The Smutlancers

Author: Kayla Lords

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Guest Contributors / Writing

Small Victories That Keep You Writing by Mr. Oh

My name is Mr Oh – Making Repetitive Originality Happen – and I’m one of those writer, author type people who likes to write books in his spare time. I’ve been doing it for a long time, 17 years in fact. And in that time, I’ve managed to write and release 11 individual projects that are available, via Amazon of course, and, most importantly, are the books I always wanted to write. Now, before you think, “Wow an article from a writer who knows what he’s doing!”, let me stop you right there. I have NO idea what I’m doing....

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Freelancers / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers / Smutlancer Life

What is HARO?

Have you heard of HARO aka Help a Reporter Out? From a writing perspective and promotional perspective, it can be a helpful tool. But first, you have to know what it is and how it works. HARO for Writers and Journalists If you’re a writer or journalist who wants to use credible, authoritative sources in your articles, HARO connects you directly to them. You enter your “query” — the thing you want to know about from an expert’s point of view. People from all kinds of backgrounds find it as part of a search in HARO or receive an email...

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Episodes / Freelancers

Saying Yes Even When You Don’t Think You’re Qualified SL020

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Once you begin to make money as a smutlancer, you’ll start to get offers of jobs that you’re not sure you’re qualified to do. Sometimes you won’t be, but most of the time, your concern will be fear or imposter syndrome. This week let’s talk about why you ought to say yes even when you’re scared you won’t be able to do the job. In this episode: Did the show sound weird in episode 19? Yeah, we had a mic problem that didn’t get discovered until Friday morning. The more you put yourself out in the world as being for...

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Smutlancer Life

6 Ways to Be Consistent With Your Brand

Branding isn’t a dirty word, and it doesn’t have to mean any of the negative things you might believe of it. We’ve discussed this before, and your brand is simply how you represent yourself and/or your business to the world. While we don’t have total control over what people think of us or how they see us, we can and should still do our best to help shape that perception. Here are a few ways I’m “on brand” as much as possible. Use the Same Image On every social media platform, blog, and anything that let’s you use an image...

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Episodes

How Your Partner Feels About Your Smutlancer Life SL019

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John Brownstone (my husband and Dominant partner) joins me for a discussion about how your partner might feel about and react to your smutlancer life. If what you’re creating or writing about includes them, what they think matters very much. But even when you leave them out of your content, a supportive partner can make all the difference in how you feel about your professional goals. In this episode: As a creator, you don’t necessarily need permission to write and create smutty things. But when your partner is involved — talking about your sex life, taking pictures, etc — what...

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Erotic Authors / Freelancers / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers / Smutlancer Life

What is Your Why?

Have you ever asked yourself why? Why am I writing sex toy reviews at midnight? Why am I obsessed over sharing details of my sex life or selling this product or educating the sex-curious masses? Knowing your why as a smutlancer is as important as knowing your what. Because when things get tough — and they will — being able to remind yourself why will keep you going. At the same time, your “why” becomes a gut check about what you’re doing. Should you start this thing, say yes to that, or go in a new direction? Knowing your purpose...

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Freelancers / Making Money

How to Make Your Client’s Content More Inclusive, Part Two

In part one, we discussed how to help a client see why being more inclusive in their content is important. Now, let’s focus on what you can do while creating their content. This is your opportunity to let your sex positivity and professionalism shine. The content you create needs to be excellent so it makes an impact on the audience. Changing a few pronouns or descriptions won’t mean much if no one pays any attention to it. While these tips will help you bring inclusivity into a client’s content, you still need good research, interesting titles, and good topics so...

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Episodes

The Things You Should and Shouldn’t Do SL018

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A huge thanks to Cara Thereon — one of my favorite people — for unintentionally inspiring this podcast episode. She started a discussion on Twitter about the practice of commenting on blogs and how to handle it, and she got me thinking. We all believe there are things we should or shouldn’t be doing as sex bloggers, smutlancers, creatives, and/or business people. And some of those things tend to stress us out, make us think we’re doing it wrong, or kill our creativity. This week, I share what I think we should do…and what we really shouldn’t. In this episode:...

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Freelancers / Making Money

How to Make Your Client’s Content More Inclusive, Part One

If you’re creating content for an adult client, it’s important to follow their vision, strategy, and rules for their brand. But as sex positive smutlancers, it’s equally important to be as inclusive as possible. Most of your adult clients want this (the best ones definitely do), but making it happen isn’t always easy. Adult companies have to think about SEO and what people search for online. They likely have a certain demographic they want to reach. These things aren’t as antithetical to inclusivity as the client might think. But it does take effort, patience, and a bit of creativity. In...

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Episodes

Writing About More than Sex to Jumpstart Your Writing Career SL017

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If you’re here, I assume you either want to be a smutlancer or consider yourself one already. Creating content about sex is what this site is about, and it’s a personal passion of my own. But I wouldn’t be the freelancer I am without the vanilla content that pays the bills. For anyone else who wants to earn a steady income or ditch the day job, I make the case for looking for vanilla writing work to supplement your sex writing. In this episode: Writing about sex can earn you money Adding “vanilla” topics can help you go full-time You...