How can you quickly get and keep the attention of a prospective client? Managers who have freelance work to dole out are busy, trust me. I used to be one of them, and I had the opportunity to handle quite a few freelance queries. It’s a process that a lot of folks may enjoy—I know I did—but the fact is that they simply don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it.

If it occurs to you that the above sample isn’t heading in the best possible direction, you’re on the right track. Here’s an approach to making your one …read more

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Hi Anne,
I’m trying to put together a freelance writing career while raising my two kids. It dawned on me that I’ve got a bunch of tips I’d like to share with other mothers. I don’t know how to put together a query for a magazine, which is what I think I need to do first. Can you help me?
KP
Hi KP,
Thanks for the question. Let me unpack it a bit.
First of all, you can market a series of tips one at a time to magazines that like that sort of thing.
You can turn your tips into a full-length article.
A query …read more

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Lori Widmer has completed her two part series on The Query Letter. Again, she’s done a great job.
I’d make only one change, and that’s the way she suggests you close the letter. She suggests: What do you think? May I write the article for Shoe Network readers? Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to working with you soon.
I’d probably make it something like: I’d love to write this article for your Shoe Network readers and can deliver the completed manuscript in two weeks.
What I’m going for is what’s known in the sales industry as the assumptive close. …read more