How to to Keep Your Freelance Writing Career Afloat During a Recession

The recession has hit every job there is in society. Freelance writers are starting to feel the pinch now as well. Many companies are scaling back their marketing budget. This leads to a cut in the amount of paying jobs that is available to freelance writers. This is a fear that has spread through many freelance writing forums on the web. There is a truth out there that many content sites are cutting back on their writers and payments. However, there is still hope for every freelance writer out there that their careers will stay afloat and even continue to grow during this recession. All you have to do is to take a few steps to make sure your freelance writing career is going strong through the financial storm.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Make sure that you have more then one freelance writing client that you work for. Many freelance writers make the mistake of relying on one large client to give them the bulk of their work. During this recession, it is important to have income from your writing coming in from multiple clients. This will help you to handle any cutbacks on work with a client because you will still have other work to get paid for. It is important to have many eggs in your freelance writing basket.

2. Look for new freelance writing clients everyday. This needs to be a task that is factored into your work day. You may think that you have enough freelance writing clients to weather this recession, but what would you do if you lost one of your clients. You should always have your freelance writing resume and clips up to date. This will help you to apply to all writing jobs that you come across. This way, when you lose a freelance writing client, you will have another one to take its place.

3. Start writing for yourself to keep your freelance writing career afloat in this recession. When you are dependent on your income and work from others, you will be at the mercy of their financial state. There are many ways that you can start writing for yourself today. You can write for revenue share sites like Ehow. Making a blog or website is another option for you to build your own residual income from your freelance writing.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not listen to the doomsday freelance writers. These are the people on the forums that will continue to tell you that the sky is falling. You need to surround yourself with positive people to succeed with your freelance writing career in this recession.

Resources

• How to Write and Earn Money at Ehow

[BHolmes]

on 1/13/2009 I agree, it is important to always be on the lookout for new work and clients!

[TheWriterLady]

on 1/7/2009 These are some great tips for a freelance writer, both newbies and those more experienced. When you work from home, it is key to diversify your income streams so that you are prepared to handle any misfortunate declines in work available.

[Anai]

on 1/7/2009 Great suggestions. You should always have more than one client or stream of income.