I frequently get asked the question “how do I become a writer?” I find it slightly ironic that I usually get that question via email and social media DMs, so the inevitable answer becomes “well, you already are a writer.”

Being a good writer leads to being a better and more coherent thinker. It’s also one of the few mediums that no matter what you do, or who you are in life, you will write nearly every day.

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11 Mar

"How I made $50k a month as a freelancer in Nigeria"

In this internet world, it's easy to look at these stories of overnight successes, but there is always so much of a backstory before the big feat.

No one comes out of the gate swinging. And even if it looks like they do, they have honed their skills somewhere else that has enabled them to achieve results so quickly, however, stories like that won't make it to the headline.

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9 Mar

Gigs for FREELANCE WRITERS, send a cold pitch/proposal to the following companies emails.

Tag someone that might need this! Even if you don’t need this, RT for writers on your TL.

1. james@rephonic.com
2. mlmediastaff@gmail.com

Brief 1.

docs.google.com/file/d/1dS-tfg…

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6 Mar

This is a WELL-DETAILED THREAD on how to BUILD an ONLINE PORTFOLIO to LAND MORE CLIENTS.

Freelancers, creatives, job seekers, remote workers, etc.

Even if you don't need this, you can help those on your TL by retweeting.

Whether you are a freelancer or looking to get hired by a company, an online portfolio is an effective way to showcase your best work and highlight your personality.

There are dozens of online portfolio platform/builders to choose from. I’ll tell you what you need to know about building your portfolio.

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2 Mar

If you wanna learn how to get REMOTE JOBS through COLD EMAIL OUTREACH, this thread is for you. RT for job seekers and freelancers on the TL.

Cold email is a way to start and maintain business relationships. To get a better understanding of what it is, let’s think of how business relationships develop in the offline world. Usually, everything starts with a conversation…

Step 1: Edit the “from” line
It may come to you as a surprise that editing the “from” line is featured as a separate step here. We usually set it up for a new email address, and after this, we don’t pay much attention to it.

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23 Feb

If you want to learn DATA SCIENCE/VISUALIZATION/POWER BI/PYTHON for FREE in 2021, here are the best FREE courses to learn from! Tag someone on your TL that might need this!

1. Data Analytics with Python

In this course, you will learn everything about data analytics and python from basic to advance level. This session is taken by multiple experts who will teach data analytics using python through a hands-on demo.

2. Data Analysis and Visualization (UDACITY)

Data and visual analytics is an emerging field concerned with analyzing, modeling, and visualizing complex high dimensional data.

This course introduces you to modeling, analysis and visualization techniques.
udacity.com/course/data-an…

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