5 Industries that will Hire Freelance Writers

Freelance writers who want to grow their freelance writing business will be excited to know that in 2011, certain industries will be growing and hiring. These industries will need web content writing, copywriting, blogs, article writing, newsletters, and other writing. It's up to you to take advantage of the opportunity to
market you and your writing services.

Here they are:

TRAVEL. You may not believe that tourism is increasing but it is thanks to baby boomers. This group won't give up travel. They have the funds to travel wherever and whenever and like to get a good deal. If you're interested in travel writing, now is the time to get started.

If you have prior experience as a travel writer, start marketing your writing services to travel agencies and your local tourism office. You could find fun writing opportunities such as adventure travel, food and wine writing, and other niches.


DOCTORS. The health care industry will experience growth because baby boomers are getting older and will require more medical attention. This means doctors will expand their offices move to new and additional locations. They'll need to market their new (or improved) offices and freelance writers can help them do this through copywriting and web content writing.

NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. Believe or not, some baby boomers will be entering nursing homes and assisted living facilities. More and more of these facilities will be built now and in the future. They'll need freelance writers to help them market these businesses.

EDUCATION. Colleges and universities are not going away. In fact, they're adding more teachers as are public school systems. Schools wanting to attract students will need help with this. Freelance writers can write the copy for brochures, newsletters, and websites. Freelance writers, who love education, take advantage of
this area.

STAFFING AND RECRUITING. Many businesses will be employing more office workers and need help finding intelligent office workers. Businesses will turn to staffing and recruiting companies to help them find the employees. Freelance writers can help staffing and recruiting agencies by writing copy for brochures, print and radio ads, and web content.

Freelance writers who want to grow their writing businesses will take advantage of the growth within the industries listed above. If you want to become wealthy freelance writers, you must get out of your comfort zone. Start approaching medium and large businesses and stop looking on certain job boards that post low paying writing opportunities.

Make a commitment to work with clients that understand business and will pay your writing fees. You'll have to occasionally negotiate your rates, but it's not a good idea to accept assignments just for the money. You won't be happy and it will show in your work.

If must make ends meet, you may consider getting a 'temporary' job that will pay the bills while you build your freelance writing business. Remember, "Rome wasn't built in a day." Don't get discouraged if you don't make $10,000 or more a month straight-away. It will happen if this is what you truly desire.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rebecca Sebek is the owner of Savvy-Writer.com, a website dedicated
to freelance writing. You'll find information on blogging, screenwriting, client relations, publishing, how to gain web traffic, eBooks, keyword research, social media, and much more. Rebecca is a freelance writer for industries that include but are not limited to travel, personal and professional development, health care, health and wellness (includes fitness) holistic, beauty, finance, internet, and much more.

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Every Writer's Dream: Doing What You Love, Loving What You Do

It is every writer's dream to earn a living doing the work we truly love. Most of us know we want to be writing; the challenge is to figure out how to support ourselves doing it. If you really want to do what you love and love what you do, here are four ways to go about it:

1. Find a job writing in an environment that fosters autonomy and creativity.

If you want to be assured of a steady paycheck, this is certainly your best option. Other than putting up with all that goes with working for someone else, this approach provides a number of pluses: financial security, professional stability, people to talk to, feedback and creative input from others, and structure. 


That's the good news; the bad news is that such jobs are pretty hard to find. Landing a writing job is a challenge in itself, but it is nothing compared to finding one in an organization that allows you space and autonomy.

2. Find a good-paying, full-time job you enjoy, and freelance part time on the side.

If a dependable source of income is one of your non-negotiable criteria, and option #1 doesn't pan out, another approach is to keep your full-time vocation and write as your part-time avocation. As long as you can maintain enough psychic and physical energy to write, it is possible to carve out time to freelance. That may be all you need, but, if it isn't, consider the next possibility.

3. Begin now to build a freelance business that will become full
time, eventually.

Novice swimmers don't compete at the Olympic level without intense
preparation. They train, they practice, they build their form and
self-confidence over time, and they work their way up the
competitive ladder. Only when they are sure they're ready, do they
compete at the highest levels. Part-time writing is the best kind
of training because it gives you the same opportunity to practice --
to polish your skills, build your confidence, and learn the ropes --
before you go for the gold.

4. Build a financial safety net, do the groundwork, and take the plunge.

No matter which way you approach full-time, freelance writing, remember that it is a business. It takes a lot of planning to start of business, and one of the most important aspects of that planning is being sure you can support yourself for six months to a year, even if you don't earn a penny. Doing the groundwork means learning everything else you need to do, from printing business cards to keeping accurate financial records, from building a database of potential clients or editors to showing your portfolio, and from writing an informal contract to enforcing its terms when the work is completed.

There is an optimum moment to hang out your shingle, and you will know when you're ready to take that step. Just trust your instincts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bobbi Linkemer is a ghostwriter, editor, and the author of 12 books under her own name. She has been a professional writer for 40 years, a magazine editor and journalist, and a book-writing teacher. Her clients range from Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs who want to write books in order to enhance their credibility and build their businesses. Visit her Website at: http://www.WriteANonfictionBook.com.

The Times (and Words) Are A-Changing

English has tremendous fluidity. It readily adopts words from foreign languages, often without immediately "anglifying" their spellings or pronunciations. As Shakespeare so aptly demonstrated, English also allows words to be used as various parts of speech without any alteration of form. And English shapes itself differently each generation by accepting and rejecting popular usages and vocabulary. Writers should be ever aware of the changing nature of their artistic medium.

We have gradually taken to speaking in letters or acronyms rather than full words especially where technology has become ingrained in our everyday life and work. Companies have IT departments. We can communicate via IM. We connect our hardware with USBs. We spend millions on ISPs, DVDs, and MP3s. Such pseudo-words are common and acceptable in almost any modern context.

Technology has given us new functions for old words. Text, for example, is no longer just a noun. The sight of a mouse on a desk does not necessarily send a person running for traps. And the modern version of spam is far more universally hated than the canned pork of the same name. Again, readers are accustomed to and will readily accept these usage shifts.

For decades, stylebooks frowned upon the use of impact as a verb meaning "to affect," insisting that, when used as a verb, it could only mean "to cause to stick or lodge." Nowadays, these same manuals acknowledge that "to affect" is indeed a common and understood usage. Even the newest editions of both the layman-preferred Merriam-Webster and the linguist-revered Oxford English Dictionaries have included a number of modern terms that were unacknowledged or termed non-standard in previous editions.

In the past fifteen years or so, we have lost many of our problems only to have them replaced by issues. While stunning or incredible events in the eighties and nineties were often described as awesome, in this century they are more likely to be pronounced amazing.

While not earth-shattering, generational lexical choices such as these bear thoughtful consideration because they can subtly date a person's writing. For this reason, it may be advisable to choose traditional over modern word choices--or vice versa--depending on one's intended audience.

English morphs in various ways. We writers would do well to weigh choices to determine which will work best for our audiences and, when necessary, edit accordingly.

About the Author: AnnaLisa Michalski writes and publishes the ezine Word-wise and owns and operates Admin Maven, a virtual assisting service specializing in proofreading and copy editing.