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Your Handy Guide to Choosing a Freelance Career
Today, I'm handing over the blog to Erika Rykun who has written a great guide to choosing a freelance career. If you're on the fence or aren't sure what's involved, this will definitely help... Traditional forms of works are becoming less popular every year while the...
Getting Started Freelancing: The 3 “Secret” Ingredients Every Newbie Needs
Getting started freelancing isn’t easy. I’ve been there and got the t-shirt, and it is not a comfortable t-shirt. In fact, it’s incredibly daunting, especially when you have no idea what to do or where to even start. When I quit my full-time job back in 2014, I had no...
Freelance Lead Generation: 4 Quick Ways to Warm Up Leads Before You Pitch
Freelance lead generation is one of the main sticking points for new freelancers. The act of finding prospects and nurturing them until they eventually hire you isn’t an easy task - especially if you don’t even know where to start. The best results I’ve had from...
5 Unique Ways to Craft the Best Cold Email Subject Lines
If you’ve ever wondered what the best cold email subject lines are, you’re in the right place. Think about it: your subject line is quite possibly the most important part of a cold email. If it’s not compelling enough, a prospect might ignore your email completely and...
11 Ways to Find Freelance Jobs Online Without Losing Your Mind
If you don’t know where to even start when it comes to finding freelance jobs online, you’re not alone! In fact, the number one question I get from readers and students is “where can I find clients?!”. It’s a great question. The internet is a huge place, after all,...
How to Become a Ghostwriter: A Guide to Getting Started
Want to know how to become a ghostwriter? This post is part of the How to Become a Freelancer series, where we dig into the different disciplines you can freelance in and how you can get started in each of them. Every post in the series is written by a successful...
The Ultimate List of Freelance Writing Jobs that Pay Well
When I first started freelancing, I scoured hundreds of freelance writing jobs trying to see what kind of projects I could work on. I wanted to know what exactly “freelancing writing” meant and what kind of content and words it covered. As I burrowed deeper into my...
What It’s Like to Be a Black Agency Owner
Earlier this month, I had the chance to chat to Brandon Williams, the founder of 55 Media Group, a multicultural digital ad agency with broad expertise across content, partnerships, and advocacy. The focus of the agency is very much on building multicultural equity....
Freelancing Websites You Need to Avoid if You Want to Be Successful
Getting started as a freelancer is hard. There’s no one-size-fits-all system for making it work, and a lot of the time you can end up floundering around on all the freelancing websites trying to compete with thousands of other freelancers for a job that pays pennies....
Want to Get Paid to Write? Here’s What to Do Next
When I was younger I desperately wanted to be a writer, but I thought it was impossible to get paid to write. Spending my days pouring words out onto a sheet of paper and actually getting cold, hard cash (or cold, hard figures in my bank account) was the dream, but I...
Maxine Harrison On Why You Need a Niche and Other Tips for Black Freelancers
Hey guys, Lizzie here! This week I've got a treat for you. I'm handing the blog over to Maxine Harrison, a freelance writer who is here to share her story and offer some tips and advice to Black freelancers. About Maxine: Maxine is a freelance writer with a niche in...
6 Really Easy Ways to Find More Freelance Leads This Week
Are you aiming for a monthly income target? Just want to add a couple more clients to your roster? Looking for inspiration about new ways to find potential leads? I got you. Sometimes we just want to land a few more contracts to hit our goals, whether they’re personal...