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Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More

Robert W. Bly

The definitive guide to becoming a successful freelance writer, now in an updated and expanded third edition

Secrets of a Freelance Writer has long been the authoritative guide to making big money as a commercial freelance writer. In this new edition, you'll find out how to make $100,000 a year--or much more--writing ads, annual reports, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, direct mail, Web pages, CD-ROMs, press releases, and other projects for corporations, small businesses, associations, nonprofit organizations, the government, and other commercial clients.

You'll also learn how to start out as a freelancer, market yourself to clients, create a successful personal Web site to cull more sales leads, follow up on potential customers to build your practice, and run your business on a day-to-day basis.
Secrets of a Freelance Writer is the definitive guide to building a successful and lucrative freelance writing practice.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
  • Publish Date: Aug 22nd, 2006
  • Pages: 416
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Third Edition, - 0003
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 1.10in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9780805078039
  • Categories: Careers - GeneralWriting - Authorship

About the Author

Bly, Robert W.: - Robert W. Bly is a freelance copywriter specializing in business-to-business, digital, and direct marketing. He is the author of 100 books, including The Copywriter's Handbook, Secrets of a Freelance Writer, and Selling Your Services, and has appeared on CNBC and CBS's Hard Copy. He lives in Montville, NJ.

Praise for this book

"With Bob's practical ideas and clear advice, I've been able to land jobs I would never have thought of before--and establish myself as a highly successful full-time
professional freelance writer." --Joe Vitale, Houston, Texa

"The best book I've found on the business of being a writer." --Robert S. Winkler, Corporate & Marketing Communications, Weston, Connecticut