Your Freelance Writing Competition
Do you spend a lot of time worrying about your freelance writing competition? If so, you should change your ways in 2008. Time that you spend thinking about your competition is time that you could spend increasing your business and profits. When it comes down to it, there are several reasons that you do not need to concern yourself with your competition.
1. There are enough freelance writing projects to keep everybody happy. Even though the market may seem small, this is because you are not looking at the big picture. There is no reason to be envious of your competition. Instead, work hard to find your own projects. Once you carve out a niche, you will be well on your way.
2. Is it really possible to keep track of all your freelance writing competition? The answer is no. There is no possible way that you could keep tabs on every freelance writer in the world. So if you cannot track what all your competition is doing, why track what some of them are doing? Remember, almost every business has competitors. It is your unique features that will allow you to pass them by.
3. You are better than your competition! Not only does this probably hold true, but it is also a frame of mind. You do not have to be the best freelance writer in the world to find work; just good enough to appeal to some clients. And as mentioned above, you need to be confident in your skills. This will show through in your work, as well as when you are communicating with clients.
As you can see, constantly thinking about your freelance writing competition is a waste of time. Instead, concentrate only on what you can control!
December 31st, 2007 at 2:31 pm
I don’t think about it then again I’m fairly new to freelance writing. I have marketed myself well and landed freelance writing gigs simply because I blogged about it on my main website. I created this new website Addicted To Writing solely for freelance writing.
I think if you focus too much time on your competition you take away time that you could be using on enhancing your skills. That’s the practice I’ve used in the corporate setting and then when I started my own business six years ago. I do my job very well, and I market myself effectively. I stand by my word that has gone a long way not only in my business but blogging as well. I know that will extend to freelance writing. I picked up gigs easily simply because my reputation as a business owner, blogger/article writer really helped me out people trust me. I don’t take that trust lightly.
I still have a lot to learn about freelance writing, not so much the marketing but things such as query letters but I did buy books on the subject. This is my first month writing and for me it’s time to research, impress the client’s I’ve picked up, and continue moving forward. My focus is health & wellness, and those are the jobs I acquired as a freelance writer. I believe I’ll be devoting all my energy into those types of articles.
This is an excellent post if you think about it we can apply this to so many areas of our lives. Quit focusing so much on others and pay more attention to yourself and work on how you can make yourself stand out above the crowd.