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What Are You Worth? 4 Easy Steps to Get Paid More as a Freelancer
If there’s a universal view about freelancers, it’s that they’re the starving artist type. The term feast and famine cycle crops up more often than we’d like, and we constantly have to remind people that no, we don’t crack open a bottle of whiskey at midday. But...
How 21 Freelancers Found Their Very First Client
I'm so excited to share this post with you guys. I get a LOT of emails asking me how I landed my first client as a freelancer, but the truth is, my story is just one of many. To show you how many diverse and awesome ways there are to break into freelancing, I've...
Confession Time: You Don’t Have to Be Special to Be a Freelancer
Okay, it’s time to get a little real up in here. I get so many emails a day from readers and budding freelancers who want to know what it takes to start their career. They want to know how they can land work. Whether they’ll be able to make a full-time living from...
8 Steps to Craft the Perfect Blog Post (and Lure in Clients)
I’m not a huge fan of the word perfect, because I don’t think there’s a single thing in the world that’s 100% perfect. But I believe you can get pretty close. I get a lot of questions from readers about how they can start blogging “properly” or, more often, how...
3 Essential Things You Need to Turn Blog Readers into Clients
Let me guess: you have a blog that’s pretty much your pride and joy, but you only get a handful of readers every day. You look at the big guns in the blogging world and wonder how they made it big or how they easily turn blog readers into clients. You see all these...
How to Create a Captivating Content Strategy that Will Actually Attract Clients
In the past three months, readership on Wanderful World has increased by 50% (up from 10,000 readers a month to just over 20,000 readers a month – you guys rock!). This isn’t a coincidence. Oh heck no. And, while it hasn’t been a scheming ploy to draw you all in, I...
How to Use Rejection to Move Your Business Forward (+ Become More Confident)
Unfortunately, as freelancers, rejection is part of the package. On any given week I can receive anywhere from 1 to 20 rejections. Sometimes it’s because my prices are too high, other times it’s because there was someone better for the job. Rejection comes in all...
5 Warning Signs Your Business is in a Slump (and How to Get Out of it)
I spent last weekend taking a 30-year-old campervan to the garage to get it checked over. It runs smoothly for its age and seems to be in good nick, but there’s always something that can be done to make it better (like add power-assisted steering to make it a whole...
6 Ways You Can Save Time When Managing Freelance Projects
This is a guest post by Mariah from Mariah Magazine - scroll to the bottom to find out more about her! Ah, Time. Something that we could alllll use a little more of. Some days I feel like it totally just slips out of my hands. One minute it’s 10am, than the...
Why I WON’T Tell You What to Charge Clients
Last week an old client got back in touch with me about a new project they were looking to get started. They told me the details and asked me what I’d charge to get it done by mid-March. I considered their proposal for a mo and then checked my schedule. Sure, I...
10 Expert Tips That Will Help You Launch Your Freelance Career
So, you're ready to launch your freelance career are you? That's great news! It can take some people a whole lifetime to get to that stage, but once you know what you want it's just a case of going out there and getting it. Easier said...
6 Freelancing Fears that are Holding You Back (and How to Overcome Them)
The master class I ran last month almost didn’t happen. That was partly because my voice had gone AWOL on me the morning of it, and partly because I was scared that no one would turn up. That no one would care what I had to say. I forced myself through it, because...