Lydia Dalem

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Why Your Writing Portfolio Is More Important Than Your Resume

And after all that pitching, you’ll likely have learned one thing: your resume doesn’t really matter. Sure, many (if not most) publications will ask that you send a resume along with a submission, especially if it’s a first-time inquiry. But most editors pay little attention to writing resumes, and

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How Freelancers can Start that Long-Delayed Retirement Account.

Kevin O’Neil of Rafalko Advisors Inc., who runs the website RetirementPlanning.Guru, said that self-employed workers like freelancers need more discipline than employees of companies with sponsored retirement plans. Not only do freelancers need to determine how much they should be saving, O’Neil sai

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SEO Strategy: 5 Simple Mistakes That Are Holding You Back

As a professional writer, you want your portfolio of work to reach as many people as possible. And Google is one of the best ways to reach that goal. How? It all starts with your SEO strategy. In this article, we&39;re going to break down what SEO is, why you need a strategy, and common mistakes

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6 Bad Habits Writers Must Give Up to Be Successful

It’s commonly known to take about 21 days to break a bad habit, so if you start today, you’re already one day closer to getting rid of these six bad writing habits. 1. Thinking about writing instead of actually writing. Time to ‘fess up, because you’ve all done it. You’ve thought about writin

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How to Create a Writing Portfolio for Freelancers

If you're a journalist, you need a way to showcase the articles you've published, the types of journalism you specialize in, and the publications you've written for. If you do creative writing, you want a place you can send publishers, agents, and readers where they can access your writing. And if y

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The Importance of Backing Up Your Articles with Journo Portfolio

Why You Need to Have Copies of Your Articles If an online publication suddenly goes dark, your articles will disappear along with all of their other content. News sites you write for may have a paywall, or could add a paywall in the future, which means your article can’t be viewed in its entire