There are a lot of great books available for freelance writers. Personally, I own a shelf full or two. I am so excited to announce the release of my favorite one on Amazon!  “Working Writer, Happy Writer: How to Build a Freelance Writing Business From Practically Nothing” by Sue LaPointe has just been released as a paperback – and you can get it for $20! Previously available only as an e-book, this easy to read, step-by-step manual is the book that took me from writing articles for three bucks a piece to opening my own freelance writing business is seven months time.

Sue writes in such an easy-to-read, conversational style, you will feel like she is right there at your side as she shows you how to create a thriving writing business – without spending a fortune! Sue tells it how it is, sharing the exact steps she took to become the number one rated writer on Guru.com last year. She shows you what you need to have, what you can do without and where to find the clients to build your own home business- even if you’ve never written professionally before in your life.

If you’ve been wondering how to get started in this lucrative business, do yourself a favor – buy the book! For 20 bucks,  you can’t go wrong. Instead, you can go from wondering if you could be a writer to acutally becoming one – with greater ease and less stress (not to mention far less money) than you ever thought possible!

Here’s the link: Working Writer Happy Writer: How to Build a Thriving Writing Business from NOTHING

Go get it! You’re gonna love it- I promise!

As a freelancer, I spend a fair portion of my time searching for clients and markets for my work. Client hunting is not my favorite sport. In fact, it can feel like a struggle on the best of days

Like a lot of freelancers, I love working with regular, ongoing clients. I enjoy the interaction of getting to know my clients and their businesses. For me, I think it helps me become a more effective writer for them. As I learn more about how they work with their customers and how certain things work better for them than others, I can drill down deeper with my content and zero in on their target market.

Of course, I work hard to hit that target from the onset, but I think consistently working with the same client/freelancer combo works well for me and my clients. I write regularly for several of the same clients that I did a year or more ago, so I think they are happy with the situation as well.

Regardless of regular clients, however, we all have to get out there with our pitches and proposals to land a new gig. So where do you look for new clients?

Job Listings for Freelancers

I have a few sources that have worked well for me. There are a lot of great resources out there and most of them won’t get mentioned in this list. Not because I don’t like them or find them useful, but just because they aren’t in my regular hunting expeditions.

Guru.com can be a great place for a freelancer to find clients. Sure there are plenty of customers on Guru.com that are looking for “quality writers that will write 500 word articles for $1 each” but that holds true for any job source. There are too many people out there who aren’t willing to pay a writer a living wage and unfortunately, there are too many writers out there that will work for those wages, but that’s another post. I have found some excellent clients through Guru.com and have made excellent money through them as well.

Anne Wayman posts a freelancing blog with gigs that comes out every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Again, you take the bad with the good, but there is definitely good on this list.

Deb Ng has a very popular freelance job blog as well. Always worth a look.

Suzanne Franco puts out the Freelance Daily newsletter. You’ll pay an extremely small pittance for Suzanne’s list, but it’s worth every penny.

ProBlogger has blogging jobs on a blog and these are another great client source.

Twitter (follow me here) is another great source of client connections. Do your networking on Twitter. Make friends with folks and develop some relationships. If you do this from a genuine place and keep it real, you will absolutely gain clients from Twitter if that is your goal.
I decided to start running a special on Twitter to gain new clients- as well as provide a really great deal to my Tweeple. It has taken off very nicely and has brought me several new clients in a week’s time.

Hunting for clients can be a tricky sport. You need to balance between charging enough and not charging so much you can’t get work. You need to keep a constant eye on your total schedule to make sure you don’t take on more than you can handle. You need to communicate effectively with your clients to make sure you are giving them what they need. You need to do your gig hunting and then get to work on the clients you already have. There are a lot of pieces to keeping the balls all juggling at the proper pace so they don’t all land on yoru head!

Tell Me More!!

Where do you search for clients? Add your favorites to this list. Go ahead- there’s plenty to share. Tell us the good stuff- I just did!

I have no doubt that there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of excellent books and other resources that can help teach someone how to begin earning a living as a freelance writer. Some of them are free, some are inexpensive and some will cost you thousands. There is one, though, that I will always cherish and recommend to anyone who is wondering if they can earn a decent living as a freelance writer.

The ebook is called “Working Writer Happy Writer: How to Build a Thriving Writing Business from NOTHING” by Sue LaPointe.

I was given the opportunity to review this book last year with the challenge to put it into practice. I had no experience as a paid freelance writer and no particular education in the field either. So, I took the book and I did one simple thing: I followed it step by step and did what it said.  Seven months later, I quit my fulltime job and opened my own freelance writing business, which supports me and my family today.

“Working Writer Happy Writer: How to Build a Thriving Writing Business from Nothing” is a guide that is filled with real, easy to implement strategies that show you exactly what you need to do to start earning real money as a freelance writer. It is written by the number one writer on Guru.com, Sue LaPointe, who went from never having earned a dime writing to $5000/month is six months flat. Sue’s business has continued to catapult her to the top of the list when it comes to in-demand freelance writers. Her income has allowed her and her family to experience some amazing new experiences and break free from the worry of paying the bills.

Don’t get me wrong- you still have to do the work. But, if you’ve ever wondered how to get started as a freelance writer, you won’t find a better “how-to” guide than this one.

Do yourself a favor and go now and
Learn how to build a thriving writing business from NOTHING!

It will be the best Christmas present you’ve ever given yourself. It makes a darn fine Christmas gift too! Go now:
Learn how to build a thriving writing business from NOTHING!