I’d like to add one more tip if I may. Actively Improve. Consistent, persistent writing is good and all, but if the writing is poor — bad grammar and spelling, and not getting the authors meaning across — posting each day won’t do much to get a freelance writing career off the ground. There are some blogs I enjoy reading but because they are badly written I’d never consider asking the blogger to write for my blog.

Improvement does tend to be a gradual thing — I look back at some of my earlier posts, and while I don’t consider my current writing as freelance-worthy, I see the improvement — and takes time.

There are a few good resources out there, mostly in the form of other blogs. I’ve got a couple of books on grammar, but I’ve found a few blogs to be really helpful. Problogger by Darren Rowse, and Copyblogger by Brian Clark. Both excellent resources for aspiring blog writers.