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Monthly Assessment: November 2015

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What’s on the iPod: Asimbonanga sung by Woolies and Soweto Gospel Choir Hard to believe it’s been two years since the world lost Nelson Mandela (tomorrow is the anniversary of his passing). It’s funny how the brain works — I started humming this song about a week before I realized the anniversary of Mandela’s death…

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12 Ways to Boost Freelance Success in 2016

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What I’m reading: Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler What’s on the iPod: Roadrunner by The Modern Lovers and Jonathan Richman You know, I expected December to be slow. Not a chance. This week I have an interview (possibly two) for two different projects, and I bigger project just arrived. Plus I’m working on a…

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Setting Up Writing Success for 2016

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What’s on the iPod: Running on Empty by Jackson Browne How was your Thanksgiving? I was able to head home (great weather for it) and visit my parents. My dad is dealing with emphysema and lungs filled with asbestos, so every visit is a gift right now. You don’t realize how quickly time passes until…

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Guest Post Don’ts

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What’s on the iPod: Have Love, Will Travel by The Sonics It’s a short, slow week. I’ll be traveling this holiday, as many of you may be. For me, I had decadent amounts of free time, so I was able to get some side project work done, sift through emails, and relax a bit. A…

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4 Places to Find Missing Freelance Opportunities

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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…

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4 Habits Keeping You Locked in Low-paying Freelance Work

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What’s on the iPod: Different Drum by The Stone Poneys w/ Linda Ronstadt For the first time in a while, I’m glad to see a weekend behind me. Last week, my dad ended up hospitalized (he’s home now). He has serious lung issues — asbestos and emphysema — and he was having trouble breathing. He’s…

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Free Advice Friday: Writer Advice that Could be Hurting You

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What’s on the iPod: More Than a Feeling by Boston It’s been quite the week. I didn’t have a ton of work, but I had a lot of busy stuff. So far, I’ve had two evening events/outings, and there’s another tomorrow. It’s not even Thanksgiving and parties are starting. It’s Friday, and time for another…

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Why Marketing Trends May Fail You

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What I’m reading: Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff What’s on the iPod: Skinny Love by Birdy You can tell the holiday season is approaching. Weekends are starting to book up with events (even weekdays — we have an event tonight). Trying to fit it all in becomes a bit of a juggle, but I…

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4 Marketing Mistakes Freelancers Make

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What’s on the iPod: The Hook by Blues Traveler Where did this week go? I’m not busy — in fact, I’m not busy to the point where it’s becoming a bit of a concern. I have stalled projects, which means I have plenty of time to get some smaller, one-off stuff out the door. However,…

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Monthly Assessment: October 2015

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What’s on the iPod: Just As Well by Jackie Green Welcome to November — another month, another reset of the earnings goals (for me, anyway). October was a crazy month. I had an unusual start to it, too. My husband had just confirmed reservations for a long weekend in Cape May. You know the drill…

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  1. Sharon Hurley Hall Avatar
    Sharon Hurley Hall

    Sounds like a great month, Lori. I did ok in October, but I had a week off at the end, so I've come back to a busy November. However, over the whole year, I've passed my earnings target, which is good news for Christmas shopping! 🙂

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  2. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller

    And brag you should, Lori. Congrats!

    I hit target in October. I started a marketing plan of contacting a minimum of 3 LI contacts a week. That has led to interesting discussions. Nothing in actual projects – yet – but hope springs eternal.

    November is always bad for me as I'm gone for 1/2 of it for the 3-Day Walk and vacation time. And existing clients have been missing their target deadlines for submitting required info. So, the last two weeks have been an exercise in frustration.

    I have a blog redesign planned for next year and imagine that will take up much of the rest of the year. Thank goodness for existing clients as I have projects lined up into the New Year.

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  3. Lori Widmer Avatar
    Lori Widmer

    That is good news, Sharon! Do you do like I do and start planning for the holiday expenses in August?

    Cathy, congratulations! Isn't it great to hit that target? And I love your idea of three LI contacts/week. Much more organized way to go about it!

    Good luck on the redesign — doing something similar myself right now.

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  4. Paula Hendrickson Avatar
    Paula Hendrickson

    I tried leaving a comment before, but can't remember what I wrote other than: It was a very busy month for me, too. Two new clients, several existing clients with multiple projects. Actual cash-in-hand earnings were slightly over my modest monthly goal, but the total of the work I turned in this month was more than double that monthly goal.

    Good news from Favorite Editor, too: They're adding a 10th issue starting in 2016, so she'll be assigning soon and will need more ideas than ever.

    I've also been working social media to capitalize on a couple of major things that should run this week – several interviewees have huge followings and they'll tweet and retweet the heck out of everything.

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  5. Lori Widmer Avatar
    Lori Widmer

    LOL! Paula, I'm sorry you had issues. I've not idea what happened. Glad you're able to get in.

    Sounds like a great month for you, too! Wow! Good news for 2016, eh?

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