Author’s note: Apologies for the earlier truncated post. Thanks to Covid brain fog (yes, it’s real), I managed to write this post in its entirety and somehow save just half of it. As of this moment, the post is all there, unlike how I was when I wrote it a few weeks ago.) Whew. Glad…
Bad Freelance Deals (and how to spot them)
About four months ago, I was contacted by someone on LinkedIn regarding doing some writing for their company. I had a conversation with the owner, which I thought went quite well. I heard about their needs, gave a price estimate, then we agreed to talk further. A month later, I heard back from the company….
How Freelancers Can Find More Time
We are well. My mom and I are now COVID negative and at or close to optimum health. It was a bit of a rough ride, but so much better than so many other people had it. My mom was hospitalized and put on oxygen, but it was for other conditions unrelated to COVID. And…
Freelancing Through an Aging Lens
Why I think I have the best friends: When I came down with COVID, my writer chums reached out. Some offered to help with the site, others with material. And they all asked how I was and checked in regularly. Since I’m better but not quite 100 percent, Cathy Miller is providing today’s post. And…
6 Sh*tty Tricks Bad Freelance Clients Pull
I love every one of my clients. I bet you love your clients, too. But before any of us found such great freelance writing clients, we had to wade through some fairly questionable people who tried a lot of different tactics to get more work for less cash. That’s just sh*tty behavior. Fortunately, such people…
1 Habit Pro Freelancers Have
It’s been an interesting, COVID-filled few weeks. You read that right. I have COVID. I contracted it from my mother, who’d fallen and broken some bones, ended up in a rehab facility, and contracted it from someone there. We’re both mending, but this post isn’t about that. It’s about the expectations you set with your…
Freelance Game Plan: April
So you’re sitting there with a few gaps in your workweek. Nice, but how big is that gap? And how long do you think it will last? That long, huh? It’s the start of the second quarter of 2021. If you’ve been waiting for something to gel, it’s time to stop waiting. Seriously. It’s not…
The Six-figure Freelance Mindset Gap
I had an email conversation with a writer friend last week when one of those “a-ha!” moments occurred. In conversation with someone on LinkedIn, she was delving into why places like Upwork, Fiverr and other bidding sites are not a great starting point for anyone looking to make a living freelance writing, how they don’t…
The Fallacy of the Easy Freelance Living
Honey, stand back, for I’m about to launch. I had a video forwarded to me by someone who thought it was interesting. In the video, which is 10 minutes long, a freelancer flaunts their easy lifestyle while talking about how they make — are you sitting down? — nearly $400,000 a year on a freelance…
Your Freelance Identity Crisis
Saw this on LinkedIn the other day (details altered to spare the guilty): Jane Doe, Expert in Business Consulting and Grant Writing – Speaker and Author Founder of Rapunzel Business Consulting LLC Client-focused business consulting and grant writing for nonprofits and small businesses. I free up your time so you can spend it with family….