Before you decide to start freelancing full-time you need to make sure you’re ready. Are you financially, mentally, and emotionally ready to take the plunge? Even if you’re planning to do it on the side or moonlight, you still need to prepare yourself. Being a freelancer is the same as running a “real” business. If …
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Always Try to Help Your Client
The one goal of every freelancer should be to always act in the best interests of a client. Or as a less formal version: always help a client. Sure you need to protect yourself and your time from unreasonable requests. Sure you need to pay your own bills and not give away work for free. …
Skills needed to become a freelancer
Running a freelancing business will take a variety of skills. You don’t have to become an expert at them all, but you need to be able to understand the basics enough to keep your business running. Your Core Skill Your “core skill” is the set of skills that are behind the services you provide. A …
Guides for Businesses to Automate Marketing and Rescue Projects
I’m happy to announce that I’ve just released two free guides for software businesses over at Little Stream Software. How to Use Software to Improve Your Marketing Businesses live and die by their customers. They are either trying to get more customers or build better relationships with the ones they already have. Marketing can find …
30 Days to Become a Freelancer
I hope you enjoyed the bonus content this week around the launch of 30 Days to Become a Freelancer. If you’re thinking about going freelance or have just jumped, I think the 30 day action plan would be a tremendous help. And if you’re already freelancing but feel like things aren’t going right, you might …