As a freelance writer you must set goals for your writing. Freelance writers have the luxury of being in charge of their own careers. While freelancing gives you freedom you must also have schedules, goals and responsibility.
Goal setting is important for freelance writing so that you can work on different client projects at the same time and be able to turn them all in on schedule and make your clients. If you set goals and get your articles turned in on time then those clients will be more likely to come back to you in the future because they know you are reliable.
Setting Goals for freelance writing should be done for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals.
Here are some example goals that a freelance writer might make:
- Daily - get those daily tasks done. (research, articles written, query's written, network with other online freelance writers)
- Weekly - how many articles will you write in a week? How many page views do you want to have? Were weekly monetary goals met?
- Monthly - find new clients, work on your book or ebook and take a writing course to improve your writing.
- Yearly - finish that book, make yearly salary goals, and work on taxes. Set new goals.
When people set goals they are more likely to reach their goals and accomplish more than the freelance writer who just does things here and there when they feel like writing. By setting goals you will realize where you want to be in a week, a month, a year.
Be sure to set realistic goals so that you don't get frustrated and give up. It is good to reevaluate your goals periodically to make sure that they are attainable and realistic. Just don't make your freelance writing goals to easy otherwise you will not push yourself further to attain your ultimate goals.
Set your freelance writing goals and reach for the stars!
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