tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post3230725261894186921..comments2024-03-27T04:00:02.294-04:00Comments on EditorMom: Busting the Myth of the Feast-or-Famine CycleKatharine O'Moore-Klopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-77603734470251750132016-07-27T04:23:56.481-04:002016-07-27T04:23:56.481-04:00Great post, Katharine.
I think freelance editors ...Great post, Katharine.<br /><br />I think freelance editors can learn a great deal from self-publishing authors about marketing and the concept of building a platform (both about what to do and what NOT to do). I came across this post by Jane Friedman about author platform that could just as easily apply to freelancers of all types: https://janefriedman.com/author-platform-definition/Averill Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683911713786700742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-51403067556655341202016-07-23T05:27:01.720-04:002016-07-23T05:27:01.720-04:00So true, Katharine – great post.
I'm making ...So true, Katharine – great post. <br /><br />I'm making the career move from writer to copyeditor, but marketing is marketing. <br /><br />I'm currently on a nine-month contract with a very large IT client in Shenzhen, China. I know my end date – interestingly enough, my 69th birthday – and am already amping up the activity to make sure I have plenty of work waiting on October 1.<br /><br />A big part of that activity is networking WITH my current client. They're a $65 billion company, and I'm working for just a sliver of it. I've worked hard here, gone beyond expectations and favorably impressed many internal clients. As a result, I may well have freelance opportunities from these folks when I walk out the door - as well as good references.<br /><br />I especially liked your advice to make marketing a daily habit. It may well result in having more work than you can handle. But, guess what? That's a perfect time to pass on those opportunities to some of the incredible fellow editors you'll inevitably meet as you network, a favor which will be amply returned many times over, in my experience.Terencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04962878793677149744noreply@blogger.com