How to find Freelance Writing Jobs while unemployed

Finding freelance writing jobs when unemployed looking for jobs

So if you are looking for a job and are unemployed you may want to look into becoming a freelance writer, you have more skill than you realize, let me tell you a story about how you can use the experience that you have from your work experience to become a most sought after freelance writer who provides web content. To start out as a content provider you must first look at what experience and knowledge you already have.

Duriing a recession and a down economy many companies are cutting back by laying off workers and cutting jobs. According to the Herald Journal "U.S. jobless rate soars to 6.7% ",the nation's employers shed 533,000 jobs in November 2008, the 11th consecutive monthly decline, the government reported that the unemployment rate rose.

A friend of mine has worked for the same company for 25 years what she did on the job was everything she was a key figure in helping the company grow, only problem is that when the company decided to close some offices in her area, she could not afford to move her family to a new location, also her job duties were not automated enough for her to work remotely or telecommute. So what could she do, now that she had no job. One thing that I suggested to her was that she needed to look at what talents and skills she had.

First step is that we went over her dream sheet, a dream sheet is a piece of paper where you write down what it is that you want to do, like to do or can do that requires just your imagination at this point, once that is done then you look at why you want to do those things. This accomplishes many things it helps you focus on the areas that are beneficial to your future career choices and it also creates the motivational factor that will keep you pressing forward untill you reach your goal.

How to take your work experience and turn it into a profitable freelance writing career

One helpful example would be if you worked for many years in finance, you are now in a position to teach and share with others everything that has to due with financial budgets, investment accounts and the interworkings of making a persons income grow. Take this as a opportunity to turn that knowledge into cash, How?... you may ask.

Well start looking at businesses that offer financial services on the internet, but do not just limit yourself to online businesses, take a look around at your local business district, do you have accounting firms, tax offices, investment firms, I am sure you will be able to find a few, next give them a call, find out if they have a blog or website online. If they do inquire about writing some articles for them, give them your rates and impress on them the importance of them using quality content to reach more customers, now if they do not have a blog or website, you can recommend a company that can create one for them and then offer your writing services to get them going with relevant content.

How to get freelance writing jobs that pay, when you are unemployed and looking for a job

Start by writing informational products, to sell and profit from, you start out by writing several pages on a particular niche or topic. Use your work experience, what have you been doing on your job for the past few years? or why not write about your passion or hobby, Do you have a hobby or something you are good at doing, running marathons, painting, etc. You get the idea, start looking at your life, recreation and work. Find out what makes up what you do best. Now put that down on paper into a eBook, (digital download) for others to buy from you.

In one of my other posts I discuss using forums to buy sell trade your informational products to internet marketers who need content. When it comes to content marketing anyone and everyone needs more content. Online as well as offline. So what if you do not know how to write, this is easily taken care of go to someone and let them know what type of informational product you would like to create, discuss the work experience or hobbies you would like to share and then have it transcribed for you.

The easiest way to do this is to talk into a recording and then have the audio transcribed for you into a print format, Here is a site specialize in converting, i.e. transcribing, the spoken word into the written word http://www.digitaltranscriptionservice.com/transcription-rates.html

So you have options of using a transcription service or hiring a freelance writer or outsourcing to a freelance bid site such as elance, ifreelance, etc.

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According to Paym Bergson writer at Suite101, in her article she talks about using your being laid off as an opportunity for a second career change. It may be a great time to starting a consulting service or starting a small home business, that you can do on the internet. Upgrading your skills with training is possible by taking online classes and earning certificates from workshops, one such site is http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/retail/ here you can learn how to make yourself more valuable to potential clients who need your freelance writing services.

Copywriting is a field that is growing and expanding, it is recession proof and if you are unemployed now is a good time to find out more about how to provide content services to those who need copywriting done to create a buzz and receive more traffic to their sites with customer who are buyers. Traffic equals sales which equals money for you. If you would like to start a career as a SEO copywriter learn how to make money online building a freelance writing service.

How to make money as a writer working from home, the easy way

When I started my writing career online, I did not have any experience, so obviously I was a little nerveous about how I would manage to get freelance writing jobs, well it turns out that I was able to make a good niche for myself because I charged less for my services and I was able to be more creative than the pros who had been writing for years.

Angela Booth is a great mentor for anyone who is starting out in the freelance writing field, she talks about how anyone even with out experience can make a living from home as a copywriter, check out her blog and learn some useful tips, on the areas of specialization such as direct response, audio visual copywriting, or copywriting for the Web, discover the world of Web writing - make a great income writing from home, or from anywhere,

Find out more here http://www.fabfreelancewriting.com/blog/2008/09/24/copywriting-make-money-when-youre-a-brand-new-copywriter/ Angela Booth is a good resource for freelance writers, she gives helpful tips on how to find freelance writing gigs as well as a coaching program on how to get started writing for the web.