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For as dreamy as the freelance life is, I also know how intimidating it can seem. Are your palms sweaty at the thought of setting your rates? Are you trying to navigate the murky waters of accounting and taxes? Are you totally overwhelmed trying to figure out how to even get started with this whole freelancing thing? Deep breaths, my friend. I like to think my blog is packed full with the advice and insights you need to dominate the freelance game.
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Steady, recurring work is the stuff of dreams for freelancers. But what’s less clear is exactly how to get there. How can you get clients to come back to you again and again—ideally on a predictable basis? I don’t compliment myself often, but I’ll give credit where it’s due: This is something I’ve done pretty well in […]
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Particularly when freelancing (and the entire economy) still feels a little rocky at best, I’ve seen a lot of growing interest in exactly how I approach business development. After I sent my recent newsletter about setting aside a day each month to check in with old, new, and existing clients, I received quite a few questions like […]
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Somebody emailed me with a question this week and, while I answered her personally, I thought it’d make a great newsletter topic. Here’s what she asked: How common is it to receive minimal edits on a first draft for an established content brand with a dedicated editor? She mentioned that she frequently sees people bragging […]
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After a few really slow summer months, it feels like my business has picked back up again. Things have normalized back to a workload and an income where I feel fairly comfortable. But I also know freelancing is fickle—which means I can’t get too comfortable over here. And even with the uptick in assignments, one trend I talked about before still […]
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I can’t pinpoint exactly when it started, but I’ve been feeling pretty creatively burned out—drained, unfocused, unmotivated, maybe even a little apathetic about the whole dang thing—for the past few months. My poor ol’ brain has been a relentless tornado of conflicting thoughts and feelings about it… I’m itching for a change, but I can’t […]
