Rabbit! First of a new month, eh? I decided in January to offer up one post per month in which we can focus on something really actionable. January was all about finding clients. February, how emulating success freelancers can score you some serious street cred. So what can we do this month to boost your…
Tag: finding freelance work
Your Freelance Career, Murdered (& how to bring it back to life)
There are some self-inflicted wounds that just leave you wondering if there’s a death wish involved. I saw an insane exchange on a writers forum recently that had me thinking the writer was either 1) way too sure of himself, or 2) really that foolish. I’m leaning toward a combination of the two. In the…
4 Things to Stop Doing That Will Grow Your Freelance Business
Just when you think nothing can shock you, something else does. A friend of mine moderates a LinkedIn group. The group has specific rules regarding what you can and cannot post. For example, one cannot post a thread that’s a link to that person’s blog or website or anything that is intended to be self-promotional….
Freelance Game Plan: February
I know, I know. It’s midway through February and I’m just getting to this. My apologies; a good bit of work came in all at once. I started with this Freelance Game Plan idea last month with the idea of giving us a bit of a monthly kick in the pants to change something up,…
All Freelance Advice is Not Created Equal
Sigh. (insert large exhale here) A writer friend alerted me to a few posts and tweets seen recently that offer “writing tips” from freelancers that can help nearly any writer find more work this year. I guess the word “freelancer” is pretty loosely defined these days. I’m not saying only veteran writers have great advice…
Market in 2021 Like a Freelance Boss
A few weekends ago, I sat down to tally up my invoices for 2020 and pay that final self-employment tax installment. It’s an exercise that used to fill me with untold amounts of angst. I loathe figuring taxes. I never get the percentage right no matter how high I estimate. This year, I still owed…
3 Moves to Power Your Writing Career Forward
Where are you in your writing career right now? Are you earning what you want? Coming close enough to what you want to be satisfied? Feeling stuck? Wanting the work to match the pay? Wanting work that interests you? We’ve all been there. Every writer who’s ever started a freelance writing business has had to…
3 Easy Freelance Value-Adds (that boost your earnings & reputation)
When I wrote the title to this post, my finger accidentally hit the Caps button. Freelance Value-ADD is not a disorder, but man, what an appropriate Freudian slip. Why? Because we freelancers tend to have attention deficit when it comes to marketing ourselves. We jump from the tried-and-true last thing that got us hired to…
Your Freelance Writing Career Reinvention
As I was writing yesterday what was my fourth article in six days, I realized something: How busy your freelance writing business is right now really depends on what your focus area is. I was fortunate enough to fall into — and build — a specialty area that is pretty much recession-proof. That is, until…
Beware the Freelance Writing Oversell
With the world in a literal crisis right now, you knew it was coming. It’s oversell time. Everyone and his uncle is trying to convince you that their product, their new book/webinar/course/paid whatever is exactly what you need right now. You’re probably already seeing sales, limited-time freebies, and pushes coming from the lists you subscribe…