While some people will tell you to make it easier on yourself by establishing fixed prices that you seek from every freelance client, I believe that doing that is like being a bartender who doesn’t know there are differently sized glasses on the shelf.
A $250,000-earning freelance writer makes more than eight times the income of a freelancer who makes $30,000. Yet both call themselves “freelance writers.” What gives?
But amidst all those many, many pages of wisdom you can read in blog and books, I don’t remember ever seeing the most important thing about freelancing, the nugget of truth that — if truly understood — will free you up to take the freelance world by storm in your own special way.
While some people will tell you to make it easier on yourself by establishing fixed prices that you seek from every freelance client, I believe that doing that is like being a bartender who doesn’t know there are differently sized glasses on the shelf.
Coronavirus is still with us, and boy has it taken over the freelancing-related news cycle. There’s a lot out there about why and how to freelance right now, what freelancers are facing, how they can get their hands on relief money, and what freelancers in specific industries are seeing.
The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on communities around the globe, and the globally dispersed community of freelancers is no exception.
I’ll be posting a series of news roundups in the coming weeks and months to keep people updated on the latest, both for freelancers in general and for freelancers in specific fields.
Here’s the first installment.
Continue reading *Freelance News Roundup* — Coronavirus Edition, Vol. 1
Pitching is the process of proposing yourself as a professional to work for a company, organization, or individual in a particular way. If you think of pitching as a method of sales, you can see how it can be useful for any kind of freelance professional.
There’s a lot to chew on here, including some updates and reflection and about AB5 and related bills that freelancers are really ticked off about.
There are many ways to find work as a freelancer; a sustainable career will involve using an ever-shifting combination of these methods. You don’t have to use them all, but finding several that work for you is a key element of success.
Continue reading How to Find Work: Networking
I know it’s really hard to know how to price your work as a freelancer. I always talk about how it’s an art and not a science, so you need to gather as many inputs about the client as you can to figure out how much they may be able to pay before you make a proposal.
As part of my series about how to find work as a freelancer, let’s talk about the one option that many newbie freelancers think is THE place to turn to find clients: marketplace sites like Upwork and Fiverr.
A Freelance Holiday Reminder: How To Be Good To Yourself In 2020, Forbes
“If nothing else, resolve to smile more in 2020. It won’t change your life, but it might make you happier. And that might change your life!”
Continue reading *Freelance News Roundup* — Goodbye 2019
Freelancing is in the press a lot these days. Here are some recent articles, essays, and information from the freelance universe.
Freelancing is everywhere these days.
No coffee shop is complete without a phalanx of laptop-tapping freelancers plying their trades over a latte and croissant.
Perhaps you’ve dreamed of joining them. Or maybe you’re already using your writing or photography or coding skills to make a little extra money or launch a new self-directed career.