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Author: Yuwanda Black
Company: Inkwell Editorial
Region: Atlanta, GA; New York, NY
Website: www.InkwellEditorial.com
Memorable Quote 1: Success is nothing but hard work and perseverance.
Memorable Quote 2: Pursue your passion -- wisely, diligently and with laser focus.
Author Comment / Biography:
Yuwanda Black is the publisher of InkwellEditorial.com: THE business portal for and about the editorial and creative industries. Ms. Black has been in the publishing industry since 1987. Yuwanda has published four e-books and is in the process of writing/publishing an in-demand e-course: Launch a Profitable Freelance Writing Career in 30 Days or Less -- Guaranteed! Ms. Black owned/managed Inkwell Editorial, an editorial staffing agency in New York City, from 1996-2004. She repositioned the business as an online information portal for freelancers in the editorial and creative industries in 2004. A serial entrepreneur, Yuwanda has been featured in magazines, newspapers and online outlets nationwide, among them: Entrepreneur.com's small business magazine, Be Your Own Boss; The Wall Street Journal's, RealEstateJournal.com; the noted online business journal, GreaterDiversity.com; the highly popular work-from-home site, PowerHomeBiz.com; and the noted search site, About.com. Among other accomplishments, Ms. Black has been a freelancer since 1993; a syndicated small business columnist, and a freelance/entrepreneurial advisor. Yuwanda holds an AA in English (Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL); a BA in Sociology (Hunter College, NYC); and took courses towards an MA in Criminal Justice (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC).
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151. SEO Article Writing Scams: How to Avoid Getting Cheated
May 12, 2008
Freelance SEO writer Roy Daniel DSilva sent the following (very long) comment to a blog post I wrote about freelance job scams. I've broken up the comment by adding some tips on how to prevent this from happening to you with notes entitled, "My Take." Be careful accepting jobs everybody. As ...
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152. How to Make $50,000 in Your First Year as a Freelance Copywriter
November 16, 2006
When many think of freelancing, they think starving artist, low pay, no benefits, long hours, etc. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. Following are 6 steps to ensuring at least $50,000/year in your first year as a freelance copywriter.
1. Do the Numbers: Believing you can do it ...
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153. Freelance Writers: How to Increase Your Business with a Simple One-Page Letter
November 14, 2006
When I owned my editorial staffing agency and would put out a job opening for freelancers, I would get a ton of responses. If I asked for work samples, I would get slammed – even if the ad specifically stated to send, for example, “one writing sample on real estate investing.”
To quickly get...
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154. How to Choose a Moneymaking Article Directory
November 13, 2006
I’ve been conducting an article marketing experiment for the last three weeks. It has taught me some profound lessons about increasing my freelance income.
Following are three ways I’ve learned to assess which directories add directly to my bottom line.
1. Choose a directory that...
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155. The Freelance Writer's Thanksgiving Prayer
November 10, 2006
CLIENTS I’m thankful for clients. I’m thankful for clients – who pay. I’m thankful for clients – who pay on time. I’m thankful for clients – who pay what I’m worth. I’m thankful for clients – who pay their thanks to me. I’m thankful for clie...
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156. Freelance Writers: How to Turn a Client Meeting Into a Windfall of Work
November 08, 2006
Nowadays, many freelancers rarely meet their clients face-to-face. However if you do find yourself “taking a meeting” with a client, following are three guidelines that will ensure a constant flow of work.
1. Fight the urge to speak: My mother used to say, “The creator gave you...
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157. Should Freelance Writers Have a Minimum Wage?
November 07, 2006
With election season here, raising the minimum wage is a hot topic. This got me to thinking about freelance writers – severely underpaid professionals, in my humble opinion.
Freelance writing is a profession where competition is fierce – so much so that many of us work for far below the mini...
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158. Article Marketing: Learn How to Significantly Increase Your Income
November 07, 2006
An overworked freelancer, I decided to try and create more passive income. My mode of trying to accomplish this is article marketing. Why article marketing?
I’d read so much about it and had used it to promote past businesses with some success (a little bit of time yielded pretty good...
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159. How Article Marketing is Significantly Increasing My Income (Part 5 of 5)
November 03, 2006
Following is Part 5 of my case study on article marketing. Specifically, I’m studying the following topic – in detail: Article Marketing – Does It Work, Or Not? Wanting to create more passive income, I decided to try article marketing because I’d always gotten good results with it get...
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160. How Online Article Marketing is Significantly Increasing My Income (Part 4 of 5)
November 02, 2006
Following is Part 4 of my case study on article marketing. Specifically, I’m studying the following topic – in detail: Article Marketing – Does It Work, Or Not? My desire is to create more passive income. An overworked freelancer, I decided to give article marketing a REAL try,...
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