czwartek, 23 czerwca 2011

What Are Self-Marketing Techniques For Writers?

By Harold Spencer


When you present your work to prospective clients, one of the most effective ways is by having an online presence. The world shrinks through the use of the worldwide web and still, clients on an international basis is what you will find and they may be interested in your work as well as your ability to work for them.

Here's the first step:

If you create a website, then placing testimonials, pricing structure, examples, and a list of services you provide are the opportunities that you will have.

You are not necessarily marketing yourself and that you are marketing the time-honored skill of writing and this is an important thing to remember because most writers have problems with self-marketing. In many cases, this helps writers understand that they don't really need to be full of pride that they have been given a skill. For the mutual benefit of writer and client, it is important for the writer to use his or her skills wisely.

Blogging

The use of blogging has become a highly prized self-marketing tool. A blog will allow visitors to see you as a person and enjoy your personal approach to passing along information.

A blog can allow you to pass along services you can provide. Another use of a blog is passing along some success stories and give general examples of recent work that you have accepted. You don't want to be too specific and should keep client confidentiality uppermost in your thinking.

What are Your Strengths?

You need to make sure that you enlist the type of writing that you are especially good at as a specialty service you can provide. Never stop learning and improve on even your greatest skills.

How to Improve Your Weaknesses

If you are weak in an area of writing you can do one of two things, 1.give up and tell clients you can't do the work or, 2. learn the skills needed to become proficient in the skill.

Your clients don't want to hear excuses, they want to perceive you as their go-to writer who can get things taken care of in a professional and timely manner.

Research

Never be afraid of research. Research can be used as a marketing tool in an indirect way. With this tool, you can be provided with information on writing styles and markets to pursue.

Final Word

A writer should always keep learning. Understanding the usefulness of self-marketing is a means of learning a skill that will allow you to write with confidence knowing the skills you possess are connecting with others and fulfilling a genuine need.




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