Freelance content writers--why be a traveler when you can be a destination? Promoting yourself to a full schedule...

Like many content writers, I started by hunting down jobs. After landing a few, I decided it wasn't my cup of tea. I wanted to create a situation where people would start hunting me down. After reading a Tom Peters article and some similar material, I decided to make promotion, branding and marketing a core element of what I do.

I get business via word of mouth referrals, by being discovered at this blog or via Content Done Better's primary website, by networking with others in the content, SEO and internet marketing communities, and other promotional means. It beats the hell out of scouring the boards, etc. in hopes of drumming up jobs. In fact, it can even be a little fun.

If you are sick of going to the mountain, convince the mountain to come to you. That's my completely unsolicited advice to freelance content writers who are yearning for more work.