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A career as a health writer

Information about CVs, finding paid jobs, getting employed, freelance life, setting rates, career goals, and more – it’s your one-stop-shop to a successful health writing career.

10 freelancing lessons the FIFA World Cup can teach you

Last Updated December 20, 2020

10 freelancing lessons the FIFA World Cup can teach you

Attempting to find worthwhile similarities between freelancing and FIFA’s social media record-shattering tournament seems like a bit of a stretch, right?

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earning to handle writing criticism

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 15 Shares

Learning to handle writing criticism

Not everyone who criticises what we write is envious. And not everyone who gives feedback is criticising your writing.

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Do you have social media and work-related FOMO?

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 1 Shares

Do you have social media and work-related FOMO?

FOMO is the ‘fear of missing out’ and is commonly associated with our compulsive need to check and re-check social media and online media. Basically, we seek to stay informed at all times.

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Cheap medical content outsourcing: a career threat?

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 3 Shares

Is cheap outsourcing a career threat for medical writers?

Is cheap medical writing outsourcing a threat to your career, and do cheapered writers deliver the same quality content as professionals?

Filed Under: A career as a health writer, Freelance health writing

The health writing business balancing act

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 1 Shares

The health writing business balancing act

Since I’ve been running a small health writing business I’ve found I needed to become a Jack of all trades, a master at weaving multiple competing activities into a seamless whole.

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Why writers need to maintain their mental health

Last Updated December 22, 2020 | 75 Shares

Why writers need to maintain their mental health

Here are 3 reasons WHY you need to make your mental health a priority if you are going to survive as a writer.

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freelance rates

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 592 Shares

How to set your freelance rates – a guide

Setting freelance rates. Quoting on projects. Charging for freelance work for writing assignments. These are the toughest aspects of running a freelance medical writing business.

Filed Under: A career as a health writer, Freelance health writing

Road blocks to medical writing business growth

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 3 Shares

Road blocks to freelance business growth

Have you ever asked yourself how you see your medical writing business growing over the next 2, 5 and 10 years?

Filed Under: A career as a health writer, Freelance health writing

running a business from home and bringing out your best

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 1 Shares

Running a writing business from home

There are many decisions to be made and it can be hard to be sure which is the right way to go. But keeping faith with yourself, boosts your self-confidence and can help keep your attitude positive.

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Magazine article ideas rejected by an editor? Don't panic

Last Updated December 22, 2020 | 1 Shares

Magazine article ideas rejected by an editor? Don’t panic

When an editor knocks back your magazine article ideas, it’s hard not to take this rejection personally.

Filed Under: Finding work and getting published, Health writing skills

Why email newsletter marketing is your best business tool

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 2 Shares

Why email newsletter marketing is your best business tool

Email newsletter marketing is a vital business tool for your clients, but if you’re trying to build a professional health writing business, you need to have an email list as well.

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8 easy ways to get more out of LinkedIn

Last Updated December 22, 2020 | 3 Shares

8 easy ways to get more out of LinkedIn

LinkedIn is my favourite social network – more so than Twitter, Instagram for business – and even Facebook.

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increase your writing rates

Last Updated December 20, 2020

How to increase your writing rates – a quick guide

Is it time you raised your prices? The cost of living keeps rising. You’ve got new expenses, such as PayPal fees, credit card facility fees and software subscriptions. Your competitors’ prices are rising too. So it’s time.

Filed Under: A career as a health writer, Freelance health writing

Medical writing skills: ten must-have attributes

Last Updated December 27, 2020 | 67 Shares

Medical writing skills: ten must-have attributes

Whether you’re an expert or are just starting out, there are certain medical writing skills and attributes that great health writers need.

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The best description of a medical writer career

Last Updated December 20, 2020 | 3 Shares

The best description of a medical writer career

If only I’d read this medical writer career description when I was a student, studying journalism at university. It’s highly likely I’d have been inspired to forge my medical writing career immediately.

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