I\u2019m thinking again about hiring someone to help me out around here. But I\u2019m not clear yet as to what kind of help I need or want. I\u2019ve hired a friend in the past to do typing for me. She typed an entire book into the computer one year. I wrote that 360-page book on a typewriter and, twenty years later, when I decided to do a revision, there were no computer files or disks to extract it from. We had to start from scratch.<\/p>\n
I suggested an article to a writers\u2019 magazine once about hiring help in your freelance business. The editor laughed at me. She rejected the story by saying how unrealistic it is to even consider that a freelance writer could afford to hire anyone to help. This is such a short-sighted, narrow-minded view\u2014and inaccurate! <\/p>\n
When my bread and butter came from freelance article work, I hired someone to send out my query letters. I did the research as to which query letters I wanted to go out to which publications and she typed the correct name\/address on each letter, printed them, prepared envelopes (including my SASE) and mailed everything out for me. That left me free to write articles, come up with new article ideas and so forth.<\/p>\n
I hired my grandchildren to do filing for me at various times over the years. They\u2019ve also helped me with large mailings. <\/p>\n
Now I am considering hiring someone to arrange for my speaking gigs, maybe produce a newsletter and help me to get more exposure for myself and my products and services. I\u2019d like this person to be more technologically savvy than I am. I have more to learn within the realm of ebooks, for example. This simple concept has become a strong industry with many facets and I would like to be brought up to speed with it all.<\/p>\n
I realize that my colleagues, who seem to stay on the cutting edge of the industry, all work with a staff. I need to start building a knowledgeable staff.<\/p>\n
I welcome your advice and suggestions. PLFry620@yahoo.com<\/p>\n
If you would like to see more of my blog posts related to freelance writing, editing, book marketing, writing a book proposal, etc., use the \u201ccategories\u201d list at the lower right of this post to locate all of the entries on that topic. Let me know if you have questions.<\/p>\n
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