You like the second one better? Cool, thank you also for the information. I"m hoping to get it edited some more today, and come up with a price list. Thanks!
I like them both actually. Either one will serve your purposes until you get a stand alone domain of your own. Getting your own domain is the direction you want to head in if you intend to take your freelance writing very seriously. But, to get yourself started with and get off the ground with, either one of those two sites will work just fine. I don't think it is going to matter too much which one you go with.
In my opinion, I don't think it is worth putting a lot of time and effort into SEO for either of those sites simply because they are on Web 2.0 domains. So, I would just be using one of those sites as a sales conversion tool to get people to hire you for freelance writing. Think of your Web 2.0 site as a business card and a portable portfolio showcase. Use it to impress potential clients and to help convert them into customers.
Once you are well established in your career and you are certain you are going to commit to it for years to come, then I would invest the few dollars it is going to cost to get your own domain. Then you can invest your time and money into SEO and content marketing in order to get your website to actually attract new clients for you. With your Web 2.0 site, the site itself won't attract new traffic (customers). You will have to send the traffic to the site yourself.
Do you understand what I mean?
