We’ve all spent mass amounts of time and effort trying to improve our writing, pitching and business knowledge around freelance writing. In this episode we are concentrating on the little things you can do today that will have a major impact on things like your acceptance rate and the benefits you see after your work goes live on another publication. Author of “How To Get Your Parenting Writing Paid And Published On Authority Sites”, Ashley Trexler, joins me to share the little tweaks you can make that will have a massive impact on your freelance writing success. Don’t forget to sign up for Ashley’s ...

Randi Olin and Lauren Apfel are the Executive Editors and Co-founders of a brand new parenting magazine that publishes everything from lyrical essays to opinion pieces. They joined Beyond Your Blog to chat about what differentiates Motherwell from other parenting sites, the unique writing categories they curate, response time & payment details, and how they run a magazine from separate continents! The interview includes Why Randi and Lauren decided to start Motherwell and what the site is about Where the name Motherwell came from and what it means What differentiates Motherwell from other parenting sites The categories of writing published on ...

**NOTE: Barbara Turvett is no longer with Working Mother. As of December 2016, Meredith Bodgas was named Editor-in-Chief, replacing Barbara’s replacement.** Working Mother is both the print magazine we all know as well as a digital publication that has grown immensely in recent years. Executive Editor Barbara Turvett, joins me in this episode to share key information for getting published in Working Mother, such as the print columns most likely to be assigned to new freelancers, specific topics she’d love to see more of, content differences between print and digital publications, payment details and more! The interview includes Growth and content ...

This week we talk to a site about reading and books, that goes way beyond book reviews. Book Riot Associate Editor Kelly Jensen joins Beyond Your Blog to discuss how they accept submissions and new contributors, the unique way they pay writers, and why they don’t publish articles about how to write. If you are interested in becoming a contributor and writing about two posts a month for Book Riot, don’t miss this episode! The interview includes What makes Book Riot unique in the book blog world What a ‘Book Riot-y’ perspective looks like Demographics for Book Riot’s readers Why ...

Whether you are brand new to freelance writing (or even just thinking about starting), or whether you are farther down the road, and looking for some advice and techniques from a successful career freelancer, we’ve got you covered in this episode! Brianna Bell joins us to provide the perspective of a successful part-time freelancer one year in, while Kate Parham Kordsmeier shares her experience as a veteran freelancer with a laundry list of impressive bylines and media experience. We talk about finding clients and opportunities, managing schedules, useful resources, rate setting, the best and worst things about being a freelance writer, and ...

If you write parenting-related essays and/or humor (including satire), OR, if you are contemplating starting your own submission-based site, this is a must-listen episode! Sammiches & Psych Meds Editor-In-Chief, Lola Lolita, is here giving us the scoop on submitting posts for payment to Sammiches & Psych Meds and MockMom, the key qualities in every post they publish, and tons of good advice and tips for those in some stage of starting their own multi-author website. The interview includes The types of posts you’ll find on Sammiches & Psych Meds and MockMom with examples of viral and stand out posts Submission guidelines including rights and ...

**UPDATE – Edward Shepard is no longer with Parent.co as of June of 2016. As always check submission guidelines (linked here in the Resources section) for the latest information on submissions in addition to the details he gives in the interview** Parent.co is a site about being a parent. Editor-in-Chief, Edward Shepard is here to share the quick ramping evolution of Parent.co, the wide range of submissions they are looking for, their thoughtful payment structure, their goal of 1 million views per month by the end of 2016 and much more. Parent.co writer, Sara Goldstein also joins the conversation with the ...

In this episode Founder and Publisher of DAME Magazine, Jennifer Reitman, joins me to talk about her popular site ‘For women who know better’. We talk about who the site is for, the types of articles their audience loves, themes they would like to see more of in the submission pool, changes coming to DAME soon, payment for writers and much more! The interview includes DAME‘s mission and what the tagline ‘For women who know better’ means Who reads and writes for DAME The topics and viewpoints DAME loves to publish The elements that need to be present in any personal essay ...

There are just not enough hours in the day to find out about all the opportunities Contently offers to writers, but I certainly tried to cover it all in this interview with Dillon Baker, Managing Editor of Contently‘s The Freelancer. Not only do we discuss high paying opportunities for you to submit your work to both Contently‘s flagship publication The Content Strategist and sister site The Freelancer, we also cover why creating your freelance portfolio through Contently is important, their freelance rates database and much more. The interview includes How you can use Contently‘s portfolio service to make a beautiful display of your clips ...

It isn’t often that I interview an editor from a publication that is nearly 100 years old. Writer’s Digest Managing Editor, Tyler Moss, joins me in this podcast to discuss how to break into their print magazine as a writer, the specific topics and types of pitches he loves to see, payment details, writer’s resources and lots more! The interview includes How Tyler went from Writer’s Digest reader in high school to an editor with the publication as an adult What you’ll find in each issue of Writer’s Digest and what they are looking for in each section. Which magazine section is the best ...