Part of a successful career is making sure you have enough time for your freelance job search. When I first started freelancing, I didn’t have a lot of gigs, and I often found myself with a great deal of free time. When you find yourself with more time than you know what to do with, …
Want to build a freelance portfolio? Focus on YOU, rather than building content for others. When I started as a freelance writer, it was all about the paycheck. I wrote for content farms and just about anyone else who wanted to pay me for content. However, even then, I knew I had to be careful …
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Rather than publicize my fees with a freelance rate card, I negotiate on a per-client basis. If you click around a bit as a freelancer, you will notice that there are plenty of services that offer a freelance rate card. Publicizing your rates can be one way for people to quickly figure out whether or …
Thanks to the Internet, you don’t have to be a writer to work from home. There are plenty of other freelancing jobs available as well. Because I’m a writer and professional blogger, many of my posts revolve around freelance writing. Many aspiring solopreneurs ask me if there are other freelancing jobs that can be done …
I just lost my longest-running client, and 1/6 of my monthly income. Here’s what to do when you lose a big freelance gig. Yesterday, I received an email informing me that my longest-running client had just been bought by a competitor. This competitor plans to let everyone go; the whole point of the purchase is …
Let’s be real: “Professional blogger” doesn’t really sound legit. Here’s a freelance tip: Present yourself as an expert. For the most part, I’ve embraced the term “professional blogger” to describe myself. After all, it’s what I do. I provide freelance blog content. Yesterday, though, I had a bit of an epiphany. I was on the …
