How to find freelance writing jobs using the 2008-2009 Freelance writing job report

While I was doing my research online to find more informaton on how to find freelance writing jobs report, I came across this report written by Yuwanda Black, I found the information so useful that I wanted to share it with my fans and subscribers. Some of the things that Yuwanda mentions is good for anyone who is looking ot build a freelance writing career online from home. She has done it and is doing it so with an established role model to follow, its easy to see how you can become successful as a freelance writer.

Some of the many questions you may ask when starting out is how do you find freelance writing jobs, some helpful advice from the freelance writing job report is to look at what the trends are in the news, online and offline. Take what is around you in your own local area as well as the global economy and when you look at the emerging trends around you it makes it easier to find out what industries and what sectors will be in need of freelance writers. One thing to note that not all freelance writing jobs are listed on a job board.

One of the key things that you will find from reading articles written by the inkwell editorial.com author is that freelance writers need to be proactive and learn how to market their services. Basically going out and finding freelance writing jobs by sending email queries. Some companies may not have time to advertise or it could just be timing, they may have lost a couple of on staff writers and now they are looking to outsource the work to get done. As has been brought out the work still needs to get done no matter if a company is laying off workers or cutting jobs.

Content is something that no business can ignore, if they want to compete on the internet they will need to invest in getting as much quality content as they can for their blogs, websites and newsletters.

Outsourcing freelance writers will continue to be in demand and the more areas of expertise that you add to your portfolio the more work you will see in the coming years that will pad your bank account with enough cash to get through the approaching recession.

Key points found in the Freelance Writing Job Report

As you probably can imagine finding freelance writing jobs gets easier when you know what areas to start looking, some of the suggestions made in the report include looking at the trend of the baby boomers aging, so in the areas of gerontology, health, aging blogs and websites will need articles written, also a very popular one includes finance and real estate, articles are needed that are written about mortgages, getting out of debt, foreclosures, credit repair and commercial leasing. If you are an expert at any of these industries you can carve out a niche for yourself and offer a quality report or informational product that will earn you extra cash in your pocket.

Another area that I found to be helpful and you will too is that with so many new people coming on the internet setting up websites and blogs they need direction and someone to show them online marketing. If you decide to cater to this niche as a online internet expert you can write informational products, "Howto" tutorials on ways to increase traffic, and page views, SEO tactics that help with ranking in the search engines, or you can explain how social media works or where to put blog posts, this is just a really short list of the opportunities that is available for freelance writers looking for writing jobs.

If you want to find out more about what is in the report you can download it here for free inkwelleditorial.com/FreelanceWritingJobsReport-08.pdf

Where to find freelance writing jobs no matter what the industry

In a article written on copyblogger, titled where have all the freelance writing jobs gone?, Yuwanda states a pretty inspirational point by saying "Luckily, freelance writing is a career that thrives in good economic times and bad. Why? Simply put, we live in the information age. No matter what’s happening in the world, information needs to be disseminated"

So starting a freelance writing career is the right thing to do for those looking for a home business to start. Some helpful tips include if you are looking for writing jobs first you will want to write more... yes try to write as much as you can and create a diverse portfolio of clips and samples of your writing style... potential clients want to see what type of writing you are capable of doing. I personally try to write something everyday and its easy to do if you are writing about something that you are interested in or have a lot of knowledge about.

Next you will want to find out where the freelance writing job websites are located and what types of jobs they offer to its users, many of these sites are bid sites and allows the people who need writers to post ads and those who are looking for writing jobs to post their interests. I like to use job boards as a testing ground for seeing what types of articles are the most in demand then I will write a few samples for those particular niches to include in my portfolio before I decide to put in a bid.

Why revenue sharing sites work for freelance writers

Lastly if you really want to get paid what you are worth online as a freelance writer you can become a contributing writer to a revenue sharing site that will split the earnings with you while you continue to build your writing portfolio, educate and teach others through your experiences and expertise. The more you know about a topic the more valuable your writing skills become, so get started today and share your value with others.

Some reasons you may want to join some revenue content sharing sites: You get exposure, you network with others, you become part of a community, you earn revenue, you get more practice writing, not to mention you are contributing to the internets informational portals. 

List of sites: Hubpages.com, eHow.com, Helium.com, How to do things.com, suite101.com, associated content.com, constant content.com, xomba.com, triond.com, blogit.com, today.com ...just to name a few there are many more ad-revenue sharing user-generated content based sites can be found here http://socialmediatrader.com/resource-list-100-revenue-sharing-sites/