When purchasing writing services, customers often wish to keep their identity safe. They don’t wish to disclose any personal information, and want to keep interactions strictly on a business footing.
 
We respect this at ResearchWritingCenter.com, and one of the features that our clients value is our ability to keep personal information safe. To be accurate, many freelance writers feel the same way, and that is why we have developed a highly secure system, with no names, phone numbers, or addresses disclosed.
 
Given this, it is quite difficult for many freelance writers to establish a personal relationship with a customer, when the writer cannot address the customer by name, or even know what part of the globe they call from. At the same time, however, it is natural for a writer to hope for returning customers, and future orders. It is natural that customers will choose a writer with whom they feel comfortable communicating, but how can a writer establish such valuable contacts?
 
How can you manage this? There are several strategies to avoid breaking any confidentiality rules or regulations of the company or your contract’s non-disclosure policies.
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There is a wide variety of competencies a freelance writer requires for success. However, I would rank marketing as one of the most critical skills, right after facility with writing. Why?

It is simple – if you freelance, then, by definition, you don’t have a consistent and stable job. That is why marketing yourself is so important – it flushes more jobs out of the underbrush! We have addressed this topic before, but let’s have a quick refresher! Here are some techniques:

Samples: be ready to offer examples of your best work. If you have created exclusive content, sharing such material might raise issues of copyright infringement. To avoid this, we suggest that you craft a number of samples specifically to introduce your work to prospective customers.
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