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7 Ways to Get Freelance Writing Samples When You’re Starting Out

Freelance Magic

It’s a vicious cycle: you need to prove you can do the work to get the work in the first place. It can be incredibly disheartening when you’re starting out as a freelance writer to come up against the roadblock of having no freelance writing samples. I struggled with this a lot when I started my freelance writing business. The key is to get creative.

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How To Use Zapier: A Beginner's Guide To Workflow Automation

Jasper

This beginner's guide, including examples and step-by-step instructions, teaches you how to use Zapier to automate repetitive tasks between your favorite apps.

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8 PR Report Examples & Templates to Bookmark for Inspiration

Ahrefs

While day-to-day PR reports get into the nitty gritty of media monitoring, periodic reviews and campaign washups take a step back, looking at wider context, learnings, and next steps.

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What Has Changed About Blogging over the Past 16 Years?

Blogging From Paradise

Nothing meaningful has changed blogging-wise over the prior 16 years. Meaningless aspects of blogging have changed over the past 16 years.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model ; a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Booking Your Next Freelance Client

Freelance Magic

If you’ve already got a client or two but are keen to sign your next client, this guide is for you. Over the past 10 years, I’ve booked more than 100 clients. And let me tell you, the process gets easier and easier the more clients you work with (duh). This is all well and good if you’re a seasoned pro, but what if you’re not sure how to bridge the gap in your schedule?

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Browsing the Health Marketplace, Made Easy with Catch!

Freelance Union

We’re proud to announce that we’ve joined forces with benefits platform Catch to provide access to high-quality, affordable plans designed for the 60M+ independent workers nationwide. With this partnership, we hope to bridge the gap for freelancers who have historically struggled with finding affordable and tailored insurance options. Catch's role as an official partner of Healthcare.gov means independent workers will have access to high-quality, affordable plans on the health

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The 7 Types of Conflict in Literature

Grammarly

Conflicts are a central part of all stories. Whether it’s a hero fighting evil forces or forbidden lovers overcoming those who don’t want them together, literary conflict drives the plot forward and adds tension to the storyline. This makes it more exciting for the reader and raises the stakes for the protagonist and other characters. Understanding the various conflict types used in literature can add extra excitement to your book, play, or any other story and help you analyze other pieces of li

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How Effective Is e-Commerce Content Marketing

iWriter

Capturing your audience’s attention is more challenging than ever. So how do you do it? Enter content marketing—a strategic powerhouse that informs and engages potential customers on their buying journey. But how effective is it in the realm of e-commerce? In this blog post, we’ll explore the transformative impact of compelling content tailored for online shoppers.

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Yes, It’s Ok to Have Fun with Remote Work—Here's How While Staying Productive

Freelance Union

This post is written by Adventurely. Join the Adventurely Cowork Social on Thursday, Oct 24th in partnership with Freelancers Union, Freelancers Hub & Avo (formerly known as Avocaderia) at Freelancers Hub, Industry City Brooklyn NY. Learn more & book your spot at [link] We’ve all seen the headlines: “Remote work is over,” or “Everyone will be back to full-time office next year.

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Sometimes 'That' Is Optional

Grammar Underground

I know you were there. I know that you were there. Both of these are correct and mean the same thing. When you leave "that" out, it's called the zero relative pronoun. The post Sometimes 'That' Is Optional first appeared on Grammar Underground with June Casagrande.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Scaling An Author Business With Rachel McLean

The Creative Penn

How do you successfully scale an author business? How do you delegate to your team as well as continue to research and write the books you love? With award-winning crime author, Rachel McLean. In the intro, new Kindle devices [ Amazon ]; new European markets for Spotify audiobooks [ Spotify ]; customisable audio with Google NotebookLM ; Amazon Ads launches new AI tools for advertisers ; Enhancing Creativity with AI Tools [ ALLi ]; My Lessons Learned from 10 Million Downloads of the show ; and Bl

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How to Prove Fault in a Slip and Fall Accident

Blogtrepreneur

Slip and fall accidents are an unfortunate reality that can affect anyone, often resulting in injuries that range from minor bruises to more severe complications like fractures or head trauma. In a dynamic and fast-paced city like Houston, where thousands of people traverse public and private spaces daily, the chances of encountering hazardous conditions increase.

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Embrace the Valuable Friction Between Creativity and Technology

Content Marketing Institute

Will AI lead content and marketing into a complacency crisis? Maybe — if you outsource your most important work to it. But there is an antidote. Robert Rose explains how to break out of the mundane with some deeply human work.

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Where Do the Stories Come From?

Jane Friedman

Today’s guest post is excerpted from the new book The Curious Reader’s Field Guide to Nonfiction by Anne Janzer. I happen to believe that every person on earth is a storyteller. We are all trying to understand the story of our lives. —Steve Almond, Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow In a sense, all writing originates from memoir, drawing on the writer’s own perspectives, observations, and stories.

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Do's and Don'ts: How to Pitch Your Press Release to Journalists

Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!

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Mastering Voice Search: A Copywriter’s Guide to Optimization

Copywriter Collective

Have you ever thought about optimizing your copy for voice search and speech recognition? Voice search optimization can increase exposure and engagement by making your material more voice-search friendly. These virtual assistants can respond to commands, provide us with information and assist users in the control of other electronics connected to main devices.

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How to Simplify Global Payroll Management for Business Expansion

Blogtrepreneur

Expanding a business into new international markets presents exciting growth opportunities, but it also brings complex challenges—one of the most significant being global payroll management. Navigating the intricacies of different tax laws, currencies, and compliance requirements can overwhelm even the most seasoned HR and finance teams. By adopting the right strategies and leveraging advanced payroll solutions, businesses can simplify this critical function, ensuring smooth operations and reg

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The teacher who condemned 'got'

Grammar Underground

I never used to believe in ghosts. The idea of hauntings sounded ridiculous to me. Then I started writing about grammar. Now I know better. For more than a decade now, I’ve been hearing bone-chilling tales of undead teachers haunting former students from the great beyond with bad information: You can’t end a sentence with a preposition. You can't use healthy to mean healthful.

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Information Gain: How Top Content Leaders Win at SEO

Backlinko

Ever stumbled upon a competing post and thought, “Damn, I wish I wrote that”? That feeling of envy mixed with respect? It usually means you learned something new. This concept is known as “information gain” in SEO. Information gain measures how unique and valuable your content is compared to existing content. It’s about offering new perspectives, data, or insights on a topic not found in other pages targeting the same search query.

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Data Modeling for Direct Mail: Boosting Multi-Channel Reach and Response

Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.