SOLD OUT: Sorry, but the FREE Marketing Q&A webinar hosted by Jake Poinier and featuring yours truly has no room. However, you can get on the list for the next one! Get on the list here Can I breathe yet? By the end of yesterday, I’d finally dug myself out from under a rather massive…
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Freelance Technique: Capturing Your Writing Client’s Voice
Have marketing questions? Want to find out what works best for successful writers? Join Jake Poinier (a.k.a. Dr. Freelance) and me for a FREE one-hour Marketing Q&A. Reserve your spot today What a week so far. I spent five days away, two of them on the weekend, yet I’m working like I’ve been away a…
7 Necessary Freelance Writing Boundaries
What’s on the iPod: Mama Knows by Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds If you take a day off, you want to be able to enjoy it, right? Not so for me yesterday. An intestinal infection had me wiped out just getting out of bed. The meds can’t work fast enough. Advil kept me upright,…
5 Ways to Avoid the Client Waiting Game
What’s on the iPod: Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty It’s been an interesting week so far. Nothing heavy on the work front, so I’ve been able to edit a friend’s book. The subject is one that will sell, so it’s great to both help a lifelong pal and be involved in something that could be…
When Do You Let Go of Prospective Writing Clients?
What’s on the iPod: Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves Tuesday was a great day off. The music was the best I’ve ever remembered it. I was glad to get back here, though. While it’s always a good time on St. Patrick’s Day, it’s equally nice to come home and relax before heading off to bed….
The Successful Freelancer: Improving Your Client-facing Message
What’s on the iPod: Misfits and Lovers by The Wallflowers It’s Thursday already? What happened to my week? I took Monday off for the holiday that everyone else had. Tuesday was a snow day for my daughter and when she’s home, I tend to play hooky with her (bad habit, in fact). Yesterday I spent…
5 Bad Customer Service Mishaps
What’s on the iPod: I See Fire by Ed Sheeran I’m enjoying the little break in the action this week. I was able to attend a Twitter chat, a webinar, and an online course. I got a bit of work done on the article assignment, and I’ll be talking with a potential client today. Plus…
6 Ways You’re Scaring Off Clients
What’s on the iPod: The Modern Leper by Frightened Rabbit Slower week this week. One project due to come in on Monday has been delayed a week. That gives me time to get an article finished and get a marketing blitz started. I have three months until a big trade show. The more companies I…
Thinking Like a Client
What’s on the iPod: Naima by Angelique Kidjo It’s Thursday and I’m sitting in a Caribou Coffee shop in Chapel Hill. We’re a day from home, where Christmas preparations are happening without me. It’s weird, but in a way, freeing. For the first time in a while, I don’t feel tied to tradition. Not that…
The Writer Face-to-face Guide
What’s on the iPod: Relax My Beloved by Alex Clare This week, my projects are wrapped up and I’m marketing like mad. I want to sew up a few project commitments for January, and I have a few clients who have promised to come back in a week or two with some other needs. I’ve…