online communities and video and e-book projects.

Articles in the current issue include:
* Build Your Own Tables
* Gardening for Keeps
* Simpler Living
* Trusty Tarp Tie-downs
* All about Growing Spinach
* Why Wind Power Works for Schools

FREELANCE SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are welcome for two departments: "Country Lore" and "Firsthand Reports from the Field." "Country Lore" presents handy how-to tips of 100 to 300 words. "Firsthand Reports from the Field" are first-person stories (1,500 to 2,000 words) about sustainable lifestyles of all sorts. The editors encourage potential contributors to read several back issues of the magazine first.

To learn more about their guidelines, go to: http://www.motherearthnews.com/writers-guidelines.aspx.

Submissions should be sent via e-mail to letters@MotherEarthNews.com. To submit by U.S. mail, send materials to the address below.

Mother Earth News
1503 SW 42nd St.
Topeka, KS 66609-1265
Website: www.MotherEarthNews.com
Phone: 785-274-4300
Email: letters@MotherEarthNews.com

Reprinted from "The Book Marketing Expert newsletter," a free ezine offering book promotion and publicity tips and techniques. Really Long Link
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Article Marketing with Videos

October 16th 2008 15:17

Everyone knows that submitting articles to article directories is a great way to get high quality links and traffic to your website. But what about reworking your article into a video?

You'll need to have a way to create an audio for your video; and, then create the video content. Using your preferred method for creating the article, you will read your article. Then it's quite easy to use Microsoft Power Point to create template slides and you can use Windows Movie Maker to put the audio and template slides all together.

You want to create at least 3 to 5 slides with key bullet points in your article. When you create your slide make sure to save them as a picture file like "jpeg" so that you can import them into Windows Movie Maker and build your video.

Now you're ready to start submitting your video to video submission websites. Everyone is aware of Youtube.com but did you know that there are hundreds of other sites like GoFish.com, Revver.com, Sharkle.com, etc?

If you have a blog, after you have uploaded your article video to YouTube, you can copy the video code into the code section of your blog. Next you can copy your written article and post that in the view section of your blog. Then you hit the publish button and that's it!

Last but not least, now you can take your audio file that you created and turn it into a podcast.

Tip offered by Susan Gilbert, AME's Search Engine Marketing Expert and Web 2.0 company owner, http://www.JoomlaJump.com, which provides Social Networking websites and services.

Reprinted from "The Book Marketing Expert newsletter," a free ezine offering book promotion and publicity tips and techniques. Really Long Link
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Charity Mile Blog

October 13th 2008 19:59

First off, I'd like to offer a thousand apologies. I can't believe I haven't posted to Freelance Online Work since August - YIKES!!! I have become a total gear head and have been spending all my time cycling, training, racing and writing about cycling, nutrition and fitness issues.

This post is not about a specific freelance writing opportunity, rather a possible way to find freelance writing opportunities. I belong to many cycling and fitness sites. I'm always searching for new sites. If it's a site I really like, I'll blog about it, on one of the many websites I write for, and I'll probably also join the site to become a member of their online community.

Many websites are continually looking for new writers, so I always look to see if the websites are currently accepting resumes. Back in August I became a member of the Charity Mile site. They also have a companion blog for the site - the Charity Mile Blog. I saw that they were looking to hire a few bloggers for their blog, so I sent in my application.

Approximately 3 weeks after I sent in my application I received an email saying they were interested in hiring me to be the cycling blogger for the Charity Mile Blog. On September 9th I submitted my first official blog post to the Charity Mile blog.

Although I can't discuss the specific details of my writing contract, I am expected to blog a minimum of 2-3 times per week, with a maximum of 20 blog posts per month. I keep a file of future topics to blog about, so hopefully I will never run out of ideas.

The next time you are visiting your favorite website, do a little research, and find out if they are looking to hire writers. You never know where you will find your next freelance writing opportunity.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe
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Do You Twitter?

August 8th 2008 19:24
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TWITTER
Is anyone else signed up with Twitter? Twitter is yet another social networking site. I didn't really know too much about Twitter until I started getting emails from a few friends and writing contacts that mentioned they use Twitter all the time.

ANOTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE
Initially I was a bit reluctant to sign up for Twitter. I already belong to a TON of social networking sites and I don't even have enough time to keep up with all of them. So I didn't really see the need to sign up for yet another site that I would hardly ever use.

In addition to being a freelance writer, I am also a cycling nut. The latest company to sponsor me is Freestyle Watches. They said I had to sign up for a Twitter account so we could keep in touch with each other. So a few days ago I signed up for a Twitter account - http://twitter.com/thebikediva.

LET'S TRADE TWITTER LINKS
If you have a Twitter account, add your link to your Twitter page and I'll check it out. My Twitter page is located at http://twitter.com/thebikediva.

Let the Twittering begin!!!

Take care,
Lynn
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Add Your Blog to Blog Burst

July 23rd 2008 17:06
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BLOG BURST
Anyone that has a blog should consider registering it with the Blog Burst site. It is free to list as many blogs as you would like. Your blog has to be setup for full RSS feeds, not just a summary of each post you make to your blog.

I have my Bike Diva site, which is a Wordpress.com blog, registered with the Blog Burst site. I have been getting a good amount of traffic to Bike Diva coming through my link with Blog Burst.

MEDIA EXPOSURE FOR YOUR BLOG
BlogBurst places blogs on nearly 100 top-tier news and media sites including Reuters, USA Today, Gannett, McGraw-Hill, Fox News and more.

I just checked my Bike Diva stats on the Blog Burst site earlier today. Here are a few of my Bike Diva posts that have been picked up in the last few weeks by other sites:

Reuters - Bike Diva Future
Chicago Sun Times - Bike Diva Biking Articles
Computer Shopper - Go Pro Digital Cameras
Livestrong - Century Ride Tips for New Cyclists

If you have a blog, list at Blog Burst, and see an increase in traffic to your site. It's also cool to brag to your friends that Reuters, and other popular online sites, have picked up your news feed!

Take care,
Lynn AKA the Bike Diva
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