One of the most common issues that content writing poses is that of writer’s block. Yes, these are days when you just cannot write. Your thoughts don’t come together, and often causes writers stress. They also result in missed deadlines and angry clients.

Is it possible to overcome writer’s block?

The truth is that no matter how difficult it seems, there are steps that you can take in dealing with writer’s block. Here they are:

#1: Writing Schedule

Find your sweet spot when it comes to writing.. When you do find this spot, ensure that you spend this time working on your projects. You will find that you will be able to finish most of your work in a few hours.

#2: Take Time Off

Sometimes when you haven’t taken time off, you experience writer’s block and this is a sign that your ideas need some time away. It’s not a bad sign actually as this process often is fruitful, and you’ll be ready to get back to work soon enough.

#3: Work on more than one project at a time

Variety is the spice of life, and sometimes it gets boring working on only one project. It is advisable to multi-task on several projects at a time to ensure that this does not happen.

#4: Find your own writing space

In one sense, it is a good idea to find your own writing space because this will ensure that you are able to concentrate fully and write well, thanks to the environment that allows you to think cohesively. This is a factor that you just cannot ignore!

To say the least, freelance writing is one of those careers that are difficult to keep up with. In order to have a successful career in freelance writing, you must be able to prove that your writing is superior in a market that is competitive as there are several good writers out there.

Yet it’s much more than just good content writing as there are some realistic demands that must be met from time to time, and regardless of how good your writing might be, it won’t matter if you make some common mistakes that have caused loss when it comes to freelance writers:

Mistake #1: Unprofessional and Irregular Communication

A significant part of your life as a freelance writer is communication with your employer at meetings via Skype, over the phone or even by chat or email. Being unprofessional and irregular will not please your employer especially since their success largely depends on getting the content required at an agreed timeline. Using unprofessional language is also an immediate no-no.

Mistake #2: Missing Timelines set by employers

Most employers tend to have timelines for the work that they have allotted to their freelance contractors, and if you want to be successful as a freelance writer, you have to learn to submit your writing assignments within the given timeline or else it turns out to be an issue that your employer won’t be able to ignore.

Mistake #3: Delivering low quality work

While there are some people who deliver good work time after time, there are others who tend to hurry things up as a writer and deliver low-quality work. Please avoid this as much as possible as this is a very important reason why you will be successful as a freelance writer (although it isn’t the only thing). The better work you put out, the more chances you have to earn a lot more money in this career.

So what does it take to be a successful freelance writer?

Talent, time management, dedication and hard work are some of the qualities that one must demonstrate in order to make a living out of content writing. Staying relevant as well as being able to remain focused is a very important part of the process if you want to be successful in a tough and competitive market these days.

However, there are some signs that indicate success in pursuing a freelance career of your own, and here they are:

#1: Regular Workload

If the assignments that you receive are as regular as a full-time job, you can safely assume that you are doing something right. In other words, your writing work is appreciated by your clients and they wish to continue to work with you again. And if many of your first-time clients come back to work with you again, you are definitely on the right track.

#2: Meeting short and long term goals

Regardless of whatever your goals might be, whether it is finding new projects to work on or making the kind of money that you want to make, if you are able to meet these goals from time to time, this means that your work is appreciated and well-received by clients.

#3: Good References

There’s nothing that will convince your potential clients more than being able to provide them with references from earlier projects that you have worked on. Getting a good review for the work that you have completed can be satisfying in itself but can be just as important if you want new high-paying clients.

Guest Post By Sharon Housley

Subscribe to an RSS Feed

There are generally two different kinds of tools that allow visitors to subscribe to RSS feeds. These tools are known as aggregators, or RSS news readers. As the content of an RSS feed changes, the RSS reader/aggregator will update itself automatically and display the new RSS feed items.

There are two types of aggregators — desktop aggregators, and web-based aggregators…

Desktop Aggregators

These are downloadable desktop applications that contain all of the RSS subscriptions. In most cases, you can group and categorize the RSS feeds that you subscribe to. When open, the RSS desktop reader will update all the RSS feeds that you have subscribed to, and new posts will appear in the RSS reader.

Web-Based Aggregators

Web-based RSS aggregators are applications that reside online, through which you can subscribe to RSS feeds. The feeds are displayed on a webpage using a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. For example, one of the more popular web-based aggregators is Google Reader.

How To Subscribe To An RSS Feed

In order to subscribe to an RSS feed, look for the RSS icon on the websites you visit. Find the URL for the RSS feed, and paste it into your RSS reader and subscribe to it.

Many web browsers, such as Firefox, include auto-discovery features which will automatically detect RSS feeds. With those browsers, you will see an RSS icon in the left-hand side of the URL box — just click the icon to obtain the link to the RSS feed.

Once subscribed, the aggregator or reader will periodically check to see if the RSS feed has been updated.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll audio recording and editing software.

One this many Bloggers and Site owners do are make the wrong choices with their Blog thinking it’s for the better. I’m going to talk about some of the main mistakes many people do.

- Playing around with your robots.txt file. If you edit your robots.txt file in the wrong way or delete something that’s needed, your site could face a penalty or even a ban. So it’s best to seek good advice.

- Using the wrong SEO methods in general. If you’re a more advance webmaster you might try some black hat methods or “darker” methods. These are not always “bad” things but they can get your site penalized or banned. So try to stop keywords stuff, keywords typos, bad promo techniques.

- Unique title tags. One must for all my templates is each Blog post/Page must contain a unique title tag that’s the same as the post or page title. Search Engines totally love this :]

- Too much Javascript, Flash, or bad coding. Flash writing can’t be indexed there for the content on it does not help you at all. Javascript can be indexed but only to a certain extent.

Travel Blogging is when a Blogger who’s traveling Blogs along the way. I’ve been spending a lot of time in net cafe’s lately. Playing computer games and what not. I’ve noticed there’s a lot of people that have Blogger accounts that come to the net cafe for the purpose of only posting pictures on their Blog and talking about how their holiday is so far and where they are if they are doing a trip. I never really thought it was such a big thing, but at least 15% of the people that go to the net came I’m at are here just for the sole purpose of Travel Blogging.

Travel Blogging is much better then writing about it on pen or anything. Plus you can email and tell your friends your Blog and your whole travel is accurately documented. Not to mention that it’s time dated, can have pictures and what not. Is this going to become the latest Blogging adventure?

Yahoo has updated its serps. What does this mean? it means that sites ranking positions have changed. So if you search Yahoo for Webmaster SEO, my rank has changed. I still am not near the front page but it has increased due to my backlinks. Check to see if your rank has changed check out Shoemoney’s serp tool

I hope your serps have increased mine have!