Want to hear something rich? I was just accused (by a complete stranger) of lying when I posted a Facebook ad stating that a $900 post card I wrote for a client earned him $25,000 in the first two months alone. Now, I know it’s always good to be skeptical of claims that sound[…]
Is Your Website a Soft Place to Fall? I’m frequently asked to review and critique new clients’ existing websites to see if I can analyze why they aren’t converting browsers into buyers or Looky Lou’s into loyalists to their expectations. And time after time… …the chief oopsie I find is that the[…]
Inundated with Work This Month Following a slow-as-molasses July (caused partly by a serious chest cold that laid me up for more than two weeks, during which I wasn’t pursuing additional work), August has catapulted me out the starting gate. I made $400 the first weekend and have earned $600 more since then (just[…]
Need a Tacoma Writer? I’m taking another route to finding writing clients, starting today. For $5/month, I can place an ad on craigslist in various cities to let people know about me. I’ve just done that here in Tacoma. We’ll see how that goes… If it works even marginally well here, I’ll[…]
Writer Rant for June 2019 It never ceases to amaze me. Every time I visit Upwork (or any other online freelance website) to look for work, I see project listings like this one: Hello, I’m looking for a professional writer to write for me a 30,000 word book. The title will be given when[…]
WHERE TO GET MY BOOKS… if you’re here as a result of the link in Nick Thomas’s article about DeForest Kelley If you’re looking for a copy/content/features writer, you’re in the right place. If you’re looking for my books, the following links will take you to them: DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal:[…]
My “Why” Kris M. Smith Copy, Content and Feature Writer (and Editor) I didn’t choose a writing career. Writing chose me! It all started back in grade school. From the moment I learned how to string letters into words and words into sentences, I became a writing fool. Many of my first[…]
Beware of Self-Proclaimed Social Media Gurus! There’s a fellow I know who is extremely personable, but he’s also a bumbler as a social media expert. He doesn’t think he is, but he is. He has at least two clients. He regularly shoots them in the foot. Not just occasionally (which would be bad[…]
FUNNY to the MAX! Look at this project description I spotted on Upwork this morning from a KING of Malapropisms! “we need a 5 step email customer neutering sequence for our asbestos removal business” Customers who want to be neutered should be clamoring for this! Some clients need a lot more help[…]
Writers for Hire: Stop Prostituting Yourself Today’s my day to rant. I went to Upwork to look for a writing project this morning. Saw a PR-writing project for multiple press releases that 50 people have already submitted quotes on, even though the stated budget per 500-word press release is $15! Seriously?! What kind of writer[…]