Experienced freelancer gives tips to new content writers

Nicole LaMarco is a professional freelance writer, who has accumulated a wealth of information and experience on how to succeed in the content writing business. Based in the United States, LaMarco has spent the past eight years as a freelancer and content writer, focusing on women’s health and fitness issues, as well as a range of how-to articles. Her entry into this growing industry is not an unfamiliar story to most other freelance writers. Following the birth of LaMarco’s second daughter, the young mother was not sure what type of career or professional life she wanted to build for herself. After a period of uncertainty and ideas about launching a home business or returning to university, LaMarco’s husband convinced her that if she loved to write so much, she should try to build a career and a regular income out of this passion. Since then, LaMarco has been a successful, full-time freelance writer.

LaMarco’s newest book, Paying Markets for Writers: Make Money Writing for Online Publications, however, tries to lend a helping hand to those who are completely new to the industry. LaMarco explains that there is an array of opportunities for those with good writing skills to make either a part-time or full-time income by signing up for writing contracts advertised on the internet, and most often by major content providers. LaMarco, however, notes that the one thing that all freelance writers must have in order to be successful is perseverance—both in terms of hunting for writing projects, but also displaying an ability to complete a large amount of very varied work by firm deadlines.