Freelancing Digest Issue #64 – January 1st, 2016

Getting to a profitable product or service

Brian Casel wrote an article, Making Progress, Profitably, that describes a struggle with consulting services and products. He has a lot of great advice packed in here about audiences, long-term brand, and product extensions.

Marketing and getting 0 clients

Too often I see freelancers "marketing" but not actually getting any results. Many times this is because they are marketing to the wrong people and not to potential clients.

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Quick Links

Freelance Transformation #42: Demystifying Pricing Based on Value with Jonathan Stark (freelancetransformation.com)

Staying in business thanks to Contactually (curtismchale.ca)

How to give your client the ‘pink slip’ (freelancersunion.org)

Freelancers’ Show: #182 Structuring Your Business with Pete Keen (devchat.tv)

Expensive Problem Student Glossary of Consulting Terms (expensiveproblem.com)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)