Comments on: Simple Holiday Marketing Ideas for Freelance Writers

By: Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:39:34 +0000

Thanks Christopher

The technique he’s referring to is at http://creatingfame.com/video/

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:40:06 +0000

@Christopher – Great idea. It might be a good idea to impose a limit (like a discount for the first 10 clients) just so that you don’t risk committing to too much discounted work over a long stretch, costing you regular full-pay gigs.

@John – I’ve done things like that in the past, and plan to run a decent contest closer to the holidays. I’ve learned not to run them for top commenters though. You wouldn’t believe the kinds of scams you’ll have people try to pull. The last contest like that was an absolute nightmare.

@Veronica – Glad you enjoyed them (and glad to hear you’re an AFW reader!).

@Heidi – When I write a guest post for another blog, I don’t ever give republishing rights for that piece to others. If the host blog allows people to republish their contributors’ work, that’s fine and up to them. I do have a few free articles up at AllFreelanceWriting.com (the free article section is in the black bar near the top) that anyone is free to republish as-is. Unfortunately I don’t believe there’s anything currently available related to holiday gifts or holiday marketing there.

By: Heidi Richards Mooney

Heidi Richards Mooney — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:23:38 +0000

Love your article and was wondering if you allow republishing?

My name is Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher of WE Magazine for Women. We are putting together a Holiday Gift guide Magalog and I am including great content such as articles like yours.

You can check out our site and more about the Guide at http://www.WEmagazineforwomen.com.

If you do allow, please send me an email to heidi (at) wecai.org.

Many thanks for your time.

Heidi

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:14 +0000

Some very nice tips to consider. I’ve been playing with these ideas since yesterday, after I found your post through AlllFreelanceWriting. Nice twist there Christopher.

By: John Samuel

John Samuel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:45:20 +0000

Jennifer, Nice article.

Running a contest is always the best idea to attract potential customers. Though out of context for this post, but I have seen lot many blogs running contests to attract commentators and readers. Irrespective of your years of experience, a contest can always lead to creation of a buzz about you (your services)

By: ChristopherR2D2

ChristopherR2D2 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:09:48 +0000

Nice post, Jennifer!

Another tip to consider when launching a contest is to offer those that didn’t win the contest a discounted rate for your services. Then, promoting the fact that you received so many requests for your services, that you decided to make the rate available to everyone for a limited time.

For more on this technique, Google Laura Roeder – she rocks!

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