How to Get Content Writing Projects

There are several ways of getting content writing projects. If you are a professional content writer looking for freelance content writing jobs or projects, you can follow a few tips.

Given below are the tips:

Create a personal blog or website

Getting a personal blog or website is well for creating a strong profile and portfolio. List your skills, work samples, and core competencies on it to attract buyers. Don’t forget to display your contact details over there. Prominently write your email id, phone no, WhatsApp no, etc. Add call-to-action buttons and contact forms for lead generation.

Start bidding on various bidding portals 

Bidding online can help you a bit. Create a profile as a seller on the platforms like UpWork, Freelancer, People Per Hour, FreelanceWriting, Guru, Narrato.io. OutSourcely, ProBlogger,  and Constant Content.  People registered there as buyers can find your profile and award you content writing projects. These portals allow you easily connect with various buyers spreading across the globe.

Do Email marketing

Email marketing is another effective way to attract your content clients. You need to search online and shortlist emails of various companies and clients who buy content. Using MailChimp, you can send multiple emails at one go. To do so, you need to create a MailChimp account.

Build a social network

Have a strong profile on various social media platforms like Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter. Creating a business page or fan page will give you an added benefit. You can attract people having a common area of interest. Invite them to like your social media pages. Send requests and business page links, requesting them to follow and post comments. Thus, you can increase their engagement on social media pages.       

Create a price list

You can create a fair price list for different types of copies that you produce and offer. Price list is good to prove transparency and keep a clean image. Use multiple currencies to attract different types of buyers.

Display your previous work samples

You should display your previous works with your specialized areas, dividing these into different niches. This will reflect professionalism and save time for the buyers.

Begin link building

Link building is important for ranking your website or blog on the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) of major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. To do so, you can write articles and post them on various article submission websites. Highlight the keywords and hyperlink these to your website or blog. Social bookmarking and directory submission are good for boosting website ranking. Bring quality backlinks to your website or blog to have improved ranking and increased traffic.  When your website or blog ranks well on the SERPs (search engine result pages) of major search engines with your targeted keywords, you can reach many people seeking the nature of your business.    

Share articles and published links on social media

Professional content writers share articles and published links on their social media profiles and pages. This is good for driving traffic and keeping their fans and followers arrested on their pages. An expert content marketer never forgets to share the links of the articles and blogs published on other websites and portals.  

Apply directly on popular job portals

Job portals like Naukri and Indeed have options to create profiles and submit CVs (Curriculum Vitaes). You can apply to content writing jobs or projects, using your submitted CV.  

These are the proven methods for getting content writing projects and jobs.

I hope these tips will help.