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Before you jump into a remote job as a freelance writer, you should have the right kind of information gathered up. It's not as easy as it may sound. Information is valuable and it is important that you don't mislead readers with information that can't be used for any real purpose. As writers we have a responsibility of making sure that what we write is accurate and truthful. We are not in the business of spreading any kind of propaganda out to the masses. (When I say propaganda, I don't just mean the political kind, by the way.)


Research is your friend. Conduct enough research and you will get the information you need to write a great article or blog post. Conducting research is the one of the most basic and most important things you can do as a writer. Content that doesn't have enough information binding it together will feel empty in the eyes of a reader. If you are going to make key points in your content, you must have the information to back up those points. Fluffy words alone won't cut it.


If you are having trouble on how to go about getting the information you need via research, I would suggest that you break down the key points of your content into a single list. In some cases you may need to make multiple lists. You can't get all the information you need for your content all at once. You have to take things with a step-by-step approach. Make a list of potential talking points that center around the most important part of your blog posts. Next, go to the second most important part and get information for that. Then go the third most important, and so on.


It is your job as a writer to keep readers interested in what is being shared. You keep readers interested with honesty, for starters. You give them the information they need to continue their journey into the topics they like. You provide links to studies, surveys, videos, and other sources to back up your claim. Readers want information they can depend on if they want to refer back to something in conversations with others. Don't hide information when you know you can provide it to your readers. Put it out there. Start a discussion. Continue a discussion. See what happens. What do you have to lose?


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