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I want to sell writingwhale.com. It's a brand new blog and has already gotten 569 pageviews this month. The asking price is $50. Comes with a unique logo and powered by Headway...

Hey guys. I'm trying to get rid of my excess domains, so here's a complete list of the ones I have that aren't expired. I'm basically willing to sell all of them for $5/each. If you register a...

Suite101.com pays using revenue share, but you can repost your articles after a year.

I'm working on getting back into freelance writing, and a friend of mine suggested that me and my partners focus on providing research outsourcing services for writers as opposed to the general...

Hey everyone!

I'm often on Skype (sneakyheathen) so if you ever want to chat feel free to add me and we can talk about webmastering or just shoot the breeze. Whatever.

Who here is on skype a...

Yeah I can do that. =)

Hey! Depends on the stuff. I generally just do product summaries.

Do you need high quality articles for your website or blog? I will write blog posts up to 250 words for free! I'm building up my freelance writing portfolio and I'm looking to make some sample work....

Get an 8.5" x 11" flyer design ready for print in PSD and PDF format from FiveDollarFlyers.com. Turn-around time is 24 hours or less. Payment via paypal.

Save 20% on the headway themes premium wordpress theme framework with the coupon code HWGALLERY. Valid until february 11th.

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Just an update, I've done a complete redesign: CS: Struggles for the Everyday Person | Common Struggles

A new website similar to My Life is Average or FML:

CS: Struggles for the Everyday Person | Common Struggles

What are you struggling with? Share it with the world :thumbsup:

Are you looking to see how your blog stacks up in order to improve it in the new year? Do you want an opinion from experts who have been developing successful sites for years?

Nimblu is a new...

I charged $0.05/word when I was a freelance writer...but...I'm better than him. :P

You would go to youtube for writers? :doh:

You can always train a good writer. Find someone with decent skills who will work for a reasonable amount (or lower :angel:) and spend a few months...

Fast return on a client photo manipulation I needed done ASAP. Totally clean render too. Thanks again, Aziz!

Wikipedia. After that, head to google to look up more precise information. :)

Want to know if you're on the right track? For $5, I'll take a look at your website, let you know what's working and what's not, and detail some steps to improve it. I'll send you the report in PDF...

This guy just gets better and better. I'm pretty much going to him for all of my graphic works from now on. :3

This is probably going to piss some people off, but...don't think about keywords so much when naming your business. Go for brandable, unique, and expressive of your opinion.

I mean come on....

Another great job. Did a photo manipulation for me and got it back within 24 hours. :3

Another great job completed. ^_^

This guy is my go-to guy for logo design. Another great job that lets me get a client website up and running with a nice bit of branding, all in their budget. ^_^

What book are you talking about? :doh:

My best post so far is Should You Plan Out Your New Blog Extensively?

The blog is new but it's already gotten some awesome comments. :thumbsup:

There will be several blogging-related products available that customers will need to login to download. It's not really a "personal" blog.

Right now? My future, my friends and family, and my own health...

I moved your website to the reviews forum for you. As far as the blog goes, it looks really nice and you seem to have plenty of content going. I would just invest in a kick-arse logo to really...

What's up everyone? Long time no see...I've started a new website on blogging (redundant, I know, but I think I have some cool ideas to share :thumbsup:). Please let me know what you think about it,...

I'm reading Dearly Devoted Dexter, the book that inspired the Dexter television series.

I personally use Headway Themes (affiliate link):

Headway Premium WordPress Theme

Allows for easy customization of your blog on your own. ^_^ Some people who don't understand the basics get...

Writing about that as a new blogger would get really boring and you'd be going into a ridiculously crowded niche...

To me it sounds like it could be a blog about reviewing different web services +...

I'm building a theme to sell, so I need to be able to use any details that someone has without having to edit the login information. Any ideas?

I want to automatically connect to the database and pull data from the tables. Can somebody tell me how to do that? I know PHP & MYSQL so I just need to get the files in order to get the query to...

Thanks! That was really helpful. ^_^

Just found this plugin: WordPress › Business Directory WordPress Plugins

That might be of some help?

Corey

How would you round corners in Internet Explorer? For some reason I can't get the hang of it...

I'll write one. I've sent you a PM with some details.

Corey

Right now? Affiliate marketing, premium content, client referrals. Hoping to expand into some sell-able eproducts soon.

Corey

Video Games
Reading + Writing
Movies
Playing in band
Riding my motorcycle =3

Thanks for the harmonites logo. Hoping to have it on a website and a T-shirt soonish. =) Totally awesome guy and quick on delivery.

Well I'm not in college yet, but I've been accepted. :thumbup: So give me eight months and I'll answer that question, haha.

Corey

I've kind of been gone for a while. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Corey Freeman and I'm a 17-year-old freelance website designer and ex-content writer. Also I'm a girl. The name...

Of that list? Netbuilders. Haven't been coming around a lot though...bad Corey.

I don't like the hover effect for your featured works. The image kind of flies out WAY too quickly. I would suggest slowing it down a few milliseconds...

Your copy needs to be edited by someone.
...

I've started writing a book and I wanted to know if anybody would critique the website I've made for it. I would really appreciate honest feedback. :thumbsup:

A Tale of What Could Have Been | An...

Objects that do not exist in the real world and objects that do are still nouns. They don't follow different rules.

There is a program on my computer's hard drive.
There is a virus in my program....

Try to remember it like this:

Help! There is a spider on top of my shoulder!
Help! There is a spider at the window!
Help! There is a spider inside of my pants!

Example One: The spider is...

Careless. :rofl:

Reckless

Hot-blooded

Irrational

morphemes, characters, elements


Does the sentence require a singular or plural noun? You should not write with SEO in mind when you're creating the first article. Go back and add the keywords as...

Woohoo! You should order a large pizza. :thumbsup:

There is a thread where you can list your portfolio. I suppose I could create a list your services thread if people are interested.

I think you're looking for clients in all the wrong places. :doh:

I thought it'd be fun to share how much we've made this month from freelancing.

For me I'd say around $300. :thumbsup:

I'm a perfectionist. I'd prefer that they had zero errors.

And you're right. They are written by people with doctorates. That's why nobody can understand or be bothered with them. :doh:

Haha I was seriously considering hiring an editor (or getting by best friend who is a grammar nazi to do it for free >.>) to go through it more thoroughly than I can. I fixed a few of the issues...

*shrug* One of them has to buy it, right? :thumbsup:

An issue how? :panic:

And yes I'm working on some free downloadables. :thumbup:

@Will
To what kinds of businesses? I suppose when I get around to creating the intermediate workbooks, I could try targeting a few. :thumbsup:



You have a point. I have a few ideas but I guess...

It's very early in the morning, so my "nice filter" is not fully functioning. Fair warning. Also please understand that I promise I've been freelancing for years and I still make mistakes. This...

Thanks for the suggestion. I had planned on creating workbooks centered around certain types of business writing (memos, business letters, press releases, white papers) and I suppose I'll write in a...

UPDATE: You can get this workbook completely free by subscribing to my newsletter. If you don't want to pay the humble price of $0.99 for content that could double your freelance writing income, then...

Haha I rarely use this word. I didn't even think that it would have multiple forms. Thanks for sharing =)

Did you know that you could be making twice as much money from your personal content and/or freelance writing business? All it takes is a little practice...

Learning how to write more effectively...

I'm a student and a freelancer of the design & content variety (more towards design). I hope to one day start my own publishing company. =)

Just watched Zombieland. It's amazing.

Hey guys, I was wondering whether or not the majority of you work with repeat clients or "one-shot" clients. What are the pros/cons of each?

I honestly was not trying to "ridicule" you earlier, I was just poking fun. :( I apologize if you were offended, as that was not my intention. I try not to disrespect people and I understand that...

I've known this guy for a long time. Aziz is definitely a top-notch designer and extremely trustworthy. You'd be crazy not to hire him. :)

Hey, we can chat via MSN if you need someone to write for you. ;)

@elbandelero

I was neither being obnoxious nor trying to ridicule you. If that is how you perceived it then there is little I can do about that. Thank you for the three paragraph explanation about...

I'm seeing more demand for it than I originally thought. :thumbsup: I'm going to go for making a beginner workbook and make it downloadable when the re-launch of my blog is complete.

Umm...no. Remind me to get you a workbook. You DO NOT use a comma after every part of a sentence. You use a comma for a variation of reasons:

Interjections
Some Conjunctions (joining two...

I am targeting non-native speakers, specifically writers looking to make more money from their article writing, and looking to communicate and build repeat clients with better effectiveness.

As...

I've said it before, I'll say it again: grammar is a foundation. Communication and message is important, but people have to be able to read it. It's just like HTML, CSS, PHP, or whatever coding...

This is mostly for those who do not speak English as a first language, or those who wish to improve their grammar skills beyond the norm...would you invest in grammar lessons or information products?...

I've co-managed a whole network of blogs and if your partner dips out, you're left doing twice as much work as you had been doing, and it sucks. Be very careful about who you partner with.

Not really helpful to my question...:(

Okay so, I run a writing blog and I was working on some new grammar workbooks for promotion when I thought up this idea:

After you complete each workbook, you can take a "test" online. If you...

You still need a more adult theme and a logo that leads back to the homepage. Not everybody is going to see that little icon.

I've tried it out. I like the way it displays things and it's pretty close to accurate. I haven't figured out how to work with the API yet though.

You don't get penalized for putting more than one link in an article. In fact, you should do this to enrich your content and make it even more valuable. Think about major bloggers, they link out and...

Welcome to the forums. Nice to have you around.

Right now? 3092! Ugh.

I have links available in 15 webmaster-related forums. $75/month. ($5 per link)

So, it's pretty much guaranteed that specialization will allow you to raise your rates and do the kind of work you want to do. However, is this really the best way to go?

If you freelance, do you...

This is a definite must. As my teacher said just today in class: promise big. deliver big.

Quality is what will get you paid. :thumbsup:

Umm...can we get back to the main topic? Also, a lot of you have mentioned the word professional. According to the general consensus, professionals earn more than freelancers. My question is this:
...

Hey guys! I had to write a personal statement for college admissions. It is supposed to make me look dedicated, efficient, resourceful, and motivation, and a willingness to work with others.
...

Would any freelance writers be interested in having their portfolios reviewed for effectiveness, or in reading reviews of other portfolios to see what does and doesn't work?

Let me know. I'm...

I say go to $0.02 cents per word, then offer a 5-10% discount. Trust me, doubling your rates is not dramatic if we're talking about pennies...

When lining up back-up work, use the new, higher rate. New clients don't need to know that you've been working for less up until now. :angel: Once you have clients who will pay the rates you're...

Tell, don't ask. You don't work for your client, you work with them. If you need more money, then simply inform your client of your raise in rates. It's great to have a returning client, and if they...

...why wouldn't you close your eyes? It's kind of awkward to look at someone and kiss them...

I can get this done. $15. Let me know :thumbsup:

trying to find my college admission essay prompt...no such luck..

Get rid of the "enter now" page. It doesn't serve a function and it just drives visitors away. I would also highly recommend condensing some of your categories into just forums until the forum grows...

Your My Brute images should link back to your homepage, not to the my brute website. People will click the logo then get irritated when they're taken to creating a new brute. It's bad usability.

There's another similar plugin that's just called "maintenance mode." It allows customization but it gets in the way of accessing the feed. Does this one do that also? I know that people sometimes...

This video isn't recent, but it is an interesting video. I agree that social media sometimes "dumbs down" friendships. I've had people I've never met call me their best friend. Sorry but, if we...

You need to change the colors for the "demo" and "Download" buttons to make them more attractive, definitely. :thumbdown:

But other than that it's looking pretty good. :thumbsup: Remember to...

Welcome to the forums. Nice to have you around. :)

This rocks! I just started a health-related blog so I could use this list well. :)

Welcome to the forums. Nice to see another writer around. I hope that you enjoy your stay!

Freelancers are not employees. They are not bound by company rules or polices, nor are they under the direct influence of a company or owner's policy changes. Freelancers are completely separate...

How well do you think web gallery sites would perform in terms of ad revenue? I was considering turning my website Professional Website Design - Deadly Clever Designs into a web gallery for creative...

It's not just about the submission, it's also about the ideas and the promotion. You need unique and interesting articles and you need them to be seen amongst the piles of other articles. It's all...

A unique selling point is essential. But the great thing about having so many people providing writing services is that everyone needs content.



I have to disagree. People will hire writers...

I don't think freelancing is necessarily for the starters in a different line of work. In addition, I think it can make you rich (or at least provide decent wages to live off of) if you work hard at...

This is a great tip for clients especially. I have a lot of writing jobs and when I submit the final article, clients want structural/formatting changes. Just send a list of what you want and I'll...

I find Gmail simpler and faster in most cases. In addition the uploading is fast and I tend to send a lot of files (documents, pictures, etc.)

If you're going to revive the site, make sure you get rid of the pop-up that just opened twenty firefox tabs and crashed it...

It's a number of factors, depending on what you want to do. If you're looking to sell adspace, you need to know all of those things and more whereas for paid posts you need to focus on number of...

If your friend is a writer then this series on freelance writing could be a good place for him to start:

How to Become a Freelance Writer | Writer Seven

It's true that sometimes blogging can actually worsen your writing skills. Say...if you insist on "writing at a 5th grade level" which is a suggestion I've heard from some people. :panic:

The...

Hey if you can call $500 easy feel free to spot me some! And why spend ALL of the money? Being under budget is a good thing...

As far as buying improvements - get a unique design. Branding is...

In terms of SEO, your titles should have keywords in them and you can use custom post excerpts to get keywords on the main page. "Read More" is really more about usability, and allowing readers to...

Length is less important than meaning/message. Less can be more. :thumbup: Think about Seth Godin.

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PM Sent. Hopefully looking forward to working with you!

I personally use Gmail. I like the features that it has.

You have four days left until your deadline. I suggest you get started on your homework. You'll never learn anything if you hire people to do your homework for you (except maybe how badly that can...

You probably don't have visitors..because they're full of mistakes and you write like nobody will read it...that's kind of a detrimental mindset, neh?

If you want SMF support, theadminzone.com is better than the actual support forums for getting questions answered.

So...what are they for? Also..it's alpha, not alfa. That was bugging me to massive amounts.

I would say build a portfolio, and then use the social media that dtkguy suggested to drive people to it. Showcase your best pieces upfront (on the homepage somewhere) and maybe even have a...

You can find (and I've found) plenty of sites to submit your press release for free. Unless you're talking about getting it written?

I spend plenty of time at home during holidays. When school starts I'm usually out doing band and other such things though.

GoDaddy has great coupons, but transferring domains is a pain in the arse (from what I've found) and the slow interface isn't worth the savings. I'd rather just pay the $8 from name.com and move on....

You really need to fix the glitch in your post title alignment. The first post is fine, but subsequent ones are messed up. :/

Other than that it's a great blog. I've attached a screenshot:

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...Kiss the Girl by Ashley Tisdale...

yes. a Disney Channel remake of a Disney Movie song...

It'd be cool to earn $10/day online just from advertising, but I think I'm a bit away from that goal. I'm not so good at monetizing.

My toothbrush is currently blue.

NewsFire (Idk if it's Mac Only) is cool. I'm not a fan of RSS readers but that one is the best I've seen personally.

It is an inside joke, haha. See, online people get kind of tense when you start throwing around religious figures, but who can get tense with the great Cthulu watching over you? :P Everytime I make a...

Excellent question. :thumbsup: I absolutely hate it when I have to write like 10 articles that all have the same structure. It can get mind numbing. :doh: So let me give you a few pointers...

The...

Welcome to the forums! Nice to have you around. :)

Working on a writing job and browsing the forums.

I started a new site and forgot to change the link in this thread. :doh:

That was freakin' hilarious! Thanks for sharing. :)

I don't make PSD mock-ups, so yes, I code my own designs.

Trying to finish up a bunch of client work.

I'm wayyyyy too young to be a parent, haha.

Welcome to the forums! Nice to have you around. :)

So as I was planning the development of my new forum, I found that there were many people upset at the idea of me starting my own forum. :o

It seems that a lot of forum admins see new forums as...

Usually I'll clean my room or work on a website design.

I want to say upwards of ten. I'm trying to make some cash off of them by developing some websites.

I charge $0.02/word. Let me know if you're interested.

Here's the deal:

My mother offers sewing services (curtains, pillows, reupholstery, blah blah blah) and is running low on her endless chain of client referrals. :thumbdown: So I want to create a...

It even applies online. White Hat or Black hat!?

Okay that was written after 4 hours of marching band practice...I think physical and mental exhaustion should give me the okay for one incorrect sentence lol.

I think I had two different sentence...

I honestly don't mind talking to people with poor English, as long as it is understandable. A lot of my clients have poor-moderate English skills, and I do my best to work with them and understand...

Seriously. Policemen, Chefs, Firefighters, Nurses...they all have special hats. Are hats the only think that make us unique in our workplace. :o

What if your job has no hat? Who are you!? :panic:

I dunno about that one. Who would you rather communicate with? Someone you can just barely understand or someone who gets their point across well? :thumbsup:



This statement that grammar limits...

..go to the bathroom. Lol.

For me it's freelance writing. Of all of the methods I've tried, that's how I make the most amount of money.

Cool idea. I've signed up!

I'm on a lot, actually. I'm off and on a lot of forums throughout the day.

Perhaps get your friends and family to talk about it when they're out and talking about cosmetics and such? Word-of-Mouth marketing is the best marketing. :thumbsup:

North America, in the USA.

Wow that's a lot of services. :panic: I'm guessing you get a lot of clients/buyers for such services? Link building would be a lucrative business from what I've seen of it.

Lol I was thinking more along the lines of working for clients who will pay for more than the rates you might see on a forum, and working with local businesses to. Gotta expand your client base....

Happy birthday! I hope you have an awesome time and get some wicked cool gifts. :)

I use Get Click analytics to track my blog's performance. I really like the interface and it has a lot of options. A similar, open-source option would be Piwik, but it's not as clean.

I do this too at times, actually. If it happens to be a paper for class or an ebook, I'll ask my best friend to read it. He's even more of a grammar nazi than myself, and will stop reading completely...

Yes. Vbulletin does this more than any other software I know. If you sign into a website at http://site.com and then go to http://www.site.com and they are experiencing canonical urls, you won't be...

Peoples is a word. As defined by the dictionary:

peo·ples A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life.

Persons is also a word. And that...

Do you freelance full-time or part-time? Are you thinking about switching between one or the other?

I currently freelance part-time as I also have schoolwork and other commitments to worry about....

I never said I blamed them, but why do I need to tolerate quality so low as to be impossible to understand? If you come to English sites, especially to do business with English speaking peoples, I...

Okay I see where you're coming from now. :thumbsup: I agree that those who seek to use the excuse "we're out of new ideas, let's use someone else's" are weak in their own creative flow.

Take a...

I'm looking to get an owned Vbulletin license in exchange for any one of the following services:

Design



1 Website or Blog Design
5 125x125 Banner Designs
5 Logo Designs
5 468x60...

I'm not certain I understand you. Are you saying we should not communicate via computer.
I'm honestly not sure I understand you...Although to be perfectly honest I think we've evolved from what...

I think it would be awesome to learn Italian.

Sounds cool. Writing Tips Blog | Writer Seven if you want to leave some comments. :)

<quick literary technique lesson>

And is not interchangeable with commas :doh: That's actually a literary technique called "asyndeton" that is used to make your content seem as though it is long...

I totally agree with what you're saying. :thumbsup: Being original is all about your own personal style, and by that token it makes you unique. But I have to disagree with one thing...

Every idea...

Writers should mess with composition and words to make a subtle literary impression. :thumbup: But first you need to know what the real rules are, haha. :doh:

Partnering. I never seem to partner up with the right people and they always end horribly. I'm not a partnership kind of person, I suppose.

I personally don't like Thesis. While the SEO benefits are great, there are other SEO Wordpress themes that you can get for free. Aside from that, it feels as though the theme is being overly used...

I think it's a good idea. It makes us think about how dedicated each member is to the forums, and it's impressive to see someone who's been around for a while.

What would you do by City High

Welcome to the forums. I have no idea where Overline is lol, but I hope you enjoy the forums.

I'll buy them. :)

Girls Were Made to Love - Sugar Ray

I suppose mine would be the freelancing one, but I'm fairly biased about that, haha.

When you find that the client's request is confusing, ask more questions. Many new freelancers believe that they have to be jedi mind readers but that's not true! Questions are your best friend, and...

I am ashamed to admit that I often get confused reading the newspaper. The sections feel like they're laid out oddly...

It would be great to get one for Writer Seven at Writing Tips Blog | Writer Seven

:thumbsup:

Finished an article. Now I suppose I'm going to get some sleep!

Finishing up a post, considering taking a nap...

Dollars, because I live in the USA. Although our money doesn't look that interesting.

Download wordpress. FTP the files to your server. Run the installation wizard.

You'd need to install wordpress, or code the WP theme into a static HTML template.

There wasn't a lot of participation, so, nobody. I'll have to plan more for future contests, I never seem to be good at those. :o Maybe I'll save up and have a spiffy W7 T-shirt made.

Fixed and I changed the favicon to just a 7. It will probably stay that way. Thanks for the critique. :thumbsup:

They already are sub forums.

Taking a lunch break from marching band and just hanging out away from the eyes of the director, lol. Today feels a bit faster than yesterday.

I already picked it, lol. It was the lower right one. But thanks for the input guys. :)

Looking pretty good! I think there are a few too many fonts and styles going on in the logo. I like what you're going for, but you might want to make it more uniform. You should also center the...

I made a few minor adjustments and took down the homepage in favor of the blog as the front. Also, every link has a hover effect of the blue background.

Writing Tips Blog | Writer Seven

I still...