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Those in a position of power are most often able to exercise discretion as to how they will apply or exercise that power.
 Most Freelance writers, when they first start out, do not believe that they are in the position of power, but you are… yes… you.
Your rating on services like Guru.com is also dependent on keeping this in mind. They say that discretion is the better part of valor, well, so is your Guru rating.
Choosing when to put in a bid, is just as important for your Acquisition Rating and your overall Quality Score-based Rank than completing the job! Continue reading >> Freelance Writer Tip #16 — Descretion in Bidding
 One of the frustrations with Freelance writing, is the waste you recognize every day in project descriptions and work requests. Consider the following request:
I need a good writer to rewrite some pages for me.
Take note you must be fluent in English and have good grammar. This is to rewrite 5 or 6 pages, each page has about 2000 words.
DO NOT WANT SOMEONE TO USE THESAURUS AND CHANGE EVERY SECOND WORD.
DO NOT WANT SOMEONE TO WRITE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND THEN USE A TRANSLATOR TO PUT IT IN ENGLISH.
My budget is low on this so please keep this in mind while making your bids. Thanks!
Well… of course your Budget is Low, you wasted your money hiring a writer at Continue reading >> There are times…
Acquisition Rate — Acquire Clients, not Projects
 Acquisition Rate is a Guide One thing I’ve noticed with the acquisition rate matrix on Guru.com, is that those with low acquisition rates are also those who are bidding on just about every project request that comes down the pipe.
As I have eluded to in previous posts on this subject, a low acquisition rate is a self-propagating event. If you have a low acquisition rate, prospective clients are less likely to give you the project, causing you to continue to have a low acquisition rate. Also, pointed out in previous posts, you really don’t need very many projects a month to build up a client list that keeps you working full-time. So, putting out the formula bid for every project out there, is not helping you, in fact it is hurting you.
Continue reading >> Ghost Writer – Freelance Writer Tip #14
Just Enough SEO — Part 1
 Learning Just enough SEO The highest request for Freelance writing on Guru.com and the other Freelance websites, for the last several years, has been for articles which require SEO skills of one type or another. This can be a confusing area for someone just starting out on a Ghost Writing career, mostly because those asking for SEO qualities to be included in their articles and blog-posts, have no idea what they are talking about and very little understanding as to what the qualities mean, or should be. So, if you only use the Project Descriptions to glean an idea of what SEO is or should be, you will drive yourself mad.
This lack in understanding of SEO qualities, isn’t really the Client’s fault.
Continue reading >> Ghost Writer – Freelance Tip #13
Checking Guru.com’s site this morning, I noticed that my Acquisition Rate is being reported at 18%, which raised an eyebrow, as I sipped my coffee, and also gave me the idea for these Freelance Writer Tips I’m posting. This is a relatively new thing for Guru to be doing, and I’m not sure I like it, because I’m not sure how many Employers really understand what an Acquisition Rate is, or means for a Freelance Writer on a service like Guru.com. – and, perhaps they do. Which is why I’m not sure if I like it or not.
I haven’t been paying much attention to some of these new “Rating Systems” on Guru, mostly because I’m too busy writing bids and writing the eBooks and articles my bidding efforts have brought in.
Continue reading >> Acquisition Rate – Freelancer Tip #12
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