The priority should always be the work. Not the relationship, not the website, but the work. Often the relationship with the purchaser is conducted online and will be subject to the vagaries of email. There are some good ways to go about positive handling of the content vendor-purchaser relationship.

Establish early on that your energies are driving toward results. The end of the project, the next milestone, the next action item. If you are waiting for a review of article A to start work on article B, say so. Remind your client of their part in the working relationship. If the ball stays in their court for too long, the project might collapse. Don’t allow this to happen. Keep communication flowing. Touch base with your content writing client to see what is happening with them.

But beware the overly chatty client, and avoid contacting clients with fluid chat or instant messaging capability. You are a freelance content writer, not an attention deficit disorder nurturer. Distracting texts and incoming message notifications are one more window open on a busy and (hopefully) productive desktop. Delivering the work is the priority, and all focus should contribute toward that end. Conduct your business peaceably, but socialize elsewhere.

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The markets for freelance writers looking to earn money and do business for themselves online have broadened and settled into some distinct arenas. There are industry specific places to look to generate content writing income. The online access to these places affords the entrepreneur with writing skills to manufacture profit making opportunities and begin relationships online. The markets for writing content can be for specific websites, websites which are designed to monetize content, and other types of commercial writing work.

Professional Freelance Portals

Guru.com, Elance.com, and other professional freelance writers’ sites exist online for the purpose of competitive bidders to find available writers for variable projects. Membership fees do apply. Online interfaces allow freelance writers and article writers to browse projects and submit proposals and bids for projects outlined. These professional freelance portals can be excellent ways to contact and develop clients for established working relationships and content writing recommendations and references.

These portals come with freelance writer responsibilities beyond the amateur or beginning level. Guru and Elance have sharp competition and the clients have high standards, it could be expensive to make errors there in the primary stages of a freelance writing career. Getting some ground level negotiating experience and price information is probably advised before closing deals here. Getting tax advice before joining a fee paid freelance site is well warranted.
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