To have success as a freelance writer, you have to find the right freelance projects and know how to win the contracts for them.

My freelance writing business is largely built around using bidding sites to gain clients, but getting those clients to award me the freelance writing contracts they post is certainly not a straightforward process.

How to win a bid

There are a lot of steps involved in winning a bid, or in negotiating your way into a freelance contract. You have to be able to discern which freelance writing work will provide the best results according to your set criteria, if you are indeed capable of writing freelance as your sole means of income, and above all you have to make sure that you can make money writing online, not just breaking even or worse going in the hole.

Compete without sacrificing your bottom line

In this section of our site, we are going to look at a lot of the dirty details of freelance writing for the Internet. Bidding sites in particular are great for finding freelance writer jobs, but they are very competitive. In one article we take a look at how you can compete against the writers and the writing companies that you will be bidding against, without sacrificing your bottom line.

Evaluate projects to your advantage

It’s also important to understand that you can earn money from freelance writing online, and you can earn GOOD money from it, but you have got to be able to evaluate a project correctly and come up with a proposal that justifies your price. Remember that the key to success when you are using business sites to find freelance projects is in knowing how to work the system, and in this section we will go through the process from start to finish.

Tying it all together

As you read through the information in these articles, keep in mind that everything you write, from your profile to the messages you send to current or potential clients, will be factored in when it comes time to decide whether or not you get those all important freelance projects.