• #43 Setting Yourself Apart and Getting Hired as a Freelance Writer

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#43 Setting Yourself Apart and Getting Hired as a Freelance Writer

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  • As our VP of Content, Heather has hired hundreds of writers in all sorts of niches. There are writers who pop right off the page and make her want to talk to them immediately, and there are writers who get disqualified before she’s even opened their portfolio. She’s sharing all her tips and answering new freelancers’ questions in this advice-packed episode. You’ll walk away knowing how to structure an application to a freelance writing job and how to communicate your eagerness without looking too desperate.

    In this episode:

    • Advice from working freelance writers
    • How to stand out from masses of applicants
    • Easy tips to become indispensable once you get the job
    • Red flags you’ll want to avoid having in your application, socials, and portfolio

    Show Notes:

    0:51) How can you become an irresistible hire? Take it from a content agency who has worked with hundreds of freelance writers over the years!

    (1:41) Heather kicks off the episode by sharing her background in working with freelance writers.

    (4:20) The top 3 things to avoid that will likely disqualify your application right off the bat.

    (9:12) What does it take to make yourself stand out from hundreds of other applicants?

    (11:57) We give some real-life examples of great responses we’ve received, and why their answers hit the mark for us.

    (25:29) Ways to give the extra *zing* on your application.

    (27:20) So… you got the job! Now, how can you make yourself indisposable?

    (33:07) Let’s talk dealbreakers.

    (37:05) Heather shares a few recent stories of things writers have done to make her job easier.

    (40:35) AMA time! We invited Heather’s network on LinkedIn to submit any questions they had about being successful freelance writers.

    (53:01) That concludes this episode. Thanks for listening!

    Links:

    UpWork (43:44)

    ProBlogger (43:53)

    Writer Intake Form (49:38)

    Alice’s Lemee's LinkedIn post (50:32)

    Connect with Nora and Heather:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/noraschlesinger/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-leith/

    Growth Machine:

    https://growthmachine.com/

    https://twitter.com/growthmachine__

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/yourgrowthmachine/

    Join our newsletter!

    MBE Group:

    https://mbe.group/

    https://www.facebook.com/mbegroupllc/

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/mbegroupllc/

    https://www.instagram.com/mbegroupllc/

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As our VP of Content, Heather has hired hundreds of writers in all sorts of niches. There are writers who pop right off the page and make her want to talk to them immediately, and there are writers who get disqualified before she’s even opened their portfolio. She’s sharing all her tips and answering new freelancers’ questions in this advice-packed episode. You’ll walk away knowing how to structure an application to a freelance writing job and how to communicate your eagerness without looking too desperate.

In this episode:

  • Advice from working freelance writers
  • How to stand out from masses of applicants
  • Easy tips to become indispensable once you get the job
  • Red flags you’ll want to avoid having in your application, socials, and portfolio

Show Notes:

0:51) How can you become an irresistible hire? Take it from a content agency who has worked with hundreds of freelance writers over the years!

(1:41) Heather kicks off the episode by sharing her background in working with freelance writers.

(4:20) The top 3 things to avoid that will likely disqualify your application right off the bat.

(9:12) What does it take to make yourself stand out from hundreds of other applicants?

(11:57) We give some real-life examples of great responses we’ve received, and why their answers hit the mark for us.

(25:29) Ways to give the extra *zing* on your application.

(27:20) So… you got the job! Now, how can you make yourself indisposable?

(33:07) Let’s talk dealbreakers.

(37:05) Heather shares a few recent stories of things writers have done to make her job easier.

(40:35) AMA time! We invited Heather’s network on LinkedIn to submit any questions they had about being successful freelance writers.

(53:01) That concludes this episode. Thanks for listening!

Links:

UpWork (43:44)

ProBlogger (43:53)

Writer Intake Form (49:38)

Alice’s Lemee's LinkedIn post (50:32)

Connect with Nora and Heather:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noraschlesinger/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-leith/

Growth Machine:

https://growthmachine.com/

https://twitter.com/growthmachine__

https://www.linkedin.com/company/yourgrowthmachine/

Join our newsletter!

MBE Group:

https://mbe.group/

https://www.facebook.com/mbegroupllc/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/mbegroupllc/

https://www.instagram.com/mbegroupllc/

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