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By Susan Daffron
 As a freelance writer, your job is to create a product that your customers absolutely love. Once you're in business, you probably want to stay in business, so you can continue paying the bills, eating, and so forth. So here's a little secret to freelance writing success: it is easier, less time consuming, and less expensive to sell an existing customer than it is to dredge up a new one.
For a freelance writer that means you need to be more than just a good writer, you need to be a conscientious one. You need to be easy to communicate with and easy to find. Yes, find. You wouldn't believe how many people complain that their service provider (writer, graphic artist, whatever) has apparently disappeared off the face of the planet. So keep a client list with physical addresses and phone numbers. Don't just squirrel away a bunch of email addresses -- they can and do change all too quickly.
Always treat your writing like a business. It's amazing how many business-people fail to return phone messages and e-mail. You won't |
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