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Freelancing 101HOW TO THRIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT EDUCATION WRITER

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Find your niche Higher Education K-12 Foundations Online

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Find your niche Higher Education K-12 Foundations Online

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Pitch Pitching to connect with editors Figure out what they want How to pitch, with email, links, call back Finding stories

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Develop contacts Work within professional writing organizations EWA, CASE Editors Forum

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Hit Deadlines Reliability is essential Getting stories in before deadline is a good thing The editors are always right on rewrites You only get more work if the last story was good

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You are in business Hire an accountant Use spreadsheets to keep track of invoices, stories in

progress and pitches Marketing Health insurance

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Questions?

Contact:

David McKay Wilson

914-217-5600 (mobile/office)[email protected]