Welcome to the Avenue Z discussion on how to find more ideas from more freelancers! Please let me know how you think this will work best. We'll figure out a strategy for helping freelancers share ideas through Life on Avenue Z.

Thanks for your participation!

Beth

Here's how this came about:

Sara Best from Velo Communications had a great idea...

"Just a thought - if you're ever struggling to come up with content for blog posts, what about opening up the comment section to ideas for discussion topics? I often find myself struggling with a problem that crops up in this crazy world of freelance writing and I wonder to myself what your other readers might do in the same situation. It might be fun to open things up once a week or once a month or something and just let everyone chat about some discussion point (e.g., invoicing, finding new business, "checking-in" emails, etc.). I, for one, would love to hear how others handle these things. Also, it takes some of the burden off of you having to come up with a full post all the time."

I'm trying to figure out the best way to handle her suggestion.
Some of my readers just come for the ... ummm... well, I don't know exactly why they come, but they're not freelancers. But quite a few are writers/freelancers who follow my small business adventures.

I used QuickTopic to set up a little discussion board to give ideas for how to best do this.
*Should I set up a forum?
*Should it just be a general question?
*Is there a place you already go that would be a great resource?


*Would you like to see live events -- chats, webinars, that kind of thing?