Content and SEO are Best Friends

Good web content freelance writing and search engine optimization (SEO) are inextricably linked. SEO helps ensure that your brilliant content is actually seen by visitors, and good content is instrumental in implementing an SEO campaign. The latter is true for two reasons:

1) Search engines reward fresh content with a higher rating.

2) Content that uses (but doesn’t overuse) your chosen keywords in headings and text is more easily indexed by search engine crawlers.

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What Will You Do for $3.88?

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Fiverr.Com wants to know. They are the hottest ticket on the planet for those who miss good old sweatshops. The concept is this: offer some task or skill for $5—Fiverr calls it a “gig”—and put it up on a website with a million other desperate people. Think it sounds ludicrous? Think again: at last count, over 50,000 souls have put themselves up for sale.

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Freelancer’s Fallback

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Freelancer's Friend

Any freelance writer will tell you that demand for writing and blogging services are by no means uniform, or even predictable. Sudden periods of frenetic activity are often punctuated by stretches of “quiet time”. But bills have to be paid. Luckily, there are several fee-per-article firms to whom freelancers can turn in a pinch.

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Freelance Writing is for Pros

19th century freelance writer at desk with quill pen. — Freelance writer with quill pen

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When you write your own web content, are you saving money or are you throwing it away? One of the most frequently self-inflicted mistakes made by budding entrepreneurs is attempting to conserve resources by personally taking on all tasks. Seasoned businessmen have learned the difference between frugality and effectiveness, and poorly written content is not only ineffective, it’s suicidal.

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