It’s been a slow week here with the holidays in the US…
But it’s also really confirmed why I really enjoy running my own business.
Take a day off to go to lunch and the movies with my wife? Sure.
Spend time with the family without worrying about work the next day? Yes.
No matter how bad a client can get or how confusing marketing gets, I still really appreciate this work and I’m happy with it. I hope you do too.
Listen to the Freelance Chi podcast #7
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Should You Niche Yourself? (doubleyourfreelancing.com)
Focusing on a niche really helped my business get started. In this article Brennan writes about niches and also gives a three step approach to finding a niche based on your past work.
Is It Better to Be Average? (bidsketch.com)
In a similar thread, Tom Ewer asks you to examine what skills you have and see if it makes sense to specialize.
The Freelancer’s Guide to Long-Term Contracts (theadmin.org) SPONSOR
Long-term contracts have been the one technique that really made my freelance business a success. So successful in fact that I’m able to work one week each month, taking the rest of the month off, and still make enough to live off of. This training teaches you how.
How giving services away has helped and hurt my business (freshbooks.com)
For many of us our time is our product. It’s the unit of inventory that we sell to clients to make a living. But sometimes we’re tempted to give away free work to clients. Phil Singleton writes about when this has helped and hurt his business.
6 ways to avoid burnout and fuel your fire (freelancersunion.org)
I’ve been burned out a few times over the past seven years. Sometimes I’d recover in a week or two. Other times I’d need a month or longer to recover. Avoiding and preventing burnout is much, much easier than recovering from it.
Repurposing Content to Stretch Its Value (bidsketch.com)
Continual marketing is the key to steady work but finding the time can be hard, especially when you’re already busy with client work. If you do any content marketing one technique you can use to get more out of your limited time is to repurpose what you’ve already created.
Freelance Freedom #362 (envato.com)
Commuting accidents.
Thanks, I’ll see you next week
Eric Davis (@edavis10)