By Kathleen Rake
We've been working with Community Futures South Fraser in Chilliwack, BC to help tell their clients' stories. It's been a great Fraser Valley adventure.
Please meet Charissa Boucher, owner of Alchemy Hair Lounge in Abbotsford, BC.
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By Kathleen Rake
Not only is English hard, it's silly. I mean, really? How can so many words sound so similar?
And how many times have you typed expect instead of except? Or fro, when you meant for? What about affect, when you should have typed effect? Your spell-checking program isn't likely to pick up those spelling errors or misused words because the mistakes and misuses are actual words, and as long as you spelled those correctly . . . <sigh>
Here's an infographic with nine sets of words that are easy to misuse, misspell, mistake, or
mis-almost-anything. And while you probably already know them, if you're like me, a reminder is always welcome.
Download the infographic now. Please feel free to share with your circles.
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By Kathleen Rake
"Healthy people are the foundation for a strong community," say Denise and Candyce Fowle, owners of Inspire Me Fitness and Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award recipients.
Below is the link to our piece featuring these women and their business, published today, International Women's Day, in the Mission City Record.
Perfect timing. Right?
Read the story:
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By Kathleen Rake
The exclamation mark loses its effectiveness when you overuse it ... so employ it sparingly. And please, don't use more than one at a time.
The exception of course is Twitter <sigh>; I mean, who can tweet without using at least one?
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By Kathleen Rake
If you want to clear the clutter from your writing, eliminate the word that. Chances are you don't need it.
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By Kathleen Rake
It's exciting to plan something new, right? I think so, too.
I was surprised, however, by the number of horror stories people shared when I mentioned we're setting the plan to redesign our website to accommodate (and promote) our business and its new directions.
So, that started me thinking: Why?
Why so many horror stories?
While I can't be sure why others experienced horrors, I'm pretty sure I can guess. And I'm pretty sure these are the three reasons we won't.
Now neither of us has to guess what the other understands or expects, which means we both can move forward with smiles on our faces. At completion, instead of sharing horror stories, we'll shout Hooray! because we took the time/effort/energy to communicate–in person and in writing.
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By Kathleen Rake
I'll bet most of you who know me know that since 2010 I've had success as a full-time freelance writer—as a freelance copywriter and content creator. Prior to that, since the mid-1990s, I did it part-time, at nights and on weekends, off the corner of my home-office desk—the proverbial side hustle.
But, do you also know that over the course of six years and prior to breaking out solo as a freelancer, I worked as a business advisor within a self-employment program and helped hundreds of new entrepreneurs from the Fraser Valley—Mission, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Langley—start and run their own businesses? Many of these business people continue with their success, even after 10 years.
If you know how to write and wonder if you might have a future as a freelance writer, the kind who gets to make your own hours, choose the best clients, and make enough money to pay the mortgage, buy groceries, and fully support yourself and your family—with vacations thrown in for good measure—then please join me at my 30-day pop-up Facebook page, Freelance Copywriter Success: Secrets Revealed. It starts today, is free, and you don't have to do anything but ask questions and read answers. The pop-up closes March 19, 2018.
In addition to answering your questions, I'll provide access to
This pop-up is a closed group so only those within it can read your questions and the answers. Just go here and ask to be admitted. I look forward to answering your questions.
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Cheers 🥂 to you and yours for a happy holiday season and all the best 2018 can bring.
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By Kathleen Rake
Q:
Should you ask existing customers for referrals?
Short A:
Yes.
Longer A:
Yes. But only if you want to get more work from people who are likely to pay well, pay on time, and give additional referrals.
What do I mean? Well, chances are that a good customer is going to give you the names of people he or she thinks are good candidates for your services. No one wants to make a bad referral; in my experience, at least, chances of a good customer-writer relationship increase when it begins as the result of an already-good-customer referral.
To increase your opportunities for good referrals, first confirm that this customer is happy with the work you are doing or have just completed, then ask questions (see examples below) that begin with who, where, which, or what, and don't forget to find out if you can use the current customer's name when you reach out—better yet, ask if your customer would make an email introduction.
Are you a writer who wants to make the move to professional freelancer? We are happy to answer your questions. Ask them here, on Facebook or Twitter, by email, or at Instagram. As we get questions, we'll share them (and our answers) with you here. We will use your name if, and only if, you give us permission.
Look for the hashtags #BoFW and #BusinessOfFreelanceWriting on all our social media platforms ... and please check back often.
→ Write.
→ Get paid.
→ Repeat.
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