046: How Kate Kordsmeier Doubled Her Income with Freelancing

Welcome to episode 46 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! In this episode, Bjork talks with Kate Kordsmeier from the blog Root & Revel about her successful freelance writing career.

While many of us dream about the days when we could find enough success with our blogs that we could write for magazines like Cooking Light and Conde Nast Traveler, Kate’s already been-there-done-that. With a little experience in copywriting and a lot of drive, Kate was able to quit her full-time job and double her income with freelance writing - before she ever had a food blog.

In this interview, Kate shares a lot of tips and tricks she’s learned along the way so that you, too, can try your hand at freelance writing.

In this episode, Kate shares:

• What the hardest part of freelancing is when you’re first getting started (hint - it’s not just writing excellent pieces)
• An example pitch she recently gave a magazine (and got the job for)
• How to find editors to contact
• Whether or not you should follow up after pitching
• When in the process you talk about payment
• Whether or not you should work for free
• What the dynamic is between web and print media
• Why she’s building a blog instead of just freelancing

 

Resources:

• Texture app
• ed2010.com
• Ed2010 Human Resources Contact Info
• Media Bistro
• Boomerang for Gmail
• Six Figure Freelancing by Kelly James-Enger
• Will Write for Food by Diane Jacob
• The Anti 9–5 Guide and My So-Called Freelance Life by Michelle Goodman
• Kateparhamkordsmeier.com
• Root & Revel
• Kate on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest

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