The Long Game Building a Thriving Freelance Writing Career: Insights and Strategies from Kayla Voigt
Marketing your skills as a freelance writer can be difficult especially when you are starting out. It takes a combination of good marketing, deliverance of exemplary work, and proper work management for one to excel as a freelance writer.
Kayla Voigt is a freelance writer with a passion for storytelling. She has a strong grasp of language and a talent for weaving together words in a way that brings her stories to life. She is the founder and CEO of KL Voigt Writing Co. and has previously worked as a News Reporter at The Independent Bolton. She also previously worked as the Content Marketing Manager, Restaurants, at TripAdvisor and also as the Marketing Coordinator at Litmus.
In this episode, Kayla excitingly shares her freelancing journey and the strategies she employs to win clients and manage her workload. She also shares the differences between corporation and publication work, and how she uses her experience in the conventional 9 to 5 jobs to enhance her productivity as a freelance writer.
Show Topics
- Growing your Marketing Skills
- Leverage the Social Media Platforms
- Focus on one Skill to increase Efficiency
- Difference between Corporation and publication work
- Estimating Monthly Workload
- Work-Life Balance
- Dealing with a difficult client
- The art of proofreading
- Brainstorm before you write
- Content Strategy
- Project Management as a Freelance
- The Story versus the metrics
Show Links
- Visit Kayla Voigt’s Website for interesting articles mentioned in the show
- Connect with Kayla Voigt on LinkedIn, Twitter,
- Connect with Omniscient Digital on LinkedIn or Twitter
Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Ryan McReady (Reforge), and many more.
Some interviews you might enjoy and learn from:
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Data-Driven Thought Leadership with Alicia Johnston (Sprout Social)
Purpose-Driven Leadership & Building a Content Team with Ty Magnin (UiPath)
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