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Your promotion should be handled the same way large companies handle their promotional efforts. You may feel confident in doing it yourself but if you don’t, there are many online outsourcing businesses that can help you set up and create your own promotions.
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Start a Continuation Program.
After a successful project, give your client a card that states that when they’ve used your services 10 times, the 11th time is on you. This promotes more regular use of your services. Use a special punch or code on the cards, (electronic coupon is good) to verify each project completed.
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Having your own freelance writing business can be lucrative and rewarding. With some careful planning and lots of personal effort, you too can become a successful freelance writer. No matter if you are going to work part-time evenings and weekends, you do need to set your business up properly. Go to your local chamber of commerce to get information on how to start a business in your community. They should be able to point you in the right direction on getting permits, business licenses and if you decide to join the chamber, you will have access to discounts on products, services and meet many of the business owners in your area. A great way to network.
Creative thinkers like Einstein, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were able to come up with original ideas because they were willing to take risks and didn’t care if people thought they were foolish. People are suspicious of ideas that are new, they are much more comfortable with familiar concepts. Creative thinkers don’t care what others think, they are too busy enjoying thinking up new ideas. Some ideas work, and some don’t but you can’t know that until you give it a try and if one doesn’t work, another one will. There is no such thing as a complete failure when it comes to a new idea, if it doesn’t work, you build on it or discard it and go on to the next one. 
I understand, from chatting with writers online, that there are those who can sit down, just start writing, and actually get from start to finish without much more than an outline and a few character charts. I have great admiration for those that can do this. Unfortunately, I am not one of them! I thought I might share a few tricks and tips that have helped me to organize my material. It does take a bit of time and effort but I have found it much easier to keep focused since I started to chart out each chapter.
Welcome to my blog about writing. I will be sharing tips, advice about all aspects of writing from getting your writing organized, tips on succeeding as a freelance writer and motivation to expand your creativity. For five years I was the owner/editor of the Rest Stop Writers Newsletter, it won many awards and had a large subscriber base. I’ll be digging into the archives and pulling out lots of neat things to motivate you to write and succeed as a writer, so don’t forget to bookmark this page or get our feed for updates.