Despite all my preparations, when I finally went full-time freelance, I was clueless when it came to finding new projects. As I had always done before, I scoured the job ads, dutifully sent out cover letters and resumes, found a part-time freelance gig that gave me the feeling of stability and, otherwise, waited for the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cold calling’
June 17th, 2009
Passive/Aggressive: Finding Work as a Freelancer
Steph Auteri 
Posted in marketing, networking 
Tags: aggressive, bidding sites, blog aggregators, cold calling, job ads, marketing, networking, passive, pitching, rss feeds 
4 Comments » August 7th, 2008
My 5 Favorite Things In: The Well-Fed Writer
When I first read The Well-Fed Writer, it terrified me. Promising to aid me in gaining “financial self-sufficiency as a freelance writer in six months or less,” author Peter Bowerman then went on to sing the praises of cold calling. When I was growing up, my parents used to collect magazine clippings of articles with [...]
