3 Embarrassing Mistakes I Made as A new Freelance Writer

You only get one shot to make an impression.

What if you get an amazing client, but a stupid mistake makes them terminate the contract?

Here are the 3 most embarrassing mistakes I made as a freelance writer so you don’t repeat them 🧵👇

#1  Don’t skip client meetings.

You’ll inevitably receive multiple client meeting invites on multiple emails.

If you’re not logged in to the calendar, you might miss the notification and forget to make it to the meeting.

Here’s how to never miss meetings:

1. Log in to all your Google accounts on your phone

This will sync Google Calendar across all your accounts.

So no matter what account you’re using, you’ll get meeting notifications.

This will ensure you won’t miss meetings.

2. Use Motion to sync your calendars

Motion is an AI-powered productivity app that:

• creates a single calendar to view all meetings in one place.

• sends meeting notifications regardless of what tab you’re working on.

Check it out here 👇

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#2  Submitting diamonds in the rough

As writers, before submitting our work, we:

• reread it,

• proofread it, and

• make all the corrections.

But this is based on our judgment, which can’t be 100% accurate.

Here’s how you can avoid submitting unpolished work 👇

1. Run it through the Grammarly editor.

Grammarly helps you:

• write accurate sentences,

• correct spellings, and

• use interesting alternative words.

Its suggestions can make your work shine.

2. Let Hemingway chop sentences

After Grammarly, run articles through Hemmingway.

It’s a free software to help you check how:

• readable,

• simple, and

• skimmable your sentences are.

#3  Not gauging the target audience

While writing for a client, you assume you know their requirements.

But how do you know if your work meets their expectations?

Do your research & understand their target audience. This will help you stand out.

Market research is essential for writing relatable articles.

If you do it right, your work will have immense power.

You'll become irreplaceable for the client and they’ll keep coming back.

3 embarrassing mistakes I made as a freelance writer. TL;DR:

#1  Missing meetings as you didn’t track all Google calendars.

#2  Not using Grammarly or Hemingway for a final polish.

#3  Not researching the target audience for your pieces.

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