Twitter tips + 25 good follows for Freelancers

Hi Maria:

I’d love to add my blog to the list – WordCount – Freelancing in the Digital Age covers the transformation of the news industry and the role independent writers are playing in it. I write about writing, productivity, tools, markets, industry trends and more.

Thanks,

Michelle Rafter
WordCount – Freelancing in the Digital Age
http://michellerafter.wordpress.com

I’d like to add myself to that list if I may @amandajevans I’m a freelance writer and ghostwriter and always happy to answer any questions on Twitter.

Hello Maria,
I’d love to add my name to the list: http://www.twitter.com/jonbuscall

I’m a freelance journalist, SEO copywriter and translator based in Stockholm, Sweden.

I was a university lecturer for almost eight years but decided to jack it all in about four years ago to write full-time. Oh, and breed basset hounds.

I’ve written for the Guardian (UK), News International (UK) and various media outlets in Sweden.

Strongly recommend Roger C. Parker, his website http://www.publishedandprofitable.com, his blog http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com

He is also active on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/rogercparker

How come you dont know about Roger C Parker’s blog?
It is THE source: worldly, expert, concise, to the point.
http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com

To complete your list, be sure to add Roger Parker. Check out his Published and Profitable blog at http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com

Hi Maria – Thanks so much for the kind recommendation, and for the links to some new people I’d not yet met. Appreciate it! :)

Amber

Thank you for recommending me, Maria. You are very kind. You have a great list going here and I will be exploring the suggestions in the comments.

Roger Parker’s Published & Profitable resources have the added dimension of modeling the use of <a href=http://www.publishedandprofitable.com/mind mapping for visually thinking, planning, drafting, scheduling and more.
http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com/

Hi Maria,

Cool list, and thanks to @Mike_Stelzner for directing me here. May I be as bold to suggest myself to the list? We’re always looking for independent professional writers who create high-value content for our clients, so writers can hit me up at: @dockane on Twitter, or via: http://www.awayfind.com/dockane

Thanks again, Maria!

Cheers,
Doc

I would add Dan Kennedy, blogger for MediaNation to the list for journalism. @dankennedy_nu
And I would love to connect with other copywriters and freelance journalists @trishreske

Check out Roger Parker’s website: Published and Profitable Blog
http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com/

Lots to learn…Thanks for listening…Robl

“Imagine a place where everyone puts the interests of others before their own. Where everyone tells the truth and where trust and mentoring abound. That place is called a Heroic Environment®.”
— Rob Lebow

Rob Lebow, named in 2005 among The Top 100 Thought Leaders worldwide, is chairman of LCI (Lebow Company, Inc.), an international training and research organization celebrating its 20th year in business. Additionally, in 2005, Leadership Excellence magazine named LCI one of The Top 10 Leadership Development Programs in the United States among small independent consultants. LCI’s Shared Values Process®, based on original research from over 17 million surveys conducted in 40 countries, is rated by Dunn & Bradstreet, through a client study, as one of the top training organizations in America. In 1989, the United States Patent Office officially recognized the Shared Values Process®/Operating System as a unique training and cultural-change tool. Today, LCI has over 300 clients worldwide, has accumulated data from over 2,400 worldwide organizational sites, and has the largest database in the world on the cultural elements of values-based behaviors in the work environment.

Prior to developing the Shared Values Process and founding LCI, Rob spent nearly a decade in the fiercely competitive cosmetics industry, where he led one of Avon Products’ most successful divisions. While at Avon, Rob was asked to join the elite mergers & acquisitions team that acquired companies such as Tiffany’s. Rob’s career then shifted to the software industry, where his team won the computer industry’s prestigious DOS Product of the Year Award. Rob then joined Microsoft Corporation as director of marketing and corporate communications. In 1990, Harvard Business School wrote a case study highlighting Rob’s ethical leadership at Microsoft after he was singled out in The Wall Street Journal for refusing to accept confidential information stolen from Lotus Development. While responsible for advertising and public relations at Microsoft, Rob helped bring Windows® to the world and launch over 47 software and hardware products.

Published in 1990, Rob’s first book, A Journey into the Heroic Environment, was a bestseller and sold over 300,000 copies in seven languages worldwide. The third edition of the Journey book was published in 2004. Lasting Change, published in 1997 with bestselling coauthor William Simon, was hailed as one of the best business books of the year for change-management practices. His third book, Accountability—Freedom and Responsibility without Control, coauthored with Randy Spitzer, has been recommended as a “best book” by several of the leading social psychology and organizational development associations. In all, Rob has either published or is in the process of publishing six books focusing on the topic of Shared Values and culture change for heightening organizational performance.

Rob Lebow is a professional speaker who has been compared to Tom Peters and Tony Robbins for his passion and presence. He has appeared on over 50 radio and television shows, including CNN and CNBC, promoting his books. His message is: “Great companies are made up of staff members who, when treated with respect and trust, will in return take personal responsibility for their performance and behavior and welcome the opportunity to be accountable.”

Rob holds a master’s degree in urban planning from The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Since 1977, Rob has lived in Bellevue, Washington, with his wife of 37 years and their daughter.

I recommend http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com/
by Roger Parker. Great for anyone aspiring to write better blogs or a book.

I’d like to add a couple:

@Le_Shack, Andy Shackcloth. He’s not some worldly professional – just a very nice chap who gathers together a lot of resources to help folks with their writing. Very modest guy, too (unlike that spam comment above – yeesh!)

@word_czar: jolly good at grammar (he writes podcasts for Grammar Girl these days) and a very, very witty chap. Always first with a brilliant pun or awful innuendo. He’ll keep your language skills on edge, definitely.