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Step 1
Research and learn everything that you can about SEO (search engine optimization), keywords, and writing web content for your freelance writing career. There will be people that will try to sell you courses and Ebooks that will help you to do this. All of the information that you need to know to start a freelance writing career can be found for free on the Internet. It will take time to search for and read through all of the information that is out there to get you to where you need to be to make money as a freelance writer. There is a benefit to using Ebooks and courses in that all of the searching and condensing the information about freelance writing has been done for you.
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Step 2
Pull together a resume to start your freelance writing career. There are many businesses that will offer to writer your freelance writing resume for a large fee. There is no need to pay this amount of money for work that you could easily do yourself. Research different templates for your freelance writing resume. When you have written a rough draft of your resume, you can go on one of the many freelance writing forums and ask for advice on how to tweak your freelance writing resume to help you to land more jobs. This can all be done for free and you will still end up with a great freelance writing resume.
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Step 3
Search for freelance writing opportunities for you to apply to. There are sites that will tell you that they will give you a list of freelance writing jobs for a fee. These are the same writing jobs that you can find if you search the Internet. Some of the best places to look for different freelance writing opportunities is Craig's List and freelance writing blogs. Many freelance writers will give you leads that they have come across to help you out when it comes to starting your freelance writing career.
