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How To Get Job Writing For A Fashion Magazine: Advice For Beginnersv

Many people are not aware that freelance writers contribute much of the small articles, questionnaires, snips, and features in magazines on fashion. The secrets to becoming a contributor to one of these venues are not as hard as you think they might be. Before you know it, you will be receiving a regular check for your work.

Advice for Beginners: Writing Jobs for a Fashion Magazine

• Put your samples together-sit down and find as many different kind of writing samples as you can locate. If you are missing some samples, then sit down and compose them. You will need examples for potential clients. Each time you get a new type of writing, put it in your sample folder. The folder can be a hard copy or can be an electronic folder.


• Build a website-build a professional website. You will want to include:


• Your contact information


• References


• Writing samples


• Fees


• Credits of publication




• Start with a local newspaper or magazine-all newspapers and magazines have a submission guidelines section. Find that section and read it carefully. Some submissions are for pay and some are not. You should submit for both, as the more credits of publication that you obtain, the more desirable you will become. Submit on a regular basis, so the publication editors get to know who you are. When you are published, add that credit to your website.


• Third Party Freelance Company-there are quite a few third party freelance companies online. You will want to go to the site, and do the following:


• Take the skills tests
• Provide your writing information or resume
• Upload your samples
• Pay the fee
• Bid on jobs which are in your field
• Wait for the work
• At first, you may have to bid low to get work, but as you get more work, you will find that the jobs will come to you


• Repeat work-once you begin to get work, always ask the client, when you finish the job, if he or she has more work that you can do for him or her. You can do this when you send your bill and your thank you. Repeat work is nice because the work comes to you, so you spend less time looking for work, and more time actually working and making money.