What I’m listening to: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2 Just a few more days before we say goodbye to 2016 and hello to a new year. For many freelancers, a new year is a time to make new plans, new resolutions. If you know me at all, you know I hate…
Tag: finding clients
31 Days of Freelancing: Your List of 7
What I’m listening to: Black Yodel by JD Malone & The Experts Sunday already? Wow. Time flies when it’s the weekend, right? I promised you 31 days of freelance writing strategies to boost your business, didn’t I? Well, that includes weekends, even if you feel like being a slug. Even slugs move once in a…
31 Days of Freelancing: Finding Client Similarities
What I’m listening to: Poke by Frightened Rabbit Busy week for me despite just having a few projects. But I did get some invoices out, and I did pretty well considering a holiday caused hiccups in work and what I call work-think from the client’s perspective. How did you do with yesterday’s strategy? Feel free…
Tuesday Muse: Things to Do Now for 2017
What I’m reading: The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara What I’m listening to: Leading Me Now by The Tallest Man on Earth What a nice time away! Did you enjoy your holiday? Ours was spent driving — first, he was off to Boston for a relative’s funeral, then we drove west to visit…
The One-step Way to Boost Your Referral Success
What I’m reading: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass What I’m listening to: Mr. Hurricane by Beast The week started out good so far. Yesterday I started — and finished — one article assignment and got to work on revisions for another article. The latter is a piece with an editor I’ve not worked with before,…
Freelance Guide to Screening Clients
What I’m reading: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson What I’m listening to: Die Like a Rich Boy by Frightened Rabbit I really thought this week was going to be slow. It’s June, clients usually disappear until I decide to go on vacation in August….not this June. Currently, I’m working on two large projects that…
4 Places to Find Missing Freelance Opportunities
What’s on the iPod: Sugar by Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds It’s been a nice, slow week. I’ve been wanting to get to some personal projects, so I took full advantage of the free time. Right now I’m revamping one of my websites. When I got to the contact page, I went blank (don’t…
7 Ways to Attract Your Ideal Client
What I’m reading: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee What’s on the iPod: A View That Almost Kills by We Invented Paris Since Monday, I’ve gotten quite a bit done. I have to — my daughter and her husband move out tomorrow and we’ll be busy. Then Monday I’m off to Ontario for some…
16 Places to Find Freelance Clients Today
What I’m reading: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson What’s on the iPod: To the Sea by Jack Johnson How was the weekend? Ours was busy enough that I was glad to get back to work on Monday. We had an anniversary on Friday, and we were lucky enough to find what has to be…