To Understand Nonprofit Culture, Listen Before You Speak

March 8, 2010

A Guest Post by Elizabeth Turnbull, a Guest Expert in the“Writing for Nonprofits” Coaching Program Whenever you travel and are in a new culture, it’s always a good idea to stay quiet for a while and listen before you speak. Look around you and observe how people greet one another. What do they say when [...]

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Should You Run Ads on Your Freelance Writing Website?

March 2, 2010

My quick answer: No! When I first put my websites for professional freelance writing services online, I ran Google AdSense ads on them. I’d say at least half of the websites for freelance writers that I’ve visited lately have AdSense on them. But I took the ads off my sites within a few months and [...]

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From Journalist to Nonprofit Flack: A Good Career Move?

February 19, 2010

A Guest Post by Claire Meyerhoff, a Guest Expert in the “Writing for Nonprofits” Coaching Program Not long ago, I was talking with my college pal Julie Malkin. Like me, she’s a recovering broadcast journalist who went over to the dark side of professional communications known as “public relations.” For the record, Julie is Public [...]

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Why in the World Would You Ever Want to be a Grantwriting Consultant?

February 5, 2010

A Guest Post by Betsy Baker of Your Grant Authority and a Guest Expert in the “Writing for Nonprofits” Coaching Program When I was working full time for my nonprofit employer, I was married but didn’t have children. When my husband and I decided that our house was just a little too quiet (oh, what [...]

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Getting Work: It’s Not Who You Know, But Who Knows You

January 28, 2010

When I look back at where I’ve made the most money in my freelance writing career, without a doubt it is from clients who came to me via word-of-mouth referrals from my friends or family, colleagues from past jobs, other communications professionals, or other clients. I’ve had multi-year contracts with clients who found me through [...]

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