The past week I've been busier'n a beaver writing copy for clients at Elance and via Paypal. It has been truly amazing. An awful lot of the business (all new clients!) has come just recently, and one of the newbies wants me to write/edit/copy-enhance scads more for him, HALLELUJAH!
My plan is to stash away as much of this boon as I can so I'm never again as strapped as I have been recently. It has been no fun, no fun at all!
I raised my rates to compensate for the extra time and expense it's taking me to find decent, interesting projects at Elance. I think that has also cued the businesses who are looking for good writers to look more closely at me. Strangely enough, I think my rates were too low for anyone to deem me worth their consideration. Savvy businesses know what a good copywriter can charge on the open market and wonder why we'd ever charge less. I charge less because I don't think I have to make a killing to make a living; I don't believe in charging businesses more just because I can!
I've been very croupy all week, too, with a terrible cold. (I mentioned this in an earlier blog, I think.) I had to farm out last week's mid-week church nursery gig; managed to make it there on Sunday, but it was a struggle. I'm still fighting the tail end of it...
I've missed two networking events that I really, really wanted to attend, but I was afraid I'd infect everyone in attendance, so I stayed away. (Didn't have the energy to get dressed up, anyway. One great thing about working from home is you can do it in jeans and a t-shirt... or jammies and a robe. There's nobody to impress; my copy speaks for itself!)
Guess that's about it for this time. Just thought I'd better check in and let you know I'm still alive.
Hope your Thanksgiving Day was terrific!
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