Share the Spotlight – A Freelance Writers Guide to Networking Socially

By Joy Lynskey

One aspect of being a freelance writer can be that other freelance writers may come across your work, find it compelling and inspirational, and decide to create their own original article on the same topic. Although there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, considering a good part of content online is indeed fairly ‘recycled’, it is considered good etiquette, and even better, good networking, to give them credit for the idea. This can be done in a number of ways:

On the original authors blog there can be a short bio with links. If the author who inspired you has one of these, copy paste this to the bottom of your recreated article.
Give the original URL track backs in your blog dashboard.
Leave a message on the original authors blog giving them credit for a great article and let them know you are going to write a similar one.
Contact the original author and ask them for permission to recreate their article on your own site and them their preferred choice for proper crediting
Like, Tweet, Stumble and Digg their article
Link or anchor link their URL on related words within your new original article
All of the methods above will give you the secure knowledge of being a good ethical writer as well as creating helpful networking opportunities for your business or career.Indeed, your willingness to give proper credits may even earn you a link on the original authors page, or perhaps even the original article in question. Just as your linking someones site in properly crediting an article is helpful to the original author, it is also helpful to you even if you are not given a complimentary back link.

Additionally, some of the more advanced marketers use programs that will show them who is giving their work "Likes" and who has Tweeted their articles. This can also inspire them to give you a quick like of your own, or even reTweet your message which will contain your account info as well.

In fact, sharing the spotlight on an incredible article is likely to be far more beneficial in the long run by providing you with a few extra back links and other social networking options.

Joy R. Lynskey is the owner of JRL Solutions, a content creation company located at http://jrlsolutions.biz/. Joy regularly provides SEO, keyword rich and content creation information on JRL Solutions WordPress http://www.jrlsolutions-wp.com. Please visit the website and use the contact form if you have any questions!

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