Ghost Writer » guru.com http://www.glennhefley.com/blog Real World Freelance writer tips -- This isn't a pretty blog Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:27:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 There are times… http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/there-are-times/ http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/there-are-times/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:41:18 +0000 Glenn Hefley http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/work-at-home/there-are-times/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/there-are-times/feed/ 1 Ghost Writer – Freelance Writer Tip #14 http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/ghost-writer-freelance-writer-tip-14/ http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/ghost-writer-freelance-writer-tip-14/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:31 +0000 Glenn Hefley http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/?p=137 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 [...]]]> http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/ghost-writer-freelance-writer-tip-14/feed/ 0 Ghost Writer – Freelance Tip #13 http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/ghost-writer-freelance-tip-13/ http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/ghost-writer-freelance-tip-13/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:12:00 +0000 Glenn Hefley http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/?p=113 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 [...]]]> http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/ghost-writer-freelance-tip-13/feed/ 0 Acquisition Rate – Freelancer Tip #12 http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/acquisition-rate-freelancer-tip-12/ http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/acquisition-rate-freelancer-tip-12/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:11:26 +0000 Glenn Hefley http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/freelance-writer-tips/acquisition-rate-freelancer-tip-12/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.glennhefley.com/blog/acquisition-rate-freelancer-tip-12/feed/ 1