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Freelance Poll: What’s Your Most Valuable Online Resource?

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Many sites have lists of their favorite resources, but most of the lists I read are aimed towards other freelancers. I’m much more interested in what freelance writers consider their most valuable, specifically “for them” online resources. So I’m conducting this little poll, held in our comments section. Please feel free to chime in with your personal favorites.

My own personal favorites include Google Trends, which can be a huge help when looking for timely and relevant topics on the web. It you’re pitching queries to web-based publications, it helps to be on top of the latest and hottest stuff. Another great resource I use–especially when I write blog and Twitter posts–is Topix.com. I like to pull relevant headlines and stuff them into posts where it counts. A recent example—I found contradictory headlines on the economy (“Sales Drop In April” vs. “Consumers Splurge”) and made a nice bit of hay out of that.

What are YOUR favorite resources?