If you’re going to stand out among the growing freelance competition, you’ll have to know where to find jobs or how to create them.

Many writers are poor marketers. It’s an unfortunate fact given that growing and connecting with your readership is half the fun of putting content into the w...

TL;DR: Freelancing gets better every year. In a few months I’ll celebrate four years as a freelance copywriter. And it’s true that each year gets better and ...

Popular blogs don't aimlessly stumble into their large readerships. The websites and authors we love to follow have at least three core characteristics in co...

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” - Haruki Murakami As a freelance copywriter, m...

Everybody loves some peace and quiet. Unless, of course, that silence takes place on your blog. Before you crush your spacebar with your forehead and bemoan ...

Today I wanted to write an article but couldn’t immediately think of a topic. (Bare with me, I’m going somewhere.) So instead of blinking at my flashing curs...

Many bloggers want a shortcut to finishing their next article. When they want a story, they turn to Google. When they want a statistic, they turn to Google. ...

Journalists and bloggers are hungry for fascinating statistics, new ideas, and untold stories. If you or your business have access to compelling news and ide...

In January 2014, two friends and I stepped off a plane in El Salvador. We would spend the next two months busing and hitchhiking across Central America as pa...

I recently discovered a series of interviews featuring the author Ryan Holiday. When asked about marketing his books, Holiday said, “The best marketing you c...

This week I wrote about the Quora tactic I’ve been using to garner the most consistent, predictable views, upvotes, and blog traffic.

What happens when your response is featured in Quora Digest?

Upskilling is the willingness to leave behind lower-skill projects for those requiring greater expertise.

Hint: It's like having a superpower.

Friends call our apartment “the library.” There’s no TV — only paintings, plants, bookshelves, and books. Oh, and a dog named Oliver. Sarabeth is responsible...

Media companies sell your attention to advertisers. They've put a dollar amount on the value of your time. So: what is your attention worth?

There’s one freelancing mistake I make more often than any other. Almost every time Sarabeth and I get busy, I stop marketing our business. I double down on ...

Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash A friend emailed me yesterday to ask about breaking into freelance writing. He passed along a few questions about how to get...

The ability to self-educate is a key skill for running a small business. It’s been critical to the growth of our SaaS copywriting firm Lewis Commercial Writi...