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Get a Freelance Job by Example

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by Joe Wallace

Sometimes the only way to get a freelance job is to create an example of what you’re capable of and have it ready to show a potential client. Do you want to get hired as a blogger or an advice columnist? Consider setting up a portfolio website that showcases the skills you want to use as a freelancer.

Are you an aspiring political blogger? Don’t wait for someone else to hire you–start creating the kind of content you want to write and point your next editor to those posts. You might be surprised twice–if your blog takes off you’ve got a supplemental income to tide you over til the next gig.

If your blog does modestly, you still have something to show your next client as an example of what you do best…and you won’t have to rely solely on building up a list of published clips to prove what you can do.

Of course, the key to all this is your content–if it sucks, you won’t get hired. Make it shine and see what happens.