by Lizzie | 14th November 2024 | Featured, Freelancing
Does this sound familiar to you: “Choose a freelance niche if you want to get paid well”? If so, you’re not alone! Whether you’re a beginner or have been feeling stuck for a while, you’ll probably have heard other freelancers harping on about...
by Lizzie | 14th November 2024 | Freelancing
The biggest struggle freelancers face is landing a steady stream of clients every single month. There’s a reason the freelance life is often described as a cycle of feast and famine – and the reasons ain’t good. But here’s the thing: A lot of freelancers condemn...
by Lizzie | 13th November 2024 | Freelancing
Trying to estimate the cost of a project is difficult if a) you’ve never done something like it before, and b) you have no idea how long it’s going to take. This guest post by Sherri Henkin of Content Clarified shares her story of underestimating the cost...
by Lizzie | 11th November 2024 | Freelancing
Picture this: You roll out of bed one morning, grab your coffee, and check your emails only to find… crickets. Your main gig has suddenly vanished because the market took an unexpected turn. Scary, right? Unfortunately, it’s a reality for many freelancers...
by Lizzie | 6th November 2024 | Featured, Find clients, Freelancing
How do some freelance writers demand $1/word while you’re stuck at $100/article (or less)? Maybe it’s their decades of experience. Or their poetry-dripping prose. Perhaps they just have a magic wand to make these high-paying clients appear out of thin air. It might be...
by Lizzie | 6th November 2024 | Featured, Find clients, Freelancing
Freelancing is a game of ups and downs with no guarantee of a consistent, steady income. Clients come and go, sometimes way too suddenly—leaving you high and dry, scrambling for funds to pay the bills. But what if there was a way you could dodge this...
by Lizzie | 6th November 2024 | Find clients, Freelancing
You’ve heard it multiple times now—”The riches are in the niches.” But are they REALLY? While selecting your niche, you have to be extremely strategic and consider the future growth potential. At the same time, you need to make sure that you have some interest...
by Lizzie | 6th November 2024 | Freelancing
Freelancers often face a unique kind of anxiety when it comes to pricing their services. Imagine putting your heart and soul into a project, only to hear the dreaded words: “That’s too expensive.” It stings. You’ve invested time and effort into honing your...
by Lizzie | 21st October 2024 | Find clients, Freelancing
It’s a vicious cycle: you need to prove you can do the work to get the work in the first place. It can be incredibly disheartening when you’re starting out as a freelance writer to come up against the roadblock of having no freelance writing samples. I struggled with...
by Lizzie | 23rd September 2024 | Find clients, Freelancing
Starting a freelance writing career can be an exciting yet daunting journey, especially if you’re starting with little to no experience. Trust me, I’ve been there. In fact, my dad took me out for lunch and told me I was making the biggest mistake of my...
by Lizzie | 9th September 2024 | Freelancing, How to Be a Freelancer
I’ve worked with more than 100 clients over the past 10 years—I’ve seen it all. But there’s one thing I truly believe is absolutely critical to successful working relationships: managing client expectations. It’s so easy to bow down to everything a client asks...
by Lizzie | 8th April 2024 | Find clients, Freelancing
“We’re taking content in-house”. It’s a perfectly plausible thing for a brand to do, but it was a kick in the teeth for me. I’d kept my diary light for the next month to accommodate a huge new contract I’d picked up, but the client decided not to renew and to take...
