The Web Writer Spotlight

“Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home,” read an executive memo circulated at Yahoo! explaining the ban on telecommuting at the company. Here's why you should still smile despite Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's apparent cold war on working from home.

Have you ever wondered why some writers tend to write standout web copy effortlessly, while others strain and struggle? It's not that highly successful writers are necessarily more talented. It's just that highly successful writers consciously and methodically create a set of habits that give them an edge.

Can your clients and business prospects trust you? Trust is critical to the success of any business. Clients need to feel confident that they are hiring the right person for the job and buying the right product from the right seller. A way to cultivate trust and credibility with clients is to build a solid, authoritative reputation online.

Ever heard of “cobbler’s children syndrome”? Many professionals suffer “cobbler’s children syndrome” and take care of other peoples’ needs at the expense of their own needs. However, as an online professional, you need to take steps to cure the syndrome and advance your own career as well.

Whether you are a fiction or non-fiction writer, you will benefit from these top tips and tricks about writing and getting published by some of history’s all-time best authors.

Content marketing infographic that demonstrates how to create compelling content in a different media format, get more bang from your content archives, and reach new and different audiences in the process.

Writing web articles that people want to read doesn’t just involve coming up with ideas, thoughts and suggestions, pulling a chair behind your desk and sitting down to write. It entails much more than that. Here are some golden formats for writing web content that people crave you should know about.

How do you land freelance writing gigs besides applying for advertised jobs? There are a number of ways to do this. Try these six creative, tried-and-true ideas to score freelance writing clients today.
 

Would you like your sales to go through the roof? Of course you would. Who wouldn't? I have found five secret "keys" that dramatically improve the money-making ability of just about ANY sales message.

The path toward a successful writing career is fraught with many challenges and hidden horizons. As a writer trotting along this path, you need to avoid common mistakes that doom writing careers .