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Should You Use LinkedIn to Market Your Writing Business? building your business solopreneur business

If you're a nurse or health professional dipping your toes into freelance writing, you've probably asked yourself this question:

Should I be on LinkedIn? 

The short answer? Probably yes. But let's talk about why, how, and what to avoid-because LinkedIn isn't just another social media platform. It's ...

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The Only Tech Tools You Need to Know as a Freelance Writer building your business solopreneur business

You don’t need to be “techy” to launch a successful freelance writing career—but you do need a basic working knowledge of a few everyday tools. Many nurses feel intimidated by this at first, especially if they’ve only used hospital charting systems or specialized software. But take heart: if you can...

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12 AI Prompts Health Writers Can Use Today to Boost Productivity (Without Compromising Ethics) ai building your business solopreneur business

If you’ve been watching the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT with a mix of curiosity and dread, you’re not alone. Many freelance writers—especially those of us coming from clinical backgrounds—are wondering how to ethically integrate these tools into our businesses without feeling like we’re...

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5 Reasons AI Is Actually Good News for Nurse Writers ai building your business solopreneur business

Let’s face it—when people start throwing around phrases like “disruption” and “automation,” most of us instinctively tense up. Especially those of us who’ve worked hard to build a freelance writing business rooted in human skills: storytelling, critical thinking, and clinical experience.

But here’s ...

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Will AI Replace Health Writers? Here’s the Honest Truth ai building your business solopreneur business

Every time a new technology explodes into the mainstream, freelance writers start to sweat. And right now, nothing is causing more hand-wringing than generative AI.

With tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini cranking out articles in seconds, many health writers—especially those coming from nursing ba...

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Nurse Writers: Let’s Take the Dread Out of Negotiation building your business solopreneur business

To view a video version of this blog post head to our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/Kv0OkyYGuqo

 Does the word “negotiate” make the hair on the back of your neck stand up? If so, you’re not alone! 

 But what if we told you that negotiation isn't necessarily what you think it is, that you already...

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Know Your SOW: What It Is, How to Craft It, and How to Enforce It building your business communicating for advancement freelance basics

Recently I’ve been embroiled in a situation with a soon-to-be-ex client that does not want to adhere to the SOW requirements we mutually agreed on in the contract, and I thought this would make an excellent topic for the newsletter.

What is a SOW, you ask? Great question.

SOW stands for Scope of Wor...

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How to Set Freelance Writing Rates: Factors to Consider (and Not) building your business solopreneur business

If you frequent any freelance writing forum or community, you’ll notice thread after thread related to pricing.

“How should I price this?”

“How much should I charge for this?”

“What would you price this at?”

Over the course of nearly 20 years in this industry, I’ve concluded that rate-setting tops t...

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