Marketing yourself as a freelance writer

Here is another freelance writing tips excerpt I wrote for a writing contest on Writer's Resources. This one is about marketing yourself as a freelance writer. Click on the links to get the full article.

Pretend you are Robert Scoble Excerpt:

Pretending you are Robert Scoble simply means you should run your freelance writing as a marketing firm. Businesses often have several different departments, as should your freelance business. You sell your own product, you do your own accounting, you perform all administrative tasks, you are your customer service representative and perhaps most importantly, you are your own marketing department.
In theory, your actual billable hours should be about 50% of your time and your marketing should be the other 50% with the rest as overtime…does any freelancer actually only work 40 hours a week? I have a day job as a marketing manager and I’m still putting in over 40 in all the tasks that must be done as a freelancer.
So here are three ideas you should consider about your freelance writing marketing efforts...

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