Today, I'd like to talk about inspiration. What inspires you to keep freelancing? I ask because freelancing isn't always easy. Why Freelancers Need Inspiration Sure, we enjoy a lot of perks. Just the other day, for example, I got out of bed after 9 am. I ...
Today my cousin posted on her Facebook profile: "Thanking the Lord for my second year in freelance editing." I congratulated her, and then realized that my own two-year anniversary had recently come and gone without notice. I had been too focused on ...
The getting of clients remains the number one challenge for freelancers today. At least, that's what I found when I surveyed the participants in my recent webinar with "the real" James Chartrand. As you may already know, James knew all ...
Can you believe we're into the second quarter of the year already? How has 2010 been for you? Did you set goals? If so, what kind of progress have you been making? Are you on track? If you aren't, you've got plenty of time to get on track to make ...
If you've been following this blog for some time, you know that I've recently increased my rates. In fact, this is The Savvy Freelancer's January 2010 challenge. I've been increasing my rates every few months for the last year or ...
Last week, I listed the reasons why I love freelancing. To keep things balanced, today I'm going to share what I hate about freelancing. Hopefully, this list will help those who are still thinking about freelancing to ...
I engage with a lot of freelancers on Twitter and it strikes me how extreme people's feelings are about freelancing. Some love it. They tweet something like, "Freelancing - this is the life!" Or how much they enjoy being able ...
Most days, I believe freelancing is just about the best thing a parent could do. You stay home yet earn an income and continue growing professionally. But early this week, something happened that rocked my little home-based world: a client who had ...
Do you experience any of the following symptoms? inability to find happiness in employment constant dissatisfaction with your job, no matter how much money you're earning susceptibility to various distractions, such as a hobby, passion - or kids and spouse weakness for dreams of ...
When somebody says "freelancer", the first thing that comes to your mind is probably a writer, novelist or journalist. True, for the longest time, the only freelancers we heard of were those who worked with the written word. But not in the twenty first ...