How to make money as a freelancer: The beginner's guide

 Freelance writing is the practice of writing for money while working on one's own and not being employed by a company or organization, usually from the comfort of their own home. This post details how you can start a career in freelancing and get paid for it.                        How To Get Started Having a Creative Writing qualification and experience helps. Brand yourself, e.g copy writer, content writer Get experience, build references and work samples. Find work and keep finding work. To brand yourself sell your value as a person, a one person business not just as a writer. Branding is how you communicate your value, ask yourself; What value do I bring? What is your niche/topic? (Pick only one or two) What is your style? How do you write, what words you use, are you casual or formal? Once you have established the above create a mission statement answering the above questions. E.g “I am honest and raw, simple and casual or formal and always respectful. I specialise in one nic
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The 4 Best Free Website Builder 2021

If you are an author, having your website is a Must Have. Your website is your own domain. It's where you put up all information you want the world to know about you and your writing. Having a website is so much more than just putting up your books and contact information. Your website is your professional image. Everything that there is to know about you as an author should be found here. You can include anything that you want. For example; everything that inspires you to write. Your family life. Your vacations. Your pet(s).....anything you want your readers to know about you.

When a reader or a publisher googles your name, your website is the first thing that should pop up. It is where all information about you should be found. 

Did you know? You don't have to be an expert to create your own website. Most website builders come with drag and drop features to help you create an amazing website that is also professional.

However, website hosting costs money. You have to pay for a domain name as well(which must be renewed on a yearly basis). But for every paid version of something, there is the free version available as well.

Today, I have compiled a list of four website builders where you can create your website without having to pay for it.

1. Mailchimp provides marketing automation platform and email marketing services for start-ups, large business organizations and individuals.

MailChimp is more than just an email service provider though. MailChimp is a website host as well. When you sign up, you also get access to create a web page for free.

MailChimp  plans:

Basic
  • Monthly - $0
  • Yearly - $0
  • Key features - *Professional, branded website for your business
  • Connect to a custom domain name

Essential
  • Monthly Starts at $9.99 per month for 500 contacts
  • Yearly Contact MailChimp to calculate your price
  • Key Features - *Everything in free plus
  • *All Email Templates
  • *Multi-Step Journeys
  • *Custom Branding
  • *A/B Testing
  • *24/7 Email & Chat Support


Standard
  • MonthlyStarts at $14.99 per month for 500 contacts
  • YearlyContact MailChimp to calculate your price
  • Key Features - *Everything in Essentials, plus:
  • *Customer Journey Builder + Branching Points
  • *Send Time Optimization
  • *Behavioral Targeting
  • *Custom Templates
  • *Dynamic Content

Premium
  • Montly$299/month with 10,000 contacts
  • YearlyContact MailChimp to calculate your price
  • Key features - *Everything in Standard, plus:
  • *Advanced Segmentation
  • *Multivariate Testing
  • *Comparative Reporting
  • *Unlimited Seats & Role-Based Access
  • *Phone Support


Pros: 
  1. It has built in features that you can customize. 
  2. Drag and drop option
Cons:   
  1. The interface is unorganized
  2. It’s very limited, which means it’s not a great choice if you need a complex or unique-looking site.

NOTE: You can use the website builder with your free Mailchimp plan if you have under 2000 subscribers and don't need additional email functionality, or you can use it with your paid plan for no additional charge.

You will need to upgrade to get your own domain name and remove the suffix from your name.
For example, in the free version your domain name is something like this: authorname@mailchimpwebsite.com

When you upgrade it becomes www.authorname.com



2.  Weebly is one of the most user-friendly, robust, and reliable website builders, and anyone can use it to launch a blog, online store, or personal website without writing a single line of code. Weebly gives you a personalized domain and email address, reliable and free hosting, fully customizable and modern themes and templates and premium support via email, chat and phone, video tutorials, webcasts and more. You also get a 30-day money-back guarantee plus loads more features. 

Weebly plans: Free Plan
  • Monthly - $0
  • Yearly - $0
  • Key features 
  • Landing pages
  • Embedded signup forms
  • Pop-up subscribe forms
  • Subscriber management
  • Unsubscribe page builder
  • Email automation 
  • Advanced segmentation, Tagging 
  • RSS campaigns 
  • A/B testing

Personal Plan
  • Monthly - $9
  • Yearly - $6 billed annually
  • Key features - Everything in free plus
  • Custom domains
  • Promotion Pop ups
  • Delivery
  • Email automation
  • Advanced segmentation
  • Auto resend
  • Deliver by time zone


Professional Plan:
  • Monthly - 16
  • Yearly - $12/month billed annually
  • Key features - Everything in personal plus
  • Removal of Weebly adverts
  • Access to more storage


Performance Plan
  • Monthly - $29
  • Yearly - $26/month,billed annually
  • Key Features - Everything in professional plus
  • Ability to accept payments through PayPal
  • Automatically send abandoned cart emails.


Note:The free account will also be a sub-domain of Weebly, meaning your website URL will have the format https://yourwebsitename.weebly.com.
Generous 30-day money back guarantee.
 
Pros: 
  • Weebly allows users to export page content via zip files blog posts can be migrated through RSS.

Cons : 
  • Weebly will automatically install ads on your free site
  • Less photo editing features compared to other site builders.


3. Mailerlite is another email marketing provider with focus on simplicity, excellent customer support and beautiful email. It is important to note that mailerlite is geared more towards authors. Their drag and drop feature let's you create a visually appealing website.

FREE PLAN
  • Monthly - 1,000 Subscribers Free
  • Yearly
  • Key Features - 
  • Autoresponders
  • Automations
  • Interactive content blocks
  • Reporting & Segmentation 
  • Forms Popups 
  • Embedded forms 
  • Landing Pages
  • Email & chat support

Paid Plan
  • Monthly 2,500 subscribers – $15 monthly
  • 5,000 subscribers – $30 monthly
  • 10,000 subscribers – $50 monthly
  • 15,000 subscribers – $75 monthly
  • 50,000 users – $210 monthly
  • 100,000 users – $360 monthly
  • Key features : Everything in free plus
  • Designs 45 templates
  • Newsletter templates
  • Custom HTML editor
  • Live chat support
  • Custom domains for landing pages
  • Auto resend to those who didn’t open or click
  • Delivery by timezone
  • Email click maps
  • Opens by location

Note: MailerLite Pricing is based on list size


Pro: 
  • In built Landing pages. 
  • Easy to use interface.
  • visually appealing sites.  
Cons:
  • Not many templates. 
  • Mailerlite doesn't accept plugins


4. Wix  It allows users to create websites and mobile sites through the use of online drag and drop tools. Users can add social plug-ins, e-commerce, online marketing, contact forms, e-mail marketing, and community forums to their web sites using a variety of Wix-developed and third-party applications.

Wix Plans: Free
  • Monthly - $0
  • Yearly - $0
  • Key Features: It's free

Wix Plans: Combo
  • Monthly $18
  • Yearly$14/month
  • Key features:
  • Wix ads is removed  
  • use of your own domain

Wix Plans: unlimited
  • Monthly: $23
  • Yearly:$18/month
  • Key Features: 
  • Good for larger projects: no bandwidth limits  
  • 10GB storage

Wix Plans: Business Basic
  • Monthly: $28
  • Yearly: $23/monthly
  • Key Features:
  • You can sell online 
  • Get business apps like Wix Hotels or Wix Bookings. 


Pros:
  • The most remarkable thing about Wix is its templates. Wix offers you over hundred templates options
  • The designs are exceptional and offer pre-built layouts for many different industries. 
  • It’s extremely flexible
  • You can add animations

Cons: 
  • Templates can’t be changed easily: Once you have chosen your initial template, you can’t switch to a completely new one. You can change the design within the template, but it’s not possible to pick an entirely new one
  • Expensive: The cheapest ad-free plan with Wix is called Combo, which starts at $14 per month
  • Slow loading speed


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