How to start as a freelance writer without the help of freelance sites?

Aside from Fiverr and other related sites that offer the same free accounts to use their service I would suggest you to post your skills on your social media update on a regular basis. That way you get the message to your circle of friends and to friends of your friends for free through word of mouth and social media exposure. All the best to your career search.

 

I have tried that already but that didn't work out well there. So What about approaching other sites directly?

 

You can try that if you like also but this is strange since you are done doin almost all the attention grabbing feats and still did not get the right attention. Try restructuring/polishing your CV and make an interesting profile that truly gets the biggest impact on you and the services/skills and talent you have. Make it appear like you are not struggling to get their attention but rather make them feel they will loose a big opportunity not having you in their team of professionals.

 

u mean a new website all together?

 

I have a CV and it's served me well. I make a full-time living as a writer, blogger, editor, and social media manager. However, there are plenty of writing gigs that don't require one. As long as you have some top notch clips/writing samples to provide you're in a good position, and YES most definitely your blog can be your portfolio. It shows off your writing skills and your work ethic.

Try the job board at Problogger, Craigslist, and FreelanceWritingGigs.com for leads. I would avoid content farms like Suite101 or Demand Studios. They were hit hard by Panda are are in chaos at the moment. Good luck!

 

Hey Bro,• Identify some sites that you’d love to write for or better still identify the niche first…health content, about money making online, real estate, poker, swimming pools….it could be anything.• Next identify the sites in that niche that would benefit from some more content. A way to do that is search Google using keywords from your niche and picking up sites that rank low on Google. Even the high PR sites might need content regularly, so it’s worth checking them out also. Try to freeze on individual owned sites and blogs and not the big players which are corporate houses.• Now go to domaintools.com and type in the URL of the sites you’ve shortlisted and domaintools would give you the contact info for the sites (unless of course hidden from public. • Write a customized mail to these sites and let them know the benefits you’re gonna be able to offer them through your writing services.• Trust me on this - -you are going to hear back from most of them!• Now it’s up to you how you negotiate with them.Hope that helps a bit.Cheers!

 

There's an unconventional way to do it...it's a bit offbeat, but it works. Google some tech blogs in your niche (those that don't have regular posts, but have great layout) and start posting valuable comments on them. Regularly visit those blogs and see what's happening around (good for you if nothing much's really hapenning). Do it for a while and then pop the question to the blog owner. If your comments reflect your grasp on the topic, you might be able to bag a couple of gigs.

 

Very interesting... Here's what I'd suggest:

* Contact tech companies in your hometown that need a blog, or need help updating the one they already have. Send an email with a link to your site. Make your pitch email show your knowledge and passion, and explain why hiring you as their freelance writer will benefit their business.

* Pay someone on DP to do a Wordpress site owner marketing campaign for you. Here's why & what . . . As a Wordpress site owner, people submit comments on my blog pages all the time, trying to sell me on using their SEO services and what not. When it's something I need, I actually follow up. I've had writers leave comments for me, too, and have hired one to write some articles for me. I don't know if you have time to do this for yourself. But if you paid someone at DP to do a "Comment Service" for you, maybe leaving your comment on 50 good WP tech sites for the admin to discover/read, you might snag a couple of nice customers.

* Similarly, a lot of sites have a "write for us" button/link. Spend a couple of hours surfing your favorite tech blogs in search of sites who want knowledgeable tech writers. Maybe email about 25 of them and see if they'll pay you, or just want you to "guest blog" for them for free.

Best of luck!

 

i will try all those but tell me something I know a guy called Onibalusi who runs a website called youngprepro.com and he claims that he earns 3000 dollars each month from writing articles. Is it true. And also I tried that commenting thing and many bloggers responded. They were all looking for guest blogs...

 

I am not sure whether or not the guy you mentioned earns $3000/mo or not but I can certainly tell you that once you earn a good reputation @DP, you can certainly fetch thousands of dollars writing articles. If you can spend 3-4 hrs/day in writing articles, I don't think earning thousands of dollars is a day dream.

 

wow thanks man...i will always maintain a good reputation in DP and hope for the best.