Building Your Promotional Piece
(Promo)

My mentor said that I could beg, borrow or steal from this promotional piece so here's your chance to do the same.

What is promo? A promo is the piece that you send by email to ask for freelance writing jobs. It tells the recipient a little about yourself but mostly about your experience as a writer. It doesn't matter if you have little experience because everyone has to start somewhere.

You should send your promo to send 10 job queries a day - 5 to the freelance job boards like craig's list, Yahoo, Google and others. The other 5 should be sent to the editors (identify them by name if possible) of papers, magazines, journals, publishers etc. That's it. Do it everyday and you will get results.

Always keep a of who you sent your promo to: company, editor, address and date. If you get the job, record who it was for, the genre and title of what you wrote as well as what you got paid.

The format that your promo should follow is as follows:
1. Send a compliment such as:
"I look forward to reading your journal every month. The layout, content and quality of articles is excellent. Great job!"

2. Identify who you are:
"By the way, do you need any freelance writers? "

3. Briefly list your writing experience:
"As a freelance writer for the last 24 years my byline has appeared in L.I.F.E. Magazine, the Happenings, the Newsleader and other publications. As a contributing author, my book, “Foundations of Pentecostal Theology” has been sold around the globe in 25 languages, I am currently writing another book about spirituality in healthcare."

"I also have experience writing for newspapers, newsletters, journals and Web sites. I am including my freelance resume for your review. Thank you for your consideration.


Freelance Resume

Michael W. Elmore
mailto:johnriddle@sprintmail.com

(Partial listing of writing credits)

Newspapers: The Rochelle Newsleader, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Hiawatha Happenings, the Quad Cities Times.

Magazines: L.I.F.E. Magazine

Journal: Ashland Theological Journal

Books:
The Handbook of Preaching
Foundations of Pentecostal Theology
Karl Barth’s Theology of Man and Woman

Newsletters: New Life News, Fresh Wind Spirit, Living Faith Communiqué, Shared Ministry Care Notes

Web Sites: genesishealth.com, qctimes.com


4. The end product should look like this:

Do you need any freelance writers? As a freelance writer for the last 24 years my byline has appeared in L.I.F.E. Magazine, the Happenings, the Newsleader and other publications. As a contributing author, my book, “Foundations of Pentecostal Theology” has been sold around the globe in 25 languages, I am currently writing another book about spirituality in healthcare.

I also have experience writing for newspapers, newsletters, journals and Web sites. I am including my freelance resume for your review. Thank you for your consideration.


Freelance Resume

Michael W. Elmore
mailto:johnriddle@sprintmail.com

(Partial listing of writing credits)

Newspapers: The Rochelle Newsleader, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Hiawatha Happenings, the Quad Cities Times.

Magazines: L.I.F.E. Magazine

Journal: Ashland Theological Journal

Books:
The Handbook of Preaching
Foundations of Pentecostal Theology
Karl Barth’s Theology of Man and Woman

Newsletters: New Life News, Fresh Wind Spirit, Living Faith Communiqué, Shared Ministry Care Notes

Web Sites: genesishealth.com, qctimes.com

This is a tried and true promotional piece and you will get results - so use it.
Let's agree in prayer right this moment that this promtional piece will be effective in your writing ministry.