26 Mar 10 How Much Experience Do You Need to Start As a Freelance Writer?

None. Zilch. Nada. Zippo.

You do not need any experience to start with your freelance writing career. All you need is writing ability and determination to make it big. You need a lot of determination because I know many freelance writing aspirants who left the field just after a handful of failures.

No, it is not tough to break into this career, but it takes time before you start making significant sum of money. Initially, the growth rate may be slow, but eventually it will pick up. This is not the right career choice for those who want overnight success, as success comes slowly. I think it happens in every legit field.

What role does experience plays?

Although it does not matter if you have any experience of writing or not, but experience does play a part in your freelancing career. Experience does two things:

Get you higher pay rate.
Help you complete the assignment in significantly less time.
It also helps you know beforehand how much time one project will require. You can use this knowledge to properly bill your clients.

Lack of experience will only result in lower rate and more assignment completion time. And I think, when starting out you can adjust with this. Do not give up, if your rate doesn’t increase in a month or 2 month or may be even in 6 month because the more time you are spending in this career the stronger is the chance of your success. Do not quit it now.

And who said you do not have experience?

Even if you have not written professionally, you must have written a lot of stuff—term paper, assignments, school and colleges essays, or even for school or college publications. Won’t you call it experience? I certainly will. After all, writing is writing is writing, no matter for what you write.

In terms of writing ability, you may already have what it takes to make it big in the freelance writing. If you are not sure then show your written pieces to someone whom you know is good at writing, and go by his opinion. If he says you need improvement then work on it. Nothing is here that you cannot do. All you need is sheer determination. Keep pushing, you will soon be there.

For your free writing success!

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14 Oct 09 Developing A Career In Sales

When your career involves sales, you are directly in control of your own destiny. If your income is driven by how much you can sell a service or product, you get back exactly the effort that you exert. Which means, as long as you are a hard worker, your career will be a success. So if sales is a target career for you, instead of waiting for the skills to be taught to you, take the initiative to better yourself as soon as possible. The better you get at making yourself money, the more money you’ll have faster.

Look around you for starters. Try to find helpful books at your local bookstore. Even look to the colleges in the area and see if anybody teaches a course related to your field. Anything that helps you become a better seller is a plus. This career is dependant upon your ability, so it only makes sense that you would strive to have all the education that you can muster.

Of course a path such as college or career coaching will require an investment of money and time on your part, but having the info is much better than the alternative. An education is never a bad thing. The accolades might not guarantee a good job, but the knowledge will. You’ll still have to work hard at what you do, but you’ll know where to put your efforts. That information is invaluable.

Finally, try to find an entry level job that affords you the chance to work with a real industry professional. Whether the job doesn’t pay well, or even just an unpaid internship, take advantage of either. As long as there’s room for advancement, or a good training manager, either will be beneficial. Remember, it’s okay to give a job a shot, if you aren’t offered the salary you want. Take advantage of the quick experience, the knowledge you can gain, and the opportunity for advancement. As long as you work hard to sell, you are guaranteed to be successful.

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What role does experience plays?

And who said you do not have experience?

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