Month: November 2022

One Preemptive Move to Reduce Freelance Client Friction

Posted on November 7, 2022 by lwidmer

Quite a few years ago, I had this client. She handed me an unwieldy project every year and paid me well to tackle it. What she didn’t pay me for was the barrage of emails she sent. Each time she thought of something, she’d send an email. When you’re receiving and answering about 12 emails […]

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Taking the “Gig” Out of Freelancing

Posted on November 3, 2022 by lwidmer

It’s 2022. Do you know where your freelance writing career is? I’ll tell you where it isn’t — in the gig economy. You, my writerly friend, are not a gig worker. Ah, but far too many people writing far too many articles on gig workers tend to lump professional writers (you know, you) in with the […]

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