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How to Get Comfortable and Seal the Deal on a Freelance Client Call
Making calls has never been my forte. I’m one of those people that would rather take any other avenue than to actually speak to a real person at the end of the phone. All those pauses. All those missed cues. All those times you speak over each other. It’s cringey,...
3 Unique Ways You Can Pick Up More Freelance Work This Summer
In my last post I talked about a three-phase strategy that will help you get your freelance business off the ground this summer. The Summer Success Challenge, as I dubbed it, helps you focus on three distinct phases of the freelancing process, building your...
How to Get Your Freelance Business Off the Ground This Summer
Summer is here and it’s glorious. Apparently this is supposed to be the hottest summer the UK has EVER had and, for that reason, I’m SO glad I’m a freelancer working to my own schedule. It means I can go and sit in the park and work, or take an afternoon off for a...
Why Your Personality is SO Important for Freelancing in 2017
I’ve just got back to my desk after a 3-week trip away without my laptop (it was glorious, as you can imagine!), and I’ve come back feeling disillusioned with the whole freelancing world. It seems that everyone is telling new freelancers to “do this, and do that”...
4 Ways to Make Sure your Website is Ready to Sell Services
Your website is such a powerful tool for your business, but it's important to get it right if you actually want to get more clients. Today, I've got Aleia Walker on the blog talking about how you can make sure your website is set up for sales. Your website can be a...
14 Quick Things You Can Do to Market Your Freelance Business Today
The number one problem freelancers face is finding the time to market their business. Or, more bluntly, knowing how to effectively market their business in the first place. Either you have too many clients to find five minutes to put yourself out there, or you...
How I Use Trello to Organise My Freelance Workload
When you’re starting out freelancing, it can seem like you’ll never have enough projects to balance. Then, all of a sudden, you’ve got 3 clients, each of which have 2 projects. Then that doubles, and doubles again, until suddenly you can’t...
The Lessons Learned From a Client Who Doesn’t Pay
We've all been there: tricky clients who try to undermine our contracts or those who just don't pay at all. It's part and parcel of being a freelancer. Today, I want to share Liz McMahon's story about what she learned from a client who refused to pay her for her...
How to Turn on Your Sales Charm to Sell More Services
As freelancers, our services are the core of our business. Without them, we don’t have a business and, well, they’re what attract clients to us in the first place. But, as is the way with running any kind of business, you want to sell more services. Which means...
Q&A: Should I Take Low Paying Gigs to Boost My Reputation?
This new Q&A slot will offer weekly advice for common questions freelancers have. If you have a question you’d like answered, please leave a comment here or email me. QUESTION: Should I take low paying gigs to boost my reputation in the early days of my career?...
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Creative Freelancing Freedom
It all started 18 months ago. It was nearing the end of 2016 and I’d managed to take my business from floundering to super successful in the space of a year and people were starting to notice. I was receiving tens of emails every week from new freelancers or those...
Learn to Build a Profitable Freelance Business With This 4-Step Framework
All we want to do is build a profitable freelance business, right? We want a business that gives us the freedom we’ve always craved, the chance to work with amazing clients, and the opportunity to earn an unlimited income. We want a business that gives us the...