Sanjay Nair

Preparing for the worst in Freelance Writing

Sanjay Nair — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:55:45 +0000

This article continues from where we left off in our earlier post ‘Stepping into the world of freelance writing’. Every year, millions of people decide to hang out their shingle and off those millions, thousands decide to try out their luck on the World Wide Web. And out of those thousands, at least a few hundred [...]

Stepping into the world of Freelance

Sanjay Nair — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:11:26 +0000

I receive a lot of emails everyday from people who want to make a career in freelance writing but do not know how and where to begin. Most of these people have a high paying job that gives them the creeps and they’d rather try and establish a name for themselves on the World Wide [...]

A Bucket List for your blog

Sanjay Nair — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:50:47 +0000

A couple of days ago on a lazy afternoon, I was busy woolgathering and an intriguing thought happened to cross my mind. What are the things that I wish to do before I die? The things that I would like to accomplish in my lifetime? In other words, what is my Bucket List? Now, it’s [...]

Are you offering value with each post?

Sanjay Nair — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:43:48 +0000

Have you ever wondered why some blogs have a readership that only increases with time whilst others struggle to get even 100 visitors in a day? Problogger.net has 76894 readers subscribed via RSS. I don’t even have 9. Of course, let’s not forget the fact that he had a head start way back before [...]

5 easy steps to crispier content

Sanjay Nair — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:56:12 +0000

I have been spending a lot more time off late trying to promote my blog. Have started Tweeting and Face booking purely to get the word out and the traffic in. Got some great help from Chris Brogan and his post ‘Using outposts in your media strategy‘. Have to say that I never realized the [...]

An Amateur Blogger’s woe: Information overload

Sanjay Nair — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:23:24 +0000

Every blogger enters the blogosphere with one goal in mind, to make it big. He wants his blog to be popular, to be read by a lot of people and to have a loyal readership. And he is ready to do whatever it takes to reach there. However, there is one problem that he has [...]

Why Originality doesnt come easy – My effort to be an ORIGINAL Blogger

Sanjay Nair — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:34:12 +0000

I have been trying desperately for the last couple of weeks to come up with an original idea for my next post. The result is that I have ended up with just one post in the last 15 days. That’s when I thought of writing on the very concept. ‘Originality in the blogosphere’, now that’s [...]

Why Ghostwriters ‘MUST’ start blogging and article marketing

Sanjay Nair — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:56:07 +0000

This is the holy grail for budding freelance writers and ghostwriters. It has the 5 golden rules of freelance writing and ways by which they can avoid the booby traps that lie hidden in the world of Ghostwriting.

10 Ways to Collect Ideas for your next Post

Sanjay Nair — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:23:22 +0000

Have you ever found yourself short of ideas to write your next post? Have you wondered whether you are facing the writers block? Almost every blogger or writer faces this problem at some point or the other during his lifetime. Here's the solution.

A Freelance writer’s diaries: An eye opener to all those who feel that writing is a cinch

Sanjay Nair — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:00:48 +0000

How many times has someone told you that 'A freelance writer's' job is an easy one? It's not the words that surprise or irk me. It's the number of times that I hear this that makes me want to pull out my hair. It's the 'Oh,-that's-an-easy-job' attitude in those words that wants me to clear some myths over here.