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It’s a weird time for marketing, and it’s an even weirder time for marketing your services as a freelance content marketing writer or strategist. There is work out there. How we find it might be changing.

Cold outreach was once the tried-and-true marketing method for freelance content writers, but...


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This article was written by one of the dozen independent journalists who received scholarships to the 2026 ASJA conference

2026 ASJA conference keynote speaker Jayde I. Powell encouraged writers to pick rituals of optimism that giv...

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Recently, I was a guest on a podcast, being interviewed about the 2016 book I co-authored, “When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know.” The host, a clinical psychologist, referred to the LGBTQ+ adults in the book as “homosexual.” Hearing the ter...


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ASJA members appreciate both in person and virtual annual conferences–for very different reasons, according to results of the organization’s recent conference survey.

In-person conferences are better for networking with other members and prospective clients, and provide the sense of community, togetherness, and belonging that is a hallmark of ASJA membership, accord...


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