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You can’t have a freelance writing company without clients. There are good clients and bad clients, but the client that matters most? The paying client, of course!

The Best Clients for your Company
Here are some of qualities you want in a client for your freelance writing company. These things not necessarily what you want in a client if you’re an individual writer.

Clients with high volumes of work
Clients who will send work …read more

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By now, you should be used to stress. Any freelancer will tell you that this is not a job for the weak of heart, because little issues arise every single day. There are a lot of people who can handle those issues without getting super stressed, but as a freelance boss, those issues are multiplied. So without further ado, here’s a down and dirty list of things you can do …read more

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Records are the force that will drive your freelance writing business. They don’t have to be fancy-schmancy – they just have to work. Unfortunately, many people new to being a boss don’t realize exactly which records they need to track. Keeping track of everything, on the other hand, can eat up your time. So what do you need, and what is better left deleted?
Clients, Projects, and Ultimate Due Dates
As a …read more

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The driving force behind any writing company is a team of amazing freelance writers. Finding those great writers isn’t very easy, though. There are literally hundreds of freelancers looking for jobs, but the ones who are up to your standards often don’t want to work for someone else and the ones who are hungry to work for a writing company are often new to writing and may not have the …read more

At some point in your freelance career, probably when you first start freelancing, you’ll work for some kind of writing company. In other words, instead of working directly with a client, you and other writers will work for a “head writer” of sorts, and that person will be the middle man. It can be a good set-up, as long as the freelancer in charge isn’t taking advantage of you with low prices. You get to avoid job trolling, they make a little money serving as the project coordinator.
Then, if you’re like me, you’ll start to want that coordinator job yourself. …read more