4 Tips to Promote Yourself As A Content Writer

4 Tips to Promote Yourself As A Content Writer
By Brian Vuyk

This article has been written as a result of speaking to a content writer on IRC, who's usual method of operations was to sell her services writing articles on RentACoder.com, charging only $0.05 per word. She unfortunately was not aware of a good method to promote her writing services to a larger audience. In order to provide a potential game plan to her, and to other content writers in a similar situation who want to build their own popularity, I would suggest the following method for promoting one's service.

Create your own Website to Market Your Articles. This website should contain your rates, sample articles, and, if possible, references from clients whom you have done sample work for. Please note that the sample articles you create should reflect a variety of different topics, styles, and lengths to show that you are flexible enough to cover a wide variety of assignments.

Post in Webmaster Forums. Advertise your services in webmaster forums such as eWealth.com or DigitalPoint. There are hundreds of content-hungry webmasters who will hire you to write articles, often paying more for your work than is possible through sites such as RentACoder or Elance. In addition, because webmaster forums are often relatively tight-knit communities, your reputation can and will spread by word of mouth. A good forum reputation will cause webmasters to pursue you for your services, allowing you to charge higher prices than otherwise possible.

Article Marketing. One often overlooked way to reach out to potential webmasters is to write articles in your slow times, and post them to royalty-free article sites such as Free-Journal-Articles.com. Include that fact that you are a professional content writer, and link to your business site in the Author Bio box. Many webmasters use royalty-free article sites in order to find content; getting your name out to them, and presenting them with your link will bring more people into your business.

Market to the Big Fish. If you really think you have talent, submit your best articles to sites such as ask.com, about.com, or online newspapers. They will invariably pay better than any webmaster for quality articles. But, they only hire the best talent. You never know until you try.

Hopefully, these first steps should give you some idea of how to market your talents to a larger market audience. If nothing else, these steps should allow you to attract a larger, better paying client base. You have the talent to succeed; I want you to make the most of it. Content writing can be a very lucrative business if you know how to market yourself. Good luck!

Brian Vuyk is the webmaster of Free-Journal-Articles at http://www.free-journal-articles.com. He also blogs about a variety of technology related subjects at http://www.infohatter.com/blog/

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